Dedicated Server Management

Hi all,

I am creating a new thread for the DSM project so i can keep track of the thread a little more and not include my project in with anyone else's now.

This version is the same as page 4 of the last thread.

Thanks,

Jeremiah

dedicated_server_management1.21.zip

*Incase people wonder what old thread he is talking about you can locate it here: http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?t=21043&page=4 *

You should post some screenshots in your new thread Jeremiah ;-)

*Incase people wonder what old thread he is talking about you can locate it here: http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?t=21043&page=4 *

You should post some screenshots in your new thread Jeremiah ;-)

Thanks Liam! Ill get some screen shots up shortly of this!

Here are a few screen shots.

This is the main page with 1 server installed on it:

This is the top half of the selected server with all of the details:

This is the bottom half of the selected server with the rest of the details:

If you need requests email them or add them here.

I am working on the sorted list by column, thats a work in progress!

I think there is a problem with the install. In install.php the SQL finishes with:

ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8") or die ("Error creating table.");

but I think it should finish:

ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET="utf8") or die ("Error creating table.");

edit: Hmm, it's still complaining about this line of code. I'll investigate further.

Cheers,

Mike

Never mind, it's okay now. It was my mistake.

Never mind, it's okay now. It was my mistake.

Lol no problems. Have you had a few mintues to try it out and see if its something thats useful? additional features that you would like?

I'm missing something here - why do you need an "addon" for this - are those details not exactly what you want on the order and therefore just standard customfields/groups and options on the product, rather than text fields in an external bit of code ?

I'm missing something here - why do you need an "addon" for this - are those details not exactly what you want on the order and therefore just standard customfields/groups and options on the product, rather than text fields in an external bit of code ?

No you wouldn't want that on the Order Form!!! These are administrator details of the physical and or VPS Servers. This is for keeping records and track on your own servers, not to have clients order this. Clients don't need to know exactly everything about their machines, thats our job. They just want it to work and if they have issues make sure someone is there to fix it.

I have order form information that i manually put into this so that i keep track of the clients. I set our servers up manually so for my other techs to ask me for information is pointless, it hurts support time, hence the reason for this.

Am trying to do an install using the install.php and get the same error and nothing in the logs:

Not Found

The requested URL /modules/admin/dedicated_server_management/&page=install was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

No you wouldn't want that on the Order Form!!! These are administrator details

Which are just the same but tick the box "admin only" - why have an "addon module" to replicate functionality the system has built in

hey !

looks like a great app ! What about a "Service log"

So it is possible to at service entries for services made on the server. Like chaged hardware, os changes and so on ...

i know this could be written in notes too ...

best wishes Niels

Have you thought about integrating it with the configservers.php so that it can automatically pulls the server name, IP, control panel, DNS info that has to already be added there for using a server with WHMCS? Or maybe at least adding another pulldown menu for selecting the server like you have for the client pulldown to save redundant manual entry?

I installed it and it looks nice, I just haven't had the energy to manually add hundreds of servers in, a good integrated inventory system like this is definitely needed.

Hi,

I will pull out the old dusty zip file and take a look at updating it with the requested features.

I will let you know what i find.

Thanks,

Jeremiah

I've run into a problem w/ this. Our central SSH server uses a lot of non standard characters in the passwords. If you try to use any of these characters in this add on you get an error and 404 (mysql rejects them).

Is there another field type to use in mysql which will accept non standard chars or a way to bracket the passwords so they won't be rejected?

... Holy crap, I'm so downloading this when it's updated. For now, I'll just grab the current version.

Edit: I just installed this. Worked beautifully.

However, I see that there's a missing field: Datacenter.

I work with two datacenter providers for my servers. It'd be nice to also be able to add that detail to each server as needed when adding new servers.

Second edit: You also may want to add IPMI as a field, as well, as I use Supermicro servers.

... Holy crap, I'm so downloading this when it's updated. For now, I'll just grab the current version.

 

Edit: I just installed this. Worked beautifully.

 

However, I see that there's a missing field: Datacenter.

 

I work with two datacenter providers for my servers. It'd be nice to also be able to add that detail to each server as needed when adding new servers.

 

Second edit: You also may want to add IPMI as a field, as well, as I use Supermicro servers.

You can use the location field in place of it until / if datacenter is added.

I really need a solution for the non standard chars in passwords thing, I tried switching the type to "text" which did not work. I really don't want to have to go through and change all my root passwords in order to be able to use this app, the entire point of this was so we could store server logins in whmcs and control which admins have access to them.

I figured out the issue is not mysql - it's mod_security. I had to disable a specific rule for my IP address in order to be able to add the passwords with non standard characters in them.

You can use the location field in place of it until / if datacenter is added.

 

I really need a solution for the non standard chars in passwords thing, I tried switching the type to "text" which did not work. I really don't want to have to go through and change all my root passwords in order to be able to use this app, the entire point of this was so we could store server logins in whmcs and control which admins have access to them.

I actually had thought about that.

I also thought, "Wait... why don't we change a few of those fields to a drop-down type box thing with a text field?"

Example: DRAC. Not all of us use DRAC. Why not change that particular item to a dropdown box, and list the options as: DRAC, IPMI, $OTHERITEMHERE and use the text field as a method to fill in details about said item.

I'll be looking into this, myself, but it should be relatively trivial to do, I hope.

Serverprodigy: What was the specific mod_sec rule so we can also know if we encounter those issues?

I'd rather not post the exact rule ID. If you get a 404 error after saving a new or updated record and you're using mod_security you can easily check your log file and see if that's the root cause. If you're saving fields with non standard characters like /<>)(*&^^% (non alpha or numeric is a better term to use) then it's probably going to trigger. 404 errors do not normally come up in WHMCS otherwise.

We get hit with various injection type attacks on a few client machines every few minutes so mod_security is a must have for us.

There is also a method to add your IP so mod_security will ignore your inputs but the only example I found has bad syntax and I can't find the correct, updated method.

It's easy enough to change the fields in mysql but you would also have to edit the script itself for the field name change to actually show up in whmcs. It's a very minor edit for even a non-coder to perform, especially if you have phpmyadmin and a decent php editor.

Could always PM it.

I understand what you're saying, though.

Really? I'll have to check on that, myself. We'll know here shortly whether or not it'll work for us as we modify it.

Man, i am not getting updates on my own thread. I am saddened

Let me update roll out some updates and publish a new version.

Jeremiah

Heh, I am not getting updates on any thread I subscribe to in here. so I feel your pain.

I'll be watching this thread for the new update.

Hi all, I am hoping this is still the active thread for v2 of DSM add-on module. Was only looking for an update on release of v2 of DSM. Hope I'm not off topic with this post.

Thanks for any new info on v2.

Stoney

is this working with latest whmcs 5.1.x ?