HEXONET

Supported Features

Register	Transfer	Renew	Registrar Lock
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Update Nameservers	Update WHOIS	Get EPP Code	Register Nameservers
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
DNS Record Management	Email Forwarding	Domain Release	Domain Sync Script
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Premium Domains	Transfer Out Automation	TLD Pricing Sync
Yes	Yes	No

This page describes a feature available in version 7.7 and above

Activation

To activate and begin using the HEXONET registrar module, follow the steps below:

Login to your WHMCS Admin Area
Navigate to Configuration () > System Settings > Domain Registrars or, prior to WHMCS 8.0, Setup > Products/Services > Domain Registrars.
Locate HEXONET in the list
Click the Activate button
Enter your HEXONET account username
Enter your HEXONET account password
Click Save Changes to complete the process

Auto Renewal
Configure the default domain renewal mode to AUTOEXPIRE in your HEXONET Control Panel, otherwise domains might be renewed without being paid by the customer in WHMCS

Renewal Mode Setting

Login to the HEXONET Control Panel
Navigate to Products > Domain Name Settings
- Use + More if that menu entry is not available and search for it in that list
In the Renewal Mode For New Domains setting, select the Expire Domain option
Click Save

IP Registration

HEXONET's API is not IP restricted by default, but can be configured in that direction to improve security. This can be done in the HEXONET control panel.

Login to the HEXONET control panel
Click on your username in the upper right
Navigate to Settings > Security > IP Restrictions
Enter your server's IP address
Save Changes

You can find the IP you need to whitelist by navigating to Help > License Information within your WHMCS admin area

Test Mode

The HEXONET's OT&E (Operational Test & Evaluation) system permits testing of domain registration and management actions without actually registering domains so no charges are incurred. To use it:

Create an test account here
In WHMCS enter your HEXONET test account username and password
Tick the TestMode checkbox
Click Save Changes

To return to live mode, enter your live HEXONET username and password into the WHMCS Domain Registrars page and untick the TestMode option.

ProxyServer

Whilst optional, you can enter the URL of your proxy server, instructions for configuring a proxy server are located at https://wiki.hexonet.net/wiki/HighPerformanceProxySetup

IDN Configuration

By default the HEXONET API is used to convert domains to IDN format (recommended). Change to PHP to make use of the idn_to_ascii function can be made to handle conversion instead (deprecated). This function must be compiled in your php.ini to operate: http://php.net/manual/en/function.idn-to-ascii.php

DNSSEC

This can be enabled to display the DNSSEC configuration interface in the client area domain details page. This feature allows your customer to add DS and KEY records and set the maxSigLife.

TRANSFERLOCK

Enable to automatically apply the transfer lock to new domain registrations.

Automatic Registration

WHMCS allows you to setup automatic domain registration on a per extension basis enabling you to use different registrars for different TLDs to give you the flexibility to offer more extensions and always get the best value.

To enable automatic registration, please refer to Configuring Automatic Registration

Automatic Domain Synchronization

The HEXONET module supports automatic domain synchronization for syncing of expiry dates and status changes for incoming transfers.

To enable this functionality, you need to ensure you have the Domain Sync Enabled in Configuration () > System Settings > General Settings > Domains or, prior to WHMCS 8.0, Setup > General Settings > Domains and ensure you have the Domain Sync Cron configured on your system.

Troubleshooting

Disconnected / Authorization Failed

Common causes for a 'Disconnected' or 'Authorization Failed' error are :

Incorrect password and/or username in the Registrar module settings (Setup > Products/Services > Domain Registrars > "Configure")
Two-Factor authentication is enabled for the user in your HEXONET account. This can be resolved by deactivating Two-Factor for your HEXONET user, or creating a restricted user role and new user which WHMCS will use to connect to HEXONET's API.
IP Restriction Settings in your HEXONET account do not allow connections from your WHMCS Server to the HEXONET API
Your server firewall is blocking the connection
You are connecting to the Test Environment using your HEXONET production account or vice versa. The HEXONET OTE API uses a different set of login credentials to the production environment.