Freeside:1.7:Documentation:Administration
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Contents
Provisioning
Services
Packages
Upselling
Scenario: You have a customer with a 500mb email account, and they would like to upgrade to the 1000mb email account
Solutions:
- Mmm...
- Err...
- Ah!
Resellers
Employees
Billing
Real-time Processing
Configuration
- Install a real-time processing module, such as Business::OnlinePayment::TCLink, or Business::OnlinePayment::Exact
root# cpan Business::OnlinePayment::TCLink
- Remove the Batch Card processing event, and add a Real-Time Card processing event
- Configuration -> Billing -> View/Edit Invoice Events
- Click on "Batch card"
- Check off "Disabled"
- Click "Apply changes"
- Click on "Add a new invoice event"
- Name it something like "Realtime card"
- Choose the radio button "Run card with a Business::OnlinePayment realtime gateway"
- Click on "Add invoice event"
- Enable your payment gateway
- Configuration -> Settings
- Click "Edit Configuration"
- Click the "Billing" tab
- For the 'business-onlinepayment' field, enter the Business::OnlinePayment module you are using, followed by your account ID, password, and (optionally), type of action
TCLink someuser password Normal Authorization
- Some payment gateways such as LinkPoint don't use a username/password, and require additional parameters. These can be passed in as key<newline>value pairs
LinkPoint <-- intentionally left blank <-- intentionally left blank Normal Authorization storename <-- key 123456 <-- value keyfile <-- key 123456.pem <-- value lbin <-- key /usr/bin.lbin <-- value tmp /tmp/secure
- Click "Apply Changes"
References
- http://search.cpan.org/src/WITTEN/Business-OnlinePayment-TCLink-1.03/README.freeside
- http://www.sisd.com/freeside/list-archive/msg03193.html
- http://wavetail.420.am:81/freeside/docs/billing.html
Testing Real-Time Processing
One Time Transactions
- Choose a customer account
- Click on 'Process credit card payment'
- Enter a payment ammount, and credit card details
- Click 'Process payment'
- The transaction should happen immediately
- Click on 'View this customer'
- At the bottom of the screen, "Payment History" should include this transaction
Recurring Transactions
- Choose a customer account
- Click on 'Bill now', or run the freeside-daily cronjob from the command line as the freeside user
- At the bottom of the screen, "Payment History" should include this transaction
Misc
- Setting up Encrypted Credit Cards
- Setting up Texas Tax
- Setting up VoIP