OnlineNIC

BILLmanager has a built-in integration module with the domain name registrar OnlineNIC.

The integration module supports the following:

Configuring integration with OnlineNIC

Integration is configured in the process of creating a service processing module in BILLmanager.

To create a service processing module, enter Integration → Processing modules → click Add. The processing module adding wizard consists of the following steps:

1. Product type: select "Domains".
2. Processing module: select "OnlineNIC".
3. Integration settings. Specify the data for integration:
   
   1. User ID — login ID for logging in to OnlineNIC;
   2. Password — password for the account;
   3. API Key — the key to access the OnlineNIC API;
   4. Use test environment — enable this option if you want to integrate with the OnlineNIC test user. Read more in the documentation of API OnlineNIC;
   5. Checking the status of a domain name through the API is a way to check the availability of a domain:
      
      • option enabled — via the domain registrar's API;
      • option disabled — via the WHOIS service.
4. Processing module parameters. Configure internal (within BILLmanager) parameters of the service processing module:
   1. Name — specify the name of the processing module to be displayed in the BILLmanager interface.
   2. Department — select the department to which tasks from the processing module will be assigned.
   3. Sort — specify the processing module’s priority. If more than one processing module is connected to a tariff plan, the processing module with the lowest priority is selected first when creating the service.
   4. Processing module minimal balance — specify the minimum amount on the personal account in the system to purchase services. For more information, see Processing Module Balance.

Connection check

On the last step of adding a processing module, BILLmanager tries to connect to the registrar with the specified details.

If the connection ends with the error "Failed to connect to the processing module", make sure that:

• the connection details are correct;
• The URL of the domain name registrar is accessible from the server where BILLmanager is installed;
• in the Registrar's client area, it is allowed to make API requests from BILLmanager’s IP address.

Logging

The log of interaction between the billing platform and OnlineNIC is written to the /usr/local/mgr5/var/pmonlinenic.log file. 

For extended logging information display, add the "pmonlinenic.* 9" line to the /usr/local/mgr5/etc/debug.conf file.