To add a new integration module go to  Integration → Processing modules → Add and perform the following steps: 

  • Step 1. Select the product type "SSL certificates".
  • Step 2. Select the processing module  "The SSL Store". 
  • Step 3. Enter the information for integration with The SSL Store. 
  • Step 4. Enter the processing module parameters. 

Integration settings

Integration is configured in the process of creating a service processing module in BILLmanager.

To create a service processing module, enter Integration → Processing modules → click Add. The processing module adding wizard consists of the following steps:

  1. Product type: select "SSL Certificates".
  2. Processing module: select "The SSL Store".
  3. Integration settings. Specify the data for integration:
    Complete the form using the details of an existing client in the handler's system:
    1. API URL — API address of the server.
      for real orders: https://api.thesslstore.com;
      for testing:       https://sandbox-wbapi.thesslstore.com 
    2. Partner Id — code of a partner of The SSL Store (API Partner Code).
    3. Authentication Token — token for access to API (API Authentication Token).
    4. Certificate format — select a format to be used to download the certificate from The SSL Store.
    Activate the Add New Client option to display a link to register with the handler's system.
  4. Processing module parameters. Configure internal (within BILLmanager) parameters of the service processing module:
    1. Name — specify the name of the processing module to be displayed in the BILLmanager interface.
    2. Department — select the department to which tasks from the processing module will be assigned.
    3. Sort — specify the processing module’s priority. If more than one processing module is connected to a tariff plan, the processing module with the lowest priority is selected first when creating the service.
    4. Processing module minimal balance — specify the minimum amount on the personal account in the system to purchase services. For more information, see Processing Module Balance.

Check connection

On the last step of the Setup Wizard, BILLmanager tries to connect to the Certification Authority with the specified parameters. If the operation failed with the error  message: "Cannot connect to the processing module", perform the following steps: 

  • make sure the connection parameters are correct; 
  • check that the URL-address of the Certification Authority is accessible from the server with BILLmanager;
  • make sure that  API calls can be executed from the BILLmanager IP address in the Certification Authority Client area. 

Account balance 

The module can send the current account balance from the Certification Authority side. A BILLmanager administrator can see the current balance information on the billing platform Dashboard.

Multi-year certificates

Since September 1, 2020, Mozilla, Safari and Google Chrome browsers do not support SSL certificates with validity period longer than 398 days. Their policies have been changed to improve security.

In this regard, certification centers offer a solution for purchasing long-term certificates — a subscription to SSL certificates. With a multi-year subscription, you pay for the certificate for several years in advance and reissue it annually.

In BILLmanager, automatic reissue of certificates by subscription has been implemented for the The SSLStore processing module.

For example, your client orders and pays for an SSL certificate on October 20, 2020 for 5 years. After successful registration in the BILLmanager client area, this certificate has two fields: End date and Paid till. In the End date field, the date of 20.10.2021 will be specified as the date until which the current certificate is valid. In the Paid till field, the date of 20.10.2025 will be specified as the end date of the pair period. Each year during this period, BILLmanager will automatically reissue the certificate for the following year.

If a certificate is purchased for one year, the field Paid till remains empty.

Logs

The SSL Store logs are stored in the /usr/local/mgr5/var/pmthesslstore.log file. 

For more information in the log, add the "pmthesslstore.* 9" row into the /usr/local/mgr5/etc/debug.conf file.