Summary

This articles describes in detail about the Integration of DNS Only Hosting (Shared/Web Hosting) and DNS Only Subscriptions and Management.

Applies To

This article applies to MachPanel v6 and above.

Pre-Requisites

1. MachPanel Control Server has been installed, if not then follow below KB article:
   http://kb.machsol.com/Knowledgebase/Article/50261
2. MachPanel Remote Server has been installed, if not then follow below KB article:
   http://kb.machsol.com/Knowledgebase/Article/50262

STEP-1: Integrating DNS Service with MachPanel Web Hosting:

• Open MachPanel Control Panel Website (You can do it by opening MachPanel Control Server Configuration Studio and then navigating to Configure > Control Panel Website, and then clicking on the URL in it). Log in with the provider credentials.
• Add Web Hosting server Group if not added already. Navigate to Home > Service Director > Web Hosting > Server group and then click on Add Server Group, as we added here in the following Snapshot (e.g: DNS only). For more details click Add Web Hosting Server Group

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• Now click on Server Group Name, new tab "Web Hosting Servers" will open and you will also see Services in options column.

• Click Services in the options menu against the desired server then click on Add Service button.

• To add DNS Service to your Hostmatic/Web server, select DNS from the drop down list.

• Now, select Provider for the DNS service and provide necessary details such as DNS Settings and Name server for this DNS. Click Save when done, See the snapshot below:

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• In the Server Settings, by selecting Provider as Microsoft DNS, you have the following window as shown below.

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• In the Server Settings, by selecting Provider as Simple DNS Plus, you have the following options to fill as shown below.

• In the Server Settings, by selecting Provider as Power DNS, you have the following options to fill as shown below.

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• Hit Test Service for each service and if you get Successful message in Green then integration of that service is successful.

STEP-2: Creating DNS Only Product/Package:

• To add a DNS Only - Shared Hosting Product navigate to path: Home >> Service Plans >>Hosting Products. Select Customer Product Listing tab for Customer plan.
• Click Add New Product button as shown below:

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• Now provide basic details such as Server Group, Product name and select Package Type DNS Only.

• Under Resources tab, Provide the following field.

• Maximum DNS Zones.

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• Select Payment Cycles and Payment Groups and click Next.
• Add Price Group and click Next.
• Associate Add-on (if any) and then Finish to create the Package.

STEP-3: Provisioning and Selling of DNS Only - Shared Hosting Plan:

• In this step you have to sell and provision the DNS Only Plan to the customer. Select Shared Hosting under "Service".

• Select the DNS Only Plan under "Package".

Please review the following KB article for more details on selling and provisioning of services: http://kb.machsol.com/Knowledgebase/Article/50275

STEP-4: Management of DNS Only Subscriptions:

• Navigate to following path to manage DNS Only Subscription:  Home >> Service Director >> Web Hosting >> Hosting Accounts
• Select DNS Only Subscription and Press Manage tab as shown below:

•  By pressing Manage you have the following options as written below:

1. Manage
2. Generate Renewal Invoice
3. Cancel Subscription
4. Upgrade
5. Downgrade
6. Put on Hold

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• Select Resources to get the Edit Resources tab as shown below.

• By pressing the Edit Resources, you have the following window as shown below.

• Now by pressing DNS Zones you have the following tabs.

1. Create DNS Zones
2. Import DNS Zones

• Now you can also Manage, Remove and Create Reverse Lookup of your DNS zone.

• By pressing Manage you can manage DNS Record, SOA Record and Add DNS Record as shown below.

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• By pressing on SOA record you have the following window as shown below.

• Now you can save your updated SOA Record as shown below.