Operating System¶
This configurable option allows clients to select an OS when they order SolusVM 2 product in WHMCS.
- Login to your WHMCS administrator web interface.
- Open System Settings > Configurable Options.
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Click Create a New Group or select an existing group.
Note
We recommend keeping configurable option group for OS selection separated from other groups.
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Give your group a name, select the product (the one you created earlier) to assign to the group, and then click Save Changes.
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Click Add New Configurable Option. You will open a new browser window where you will specify the option settings.
- Give your option a name Operating System and select the option type Dropdown.
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In the Add Option field, specify the option value following the pattern:
OS_ID|OS_Name
and then click Save Changes. In the mentioned pattern:OS_ID
is the actual ID of an OS image on the SolusVM 2 management server. To seeOS_ID
, go to SolusVM 2 (the admin area) > Images > Operating Systems and locate the IDs of the operating systems you want to add as a configurable option.OS_Name
is the OS name to be displayed in WHMCS.
In our example, we are adding CentOS 8 (
OS_ID 2
) and Ubuntu 20.04 (OS_ID 7
) as a configurable option. -
Repeat the previous step as many times as many operating systems you want to offer. Once finished, click Close Window
Now, when customers choose your product, they will have a choice of operating systems for SolusVM 2 servers.