BILLmanager 5 Documentation

Tucows

BILLmanager is integrated with Tucows, one of the popular domain name registrars.

The integration module supports the following features:

FeatureSupported
Import of domains from the registrar
Transfer of domain names
Change of name servers
Change of domain contact informatio
Domain name verification
WHOIS data protection management

Integration setup

Integration is set up when a new processing module is added in BILLmanager. This module can be added in IntegrationProcessing modules → button Add.

  • Step 1 — Product type. Select a product type. Please select Domains for integration with Tucows.
  • Step 2 — Processing module. Select a processing module. You need to select Tucows.
  • Step 3 — Integration settings. Enter information for integration with Tucows.
  • Step 4 — Processing module parameters. Set up the internal parameters of the module.

Settings

  • API URL — address for access to API: https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net:55443;
  • Username — user ID in Tucows system;
  • Key — private key in Tucows system;
  • Check domain status via API — disable this option to configure integration correctly. Checking domain availability will be done through the WHOIS service.

Connection test

On the last step, BILLmanager tries to connect to the registrar with the data you have specified.

If connection ends up with the error: Cannot connect to the processing module, we recommend to check that:

  • connection data is correct;
  • The URL address of the registrar is accessible from the server with BILLmanager;
  • you can execute API calls from the IP address of BILLmanager from your account in the registrar system.

Logging

Log of interaction between Tucows and the billing system is recorded in file /usr/local/mgr5/var/pmtucows.log.

You can add string "pmtucows.* 9" to file /usr/local/mgr5/etc/debug.conf to display more information in the log.