Overview

This article explains how to install the Plesk Customer & Business Manager for Plesk 10. This is equivalent to the Plesk Billing Bundle in previous versions of Plesk.

Requirements

You will need to have Plesk 10.3 installed on your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server.

We also recommend running a Micro Update. You can do this by connecting via SSH as root to your (dv) and running the up command. For more information, please see this (mt) Wiki article: (dv) 4.0: Plesk Micro Updates.

Prior to October 5, 2011, (dv) Dedicated-Virtual 4.0 Servers were provisioned with Plesk 10.1.1. For instructions on how to upgrade Plesk, please see: How do I upgrade Plesk to 10.3?

Instructions

1. If you have not yet set up Plesk, you will need to complete this task prior to continuing. For detailed instructions, please see: Plesk first-time setup.
2. Log into your server as root or a sudo user via SSH.
3. Run the following command to use the Plesk autoinstall package:

   
   /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/autoinstaller --select-release-current --install-component billing
   
   

   This command will take several minutes to run as it downloads and installs files. When it's done, you should see the following message:

   
   Patches were installed successfully.
   The packages were installed successfully.
   
   

4. You will now be able to use the Customer & Business Manager. You can access it by going to https://example.com:8443/plesk-billing/admin/, or you can click on any of the business-related links in the left sidebar (these will be new; you may have to refresh the page to see them). See Figure 1:

   
   Figure 1. Click on any tool in the Business sections to warp to the Customer & Business Manager.
   

5. You will be prompted to read and accept a license agreement. See Figure 2:

   
   Figure 2. Read and accept the license agreement.
   

6. From here, you can either use the setup wizard, or go through your configuration manually. The Plesk documentation explains each feature and provides a setup guide:
   • Parallels documentation

Next steps

We suggest you review our Getting Started Guide for Plesk Customer & Business Manager.

Overview

The Plesk Billing Bundle will provide integrated tools within Plesk to bill your own customers. This software is especially useful if you are using your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server to resell hosting services. This software can be installed and used at no additional cost and is part of your default Plesk license.

Requirements

This article has the following dependencies

• If you currently do not have your root user enabled or our Developer Tools installed, please visit the Root Access & Developer Tools section of your AccountCenter. For instructions, please see: How do I enable root access to my (dv)? and Install the Developer Tools.
• Whenever installing third-party software, please consult the official documentation. (mt) Media Temple does not support the installation and configuration of software not installed at time of service activation. Please consult our (dv) Scope of Support page for further explanation.
• The domain example.com is used as an example. Please be sure to replace this text with the proper information for your site or server.

Instructions

1. Log into your (dv) as root through SSH and download the latest version of the Plesk Billing Bundle software package. For example:

wget http://autoinstall.plesk.com/PSA_8.6.0/dist-rpm-CentOS-5-i386/opt/billing/plesk-billing-5.6.1-3.noarch.rpm

2. Use the RPM command to install the package you downloaded:

rpm -ivh plesk-billing-*.noarch.rpm

Now, the Plesk Billing software is installed and ready to use. Log into your (dv) through Plesk at https://example.com:8443 and then navigate to https://example.com:8443/plesk-billing/app-modernbill-admin. You will need to log in once again to access the Plesk Billing software.

Once you are logged into Plesk Billing, you will have to confirm the agreement in order to proceed. Read the License Agreement, and if you would like to proceed pick "Yes" and select "Continue."

After you confirm the License Agreement, you will be able to begin the configuration process.

The configuration wizard will then guide you through configuring your preferred Registrar, Payment Gateway, Anti-Fraud, and Tax Settings.

• Registrar Settings

  

• Payment Gateway Settings

  

• Anti-Fraud Settings

  

• Tax Settings

  

• Click "Continue" through these menus. If you do not yet have some of these set up and configured, you can choose to not check any options and keep selecting "Continue" until the wizard is complete.

  

You will then be able to manage all of your Billing Preferences using the sidebar

Once you have completed setting everything up, you can direct your Clients to https://example.com:8443/plesk-billing/app-modernbill-client/

Resources

• Full Plesk documentation, including authoritative steps for this software can be found here.
• For additional information about working with Parallels Plesk Billing, refer to Parallels Plesk Billing documentation.
• You will need to establish a reseller account with the registrar of your choosing before you can configure a registrar to use.
• Payment gateway configuration requires you to set up a merchant account and an account with the payment gateway of your choosing. This is subject to additional qualifications and you must check with the organization you're interested in working with to obtain this functionality.
• (mt) Media Temple cannot assist in any billing issues you may have with your clients as a result of using this add-on software. This article is created as a way to educate our customers on installing and using the software. We are not affiliated with any of the services or options available using the Plesk Billing Bundle software.
• You will need to have Plesk 8.6 running on your (dv) 3.5 in order to install this software. If you have a (dv) 3.5 but are using an older version of Plesk please open a new support request from inside your AccountCenter to have your software upgraded. All new installations as of October 1, 2008 have Plesk 8.6 installed by default.