QuickGuide Odin Business Automation Plugin

Odin® Business Automation provides the perfect environment for service providers, resellers, webhosters and agencies to control the most important business processes with just one application.

Introduction

The Odin® Business Automation software consists of a complete Business Support System (BSS), that has been specifically adapted to agencies, resellers, webhosters and service providers via the special InterNetX plugin. Business processes like ordering, account management, billing, invoicing and several other business procedures can now be coordinated optimally via this central service. 

Using the specially-developed InterNetX plugin, it is now even easier for our own customers and resellers to make domain registration functions available. With the broad choice of 27 top-level domains, Odin® Business Automation is an individual business software.

The following useful functions are available to you and your customers with the InterNetX plugin for 27 TLDs:

• Quick and easy domain registration

• Efficient incoming transfer processing

• Structured customer data management  

• Transparent communication for end-users 

The InterNetX plugin

The InterNetX plugin is a hybrid plugin with HTTPS XML and email transport. Via HTTPS a message is sent to InterNetX system, InterNetX checks a message for syntax and correctness. A complete request is sent after some time from InterNetX system to ODA via e-mail.

The plugin waits for email response from InterNetX during a period of time (timeout) that can be specified in the plugin configuration. In case there is no response from InterNetX by the moment when the timeout is over, the plugin again requests InterNetX via HTTPS, and restarts the timer. 

Using ODA InterNetX Plugin for Domain Management 

Workflow 

You can see the whole workflow here. Click the links in the bubbles to go to the respective chapter. 

Contact InterNetX First

To start registering domains with InterNetX, first of all you need to set up your InterNetX account.

Use the address sales@internetx.com to contact the InterNetX sales team. It sets up your account and carries out some necessary system configurations. 

The ODA Domain Manager 

The ODA Domain Manager is part of the menu item External Systems Director. 

To start with domain registrations, you have to configure registrars, registrar features and domain zones (= TLDs) in the Odin® ODA interface. 

Creating and Configuring Registrars 

To manage domains with the InterNetX plugin you have to configure two InterNetX registrar entries: “InterNetX “and “InterNetX Whois.” 

Registrar “InterNetX” 

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item 4 Click Registrars

→ Click the Add New Registrar button 3 The Registrar. Add dialog opens. 

→ Enter “InterNetX” into the Registrar Name field 

→ Click  and select the registrant InterNetX in the Domain Registrars dialog.

→ Click the Save button.

     The registrar entry is listed in the Registrars overview. 

→ Click InterNetX in the column Registrar Name to make settings.

     The Registrar panel opens. 

Registrars Configuration

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item

→ Click Registrars

→ Click the entry “InterNetX” in the Registrars list.

→ Click the tab Configuration

→ Click Edit 

     The Configuration dialog opens 

→ Enter the Data displayed in this table.

Contact Replacement  

Here you can enter your reseller contact data for TechC and BillingC. 

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item

→ Click Registrars

→ Click the entry “InterNetX” in the Registrars list.

→ Click the tab Contact Replacement

→ Click Edit 

     The Contact Replacement dialog opens

→ Click next to the fields Billing and Technical . 3 The My Account Users dialog opens.

→ Select the desired entry in the user list. 

→ Click Save in the Contact Replacement tab. 

Registrar Features 

You have to specify the registrar features for each TLD/SubTLD.  

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item

→ Click Registrars

→ Click the entry “InterNetX” in the Registrars list.

→ Click the tab Registrar Features

→ Click Edit 

     The Registrar Features dialog opens 

Here you see the settings for .de as example. See the table “Registrar Feature Settings” below for the right settings of all TLDs. 

Table Registrar Feature Settings

A= Automatically, M= Manually, Y= Yes, N= No 

* Supports check = Supports Whois check. Whois check is not supported. For Whois check, you have to create the registrar “InterNetX Whois”. See chapter Registrar “InterNetX Whois”.

**Transfer Key required = AuthInfo required

***Free Transfer supported = The remaining domain life time will be adopted when the domain is transferred **** Name server modification supported

*****Contact update supported 

Technical Settings 

Specify Domain Task Timeouts

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item

→ Click Registrars

→ Click the entry “InterNetX” in the Registrars list.

→ Click the tab Technical Settings

→ Click Edit 

     The Technical Settings dialog opens 

Section Timeouts 

You can see timeout settings for the main domain tasks here.

These settings are predefined by InterNetX.

Please change the settings only, if you are knowledgeable about the effects. 

Specify Mail Gateway Settings

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item

→ Click Registrars

→ Click the entry “InterNetX” in the Registrars list.

→ Click the tab Technical Settings

→ Click Edit 

     The Technical Settings dialog opens 

Section Mail Gateway

You can enter the email address data of the automated system emails and system notifications are to be send to here .

You can see the data in the email account configuration of your mail client.

Example: Thunderbird Incoming Mail Server Configuration 

Registrar “InterNetX Whois” 

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item

→ Click Registrars

→ Click the Add New Registrar button

     The Registrar. Add dialog opens 

Enter a name, e.g. “InterNetX Whois” to the Registrar Name field.

→ Click  next to the Plug-in field and select the registrant Whois in the Domain Registrars dialog.

→ Click the Save button. 

     The registrar entry is listed in the Registrars overview. 

→ To make detailed settings Click InterNetX Whois in the column Registrar Name.

     The Registrar panel opens. 

Configuration 

You enter important settings for the registrar here. 

→ Click Edit to open the dialog. 

Registrar Features 

Technical Settings 

The fields may not be empty.

Add Domain Zones (TLDs) 

→ Open the Domain Manager menu item

→ Click Domain Zones

→ Click the Add New Domain Zone button.

     The Add Domain Zone dialog opens 

→ Enter the desired TLD in the Domain Zone field or click  and select the TLD in the dialog.

→ No you have to select the registrar. Enter the registrar name InterNetX into the Registrar field or click  and select InterNetX in the dialog. 

→ No you have to select at least one domain checker. Enter “InterNetX Whois” into the First Checker field or click  and select “InterNetX Whois” in the dialog. 

→ Click Save. 

Repeat these actions for all TLDs/SubTLDs you want to manage with the ODA InterNetX plugin. 

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