MediaCP Manual
    1. Getting Started
    2. Sales Questions
    3. Frequently Asked Questions
    4. Transcoder System Benchmarks
    5. Start your own streaming platform
    1. Change account currency
    2. Product Licensing
    1. Introduction
    2. Installation & Upgrade
      1. System Requirements
      2. Versions & Releases
      3. Installation
      4. Upgrading
      5. Streaming Servers
        1. Nginx-Rtmp Video Server
        2. Wowza Streaming Engine
        3. Flussonic Media Server
        4. Video Feature Comparison
        5. Icecast 2 / Icecast KH
      6. SSL Certificates
    3. Billing Integration
      1. WHMCS Integration Guide
      2. Clientexec Integration Guide
      3. Blesta Integration Guide
    4. Migrate from other software
      1. Migrate from Centovacast
    5. Backup & Restoration
      1. Backup MediaCP
      2. Restore MediaCP
      3. Transfer to another server
    6. Administration
      1. Custom Web Service Configurations
      2. Reset Admin Password
      3. Port 80 / 443 Proxy
      4. MediaCP System Commands
      5. Change MediaCP domain name
      6. Move media to another hard disk
      7. Secure your server
      8. Troubleshooting Login Errors
      9. Custom Facebook App
    7. Scaling
      1. Scale with Wowza and CloudFront CDN
      2. Nginx-Rtmp with CloudFront CDN
    8. Troubleshooting
      1. Grant access to support team
      2. Troubleshooting Wowza Streaming Engine
      3. FTP Troubleshooting
      4. MySQL Database Troubleshooting
      5. Reporting Troubleshooting
      6. Troubleshooting Liquidsoap AutoDJ
      7. Video Relay Troubleshooting
    1. Introduction
    2. Administrators Dashboard
    3. System Configuration
      1. General
      2. Services
      3. Video Players
      4. Albums
      5. Email
      6. Plugins
      7. Statistics
      8. Backups
      9. Custom HTML
      10. Misc
    4. Customer Accounts
      1. Managing existing Customers
      2. Create a new Customer
      3. Deleting a Customer
      4. Login as another Customer
      5. Send email to Customer
      6. Reset Customer Password
    5. Reseller Accounts
      1. Reseller Plans
      2. Create a Reseller Account
    6. Media Services
      1. Creating a Media Service
      2. Deleting a Media Service
    7. Announcements
      1. Managing Announcements
      2. Creating Announcement
      3. Deleting Announcement
    8. Statistics
    9. Software Health
    10. Software Updates
    11. Email Templates
    12. API
    1. Introduction
    2. Audio Operation Manual
      1. Basics 101
      2. Station Overview
      3. Media Library
      4. Playlists
        1. General Rotation
        2. Jingles & Advertising
        3. Scheduling
        4. Repeat Protection
      5. Live DJ Connections
      6. Live Stream Recording
      7. DJ Manager
      8. Country Blocking
      9. Stream Proxy
      10. Widgets & Links
      11. Reporting
    3. Reseller Operations Manual
      1. Reseller Dashboard
      2. Customers
      3. Media Services
    1. API Documentation
    2. Custom Domain Names
    3. Shoutcast 2 Admin Guide
    4. Wowza and Flussonic on same system
    5. Submit a feature request
    6. Wowza Custom Properties
    1. Shoutcast 2 Live Broadcasting
    2. DJ Priorities
    3. HTML5 Audio Player
    4. Broadcasting with AutoDJ
    5. Shoutcast 2 Premium
    6. Mount Points
    1. Getting started with video streaming
    2. Live Streaming Overview
    3. TV Station Overview
    4. Ondemand Video Streaming
    5. Relay & IP Camera
    6. GeoIP Country Locking
    7. VAST Advertising
    8. Stream Recording
    9. Connecting your encoder
    10. Preparing Your Media Files
    11. Understanding Video Playlists
    12. Embedding player on your website
    13. Smooth Streaming and Content Transition
    14. Video Transcoding (Adaptive Bitrate Streaming)
    15. Image Logo or Watermark Overlay on Video Stream
    16. DVR Rewind
    17. Statistics
    18. Facebook Live Streaming
    19. Youtube Stream Publishing
    20. Twitch Stream Publishing
    21. Shoutcast 2 Stream Publishing
    22. Icecast Stream Publishing
    23. RTMP Stream Publishing
    1. Cloud Video Overview
    2. Admin Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Login to your cloud platform
      2. Dashboard - A First Look
      3. Branding your platform
      4. Team & Staff Members
      5. Plans & Customers
      6. WHMCS Billing Provisioning Module
      7. Activating VOD on Customer Plan
    3. User Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Login to your video platform
      2. First Look
      3. Creating a Channel
      4. Channel Overview
      5. Broadcasting
      6. Recording
      7. Fallback Video
      8. TV Channels - 24x7 UGC
      9. Video on Demand
      10. VOD Playlists
      11. Publishing
      12. Viewing Analytics
      13. Publish Zoom Meetings
      14. Advertising
      15. Restreaming IP Cameras
    4. Video Guide Series
    5. Streaming Best Practices
    6. Feature Comparison
    7. Roadmap & Release Notes
Clientexec Integration Guide

Last updated 5 months ago

Clientexec is a third-party software that compliments the Media Control Panel with a a billing and automation component for the primary purpose of selling audio and video streaming services. 

