DCImanager 6

Integration with HostBill

HostBill is a billing system for selling various types of services. With HostBill, you can sell the following to your customers automatically:

  • dedicated servers;
  • IP addresses for dedicated servers;
  • traffic for dedicated servers.

 The billing system performs the following main features: 

  • registers clients and keeps track of their funds; 
  • creates tariff plans; 
  • accepts payments from customers; 
  • manages services automatically: activates, suspends, renews. 

Preparing for integration

Create pools of IP addresses in DCImanager 6, which will be assigned to servers when they are provisioned and released. To do this:

  1. Enter NetworkIP pools.
  2. Press Pool general settings.
  3. Select the Pools for deallocation of servers.
  4. Select the Pools for deallocation of servers.
  5. Press Save.

You can select a pool from which addresses will be assigned when issuing servers from a particular rack: go to Racks → select rack → menu  Edit → select IP poolSave.

Note
Only pools with IPv4 addresses can be used to release and provision servers.

Configuring integration

Integration must be configured on the HostBill side. Install the DCI Manager 6 module in HostBill for configuration.

Features of DCI Manager 6 module:

  • managing DCImanager 6 users;
  • search of available servers;
  • provisioning and release of servers;
  • managing server ports and IP addresses;
  • OS installation.

Read more in the official HostBill documentation.