Installing Parallels Plesk Billing Bundle

Parallels Plesk Billing can be installed as Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0 component which provides for tight integration with Parallels Plesk Panel right out of the box.

Plesk Billing component is added during Parallels Plesk Panel installation via the auto-installation tool that can be downloaded from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/.

1. Download and run Parallels Plesk Panel Auto-installer. See Parallels Plesk Control Panel 9.0 for Linux/Unix Installation Guide for details.
2. Select Plesk Billing component when suggested during installation. For more details on installing components, see Step 10 of Installing parallels Plesk Panel on Linux and FreeBSD section in the Parallels Plesk Control Panel 9.0 for Linux/Unix Installation Guide for details.

   Note: Plesk Billing Bundle is also shipped as Virtuozzo template for optimized installation in Virtuozzo VE (Virtual Environment) with Plesk.

3. Complete the installation of Parallels Plesk Panel and Plesk Billing component.

   Note: After Parallels Plesk Panel is installed, the default login is "admin" and password is "setup".

4. Perform initial setup of Parallels Plesk Panel administrator prior to first login to Parallels Plesk Billing. For more details, see Getting Started in Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0 Administrator's Guide.
5. Install Parallels Plesk Panel license containing modernbill-accounts parameter which determines the maximum number of Parallels Plesk Billing clients. This parameter does not show in Parallels Plesk Panel GUI. To check if your Parallels Plesk Panel license key has this parameter, search the following strings in Parallels Plesk Panel key file:

   <!-- Modernbill accounts count -->
<plesk-unix-90:modernbill-accounts core:type="integer">1000</plesk-unix-90:modernbill-accounts>

   Note: Default Parallels Plesk Panel license without modernbill-accounts parameter allows creating only 1 Parallels Plesk Billing client account.

   For more details, see Installing License Keys in Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0 Administrator's Guide.

6. Configure Global Account in Parallels Plesk Panel. It provides for transparent navigation between Parallels Plesk Panel and Plesk Billing without having to enter credentials every time. For more details, see Setting Up Global Account and Connecting Local Accounts To Your Global Account sections in Plesk Control Panel 9.0 Administrator's Guide.
7. Now that your Parallels Plesk Panel is configured, you can access Plesk Billing and configure Global Account on its side.

   Note: Before Global Account is set up in Parallels Plesk Billing, you can use Parallels Plesk Panel administrator credentials to log in.

8. Go through Parallels Plesk Billing setup wizard to perform the initial configuration of your billing system. For more details, see Setting Up Global Accounts section in Parallels Plesk Billing 6.0 Administrator Guide.

Parallels Plesk Billing integrated into Parallels Plesk Panel is installed to the /opt/plesk-billing (for Linux) and /usr/local/plesk-billing (for FreeBSD) directories.