Clientexec is licensed and installed separately to Media Control Panel. Please refer to the Clientexec website for information on pricing and installation.

Installation

The Clientexec plugin is maintained publicly at https://github.com/mediacontrolpanel/clientexec-onpremise/

  1. Download the latest plugin from GitHub
  2. Extract the .zip file to your desktop
  3. Connect to your WHMCS server via FTP and navigate to [Clientexec]/plugins/server
  4. Upload the mediacp folder from your desktop to the FTP in the path [Clientexec]/plugins/server

Configuration

Add a new server

Once the plugin is installed it will immediately be visible from the Plugin list within the Edit Server screen of Clientexec.

  1. Login to Clientexec as an administrator
  2.  Navigate to Settings -> Servers
  3. Click on Add Server
  4. Below are described the fields that are relevant to Media Control Panel.
    • Server Name: This is for your own identification, enter any name that you want.
    • Hostname: Enter the domain name used by Media Control Panel. Make sure it is only the host/domain component and not a URL. It should not include https:// or the port number
    • Plugin: Select Media Control Panel from the drop down menu
    • Plugin Options – Port: The primary port that MediaCP software uses. Default is 2020. Change only if you have configured an alternate port for MediaCP Web.
    • Plugin Options – Use SSL: Check this box if HTTPS/SSL is configured with MediaCP (default ON).
    • Plugin Options – API Key: Provide the MediaCP API Key into this field
    • Plugin Options – Service Name Custom Field: Leave as the default value of “Service Name” unless you change this in the next step.
  5. Press on Save Changes, and then Test Connection to make sure everything is working appropriately before continuing.

Configure Custom Fields

Custom Fields are required to save information to be used in the Email Template described further below. 

  1.  Navigate to the Main Menu -> Settings -> Custom Fields
  2. Press Add Custom Field
  3. Enter the name of the new custom field as “Service Name” and press OK to continue.
  4. Check “Is Required”
  5. Check “Include in Signup”
  6. Uncheck “All Product Groups”
  7. Select the “Media Control Panel” Product Group
  8. Repeat the process and create two additional fields called “Service Portbase” and “Service Password”, however make sure “Required” and “Include in Signup” is UNCHECKED and that you do CHECK the Admin Only option.

Create Welcome Email

  1. Navigate to Main Menu -> Settings -> Email Templates
  2. Fill out the Email name & Subject as desired
  3. Ensure the Type is set to “Welcome Email”
  4. Use one of the the below emails as a template to getting started

Email Template - Generic

Dear [CLIENTNAME],

Thank you for choosing [COMPANYNAME] to be your hosting provider. This email contains the details and credentials you need to make use of your hosting account.

New Account Information:

Control Panel Login: https://[SERVERHOSTNAME]:2020
Control Panel Username: [DOMAINUSERNAME]
Control Panel Password: [DOMAINPASSWORD]

Reset Password: https://[SERVERHOSTNAME]:2020/index.php?page=login&action=forgot.password

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let us know by emailing [SUPPORTEMAIL].
Thank you,
[COMPANYNAME]

Email Template - Audio Services

Dear [CLIENTNAME],

Thank you for choosing [COMPANYNAME] to be your hosting provider. This email contains the details and credentials you need to make use of your hosting account.

New Account Information:

Control Panel Login: https://[SERVERHOSTNAME]:2020
Control Panel Username: [DOMAINUSERNAME]
Control Panel Password: [DOMAINPASSWORD]

Reset Password: https://[SERVERHOSTNAME]:2020/index.php?page=login&action=forgot.password

Audio Service Details

URL: https://[SERVERHOSTNAME]:[CUSTOMPACKAGE_Service Portbase]
Broadcast Port: [CUSTOMPACKAGE_Service Portbase]
Broadcast Password: [CUSTOMPACKAGE_Service Password]

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let us know by emailing [SUPPORTEMAIL].
Thank you,
[COMPANYNAME]

 

Create Product Group

It is required to create a new Product Group that will hold Packages for the Media Control Panel product. This enables us to configure the group with Custom Fields as defined in the last step.

  1.  Navigate to the Main Menu -> Products
  2.  Select “Add Product Group”
  3. Enter Media Control Panel as the group name
  4. The only important configurations here are the Custom Fields, add the “Service Name”, “Service Portbase” and “Service Password”.

Create the first product

Add A New Product

  1. Select the Create a new product button
  2. Enter a Product Name for your customers to see
  3. Select the MediaCP Welcome Email
  4. Check “Send welcome email?” to automatically send the welcome email when the service is provisioned
  5. Select “Hide hosting custom fields” to ensure customers do not fill out these fields.
  6. Save Changes

Configure Product

  1. Select the “Pricing” tab and configure at least one price allowed in signup 
  2. Select the “Advanced & Plugin Settings” tab
  3. Select the Associated Server utilizing the “mediacp” server plugin
  4. Fill out the options for the service as you wish to be created in the Media Control Panel
  5. Press Save Changes

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