Forming a domain name for services

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If a customer does not provide the domain name while ordering the service, BILLmanager will generate it automatically according to the following rules:

• It will locate the template that will be used to form a domain name. The first found from the list below will be used:
  1. "Domain template" in the package's properties;
  2. "Free domain name" in the project or provider's properties, depending on the version of BILLmanager.
  3. example.com

• The template must have the following parameters:
  1. @ID@ - is changed into the service ID from the BILLmanager database;
  2. @TYPE@ - is changed to the service type:
     • for shared hosting - vhost
     • for virtual hosting reselling - rhost;
     • for virtual servers - vds;
     • for dedicated servers - dedic.
  3. @USERNAME@ - is changed into the name of the BILLmanager user who ordered the service.

If neither @ID@ nor @USERNAME@ is used, the template has no parameters or it is empty, the username prefix will be added to the domain name.

• The domain name will be checked. If it is not unique, the minimum number that will provide its uniqueness in the database will be added to the domain name.

Examples:

• The empty template will be used to generate the following domain names: @USERNAME@.example.com or @USERNAME@#.example.com, where # is a figure that can be used if the domain name already exists in the database.
• The templates like "your-free-domain-name" will be used to generate the following domains: @USERNAME@.your-free-domain-name or @USERNAME@#.your-free-domain-name, where # is a figure that will be used, if the domain name already exists in the database.
• The templates like @ID@-@TYPE@-@USERNAME@-@ID@-somedomain.@TYPE@-@ID@.somedomain will be used to form the following domains: 1000-vhost-ImUserName-1000-somedomain.vhost-1000.somedomain, where 1000 is the number of the service in the database, vhost is the type of the service a user wants to order, ImUserName is a username.
• etc.