whmcs - hetzner widget (free)

hostdog

WHMCS - Hetzner widget is a WHMCS widget to display your Hetzner servers information.

It features a 10 columns table to display server's:

• IP
• Server name
• Type (Product)
• Datacenter
• Status
• Due Date (next payment date)
• Bandwidth In
• Bandwidth Out
• Bandwidth In & Out Compined
• Bandwidth Limit

How to Install

1. Extract it in WHMCS-PATH/modules/widgets/
2. Go and setup the widget to appear under Setup -> Administrator Roles

This is an open-source software. It is free for download. There is no guarantee or support for it!

Jack

Sounds great.

Jeffrey

Would be even more great if it worked with any server from any datacenter. :)

hostdog

And it would be even more greater if any datacenter had the same API. :)

hostdog

PS. Sharing/Twitting our info/download page is highly appreciated :)

YKM

@hostdog said: hostdog October 8 FlagThanks Member And it would be even more greater if any datacenter had the same API. :)

lol

PhilND

Not going to get much use now Hetzner are restricting how many IP addresses you can have.

hostdog

Is there any official announcement about this? What if someone want to install an SSL or create more VPS? Are they just going to refuse to provide more IPs?

japon

@PhilND said: Not going to get much use now Hetzner are restricting how many IP addresses you can have.

I can get as many subnets as I want using the Flexipack. Or is this only still available to older customers?

rds100

@PhilND said: now Hetzner are restricting how many IP addresses you can have.

Can you blame them for this? Try to put yourself in their shoes - they can only get so many IP addresses and then they can either sell 1000 IPs to one customers or 1 IP to 1000 customers. Obviously they prefer the second option.

hostdog

@rds100 that's their problem, not the customers' problem. If there is a reason for using an IP the should provide it.

Zen

@hostdog said: @rds100 that's their problem, not the customers' problem. If there is a reason for using an IP the should provide it.

Actually, it is the customers problem. Its nice to know more and more (budget) providers are becoming stricter with allocation.

hostdog

I agree with being strict, but they should at least come up with a solution.

Zen

@hostdog said: I agree with being strict, but they should at least come up with a solution.

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hostdog

Not all providers support IPv6.

Zen

@hostdog said: Not all providers support IPv6.

Maybe you're missing the fact that...

1. IPV6 is the long term solution (technically)
2. Limiting IP allocation is the short term solution

Thus, an infinite loop is created. There is no magic fairy that can come up with a solution to generate more IP space for Hetzner, they can either pay for it somehow, or deal with the shortage in the best way possible, by tightening up on allocation rules, even OVH has started doing this (you can no longer get the crazy one time price of 1$/IP on their line-up)

I'm just saying, its almost certainly the customers problem, if you require a mass of IPs and your provider cannot give this to you because you do not justify it or because it simply isn't possible, then you are required to find a new provider that can meet your needs, because as @rds100 said - they value the business of 1000 customers much more than 1.

hostdog

I can not agree more with you @Zen that IPv6 is the future, but I don't see that as a solution currently.

Zen

@hostdog said: I can not agree more with you @Zen that IPv6 is the future, but I don't see that as a solution currently.

Well, its the unfortunate truth that there is no other real solution, everything else is just biding time. :)

George_Fusioned

@hostdog said: Is there any official announcement about this?

From their October newsletter:

In view of the scarcity of available IPv4 addresses, the European IP address administrator Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE) has for some time now been allocating IPv4 addresses to providers and network operators on a limited basis.

RIPE is now tightening up on allocation even further by distributing IPv4 addresses in small packets only.

Consequently, Hetzner Online has been forced to restrict its additional subnet offer.

A maximum of one "/28 Subnet" only can be allocated per server:

/29 (6 usable IPs) – 5.40 euros per month (plus Flexi Pack) /28 (14 usable IPs) – 11.20 euros per month (plus Flexi Pack)

For further details on IP allocation please see http://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/IP-Adressen/en

PhilND

@japon said: I can get as many subnets as I want using the Flexipack. Or is this only still available to older customers?

Don't think you can, go try and order another subnet ;) It effects all new IP orders.

We are now stuck with a server with one /27

Jack

@PhilND said: Don't think you can, go try and order another subnet ;) It effects all new IP orders.

We are now stuck with a server with one /27

Ouch.

Can't you get them to VLAN all your servers with a total IP pool?

PhilND

@Jack

We have totally ran out of IP addresses with Hetzner, I believe we have 2 left with them in total.

PhilND

Received this from them

"Hello,

our management team are the ones who decided that we could only allocate /28 subnets. This is due to the shortage of IPv4 and is only going to get worse. I'm afraid we cannot make any exceptions. Even our largest clients with thousands of servers don't get /27 subnets any more.

Best regards"