### Creating Dedicated Server Hosting Plans

Hardware Nodes without Parallels Virtuozzo Containers support cannot be managed on the system level using Parallels Business Automation - Standard. In this case, the only Parallels Business Automation - Standard function in respect to such Hardware Nodes is billing. This means that you can create the Dedicated hosting plans that provide non-Virtuozzo Hardware Nodes, register non-Virtuozzo Hardware Nodes, and manage non-Virtuozzo Dedicated subscriptions.

Note: The non-Virtuozzo dedicated subscriptions should be activated manually as this described later in this guide.

Please, select the Dedicated Server hosting type , enter the hosting plan title and other general settings as this described earlier in this guide, then follow the wizard:

1. Enter the billing rates:
   - Specify the setup fees for all subscription periods in the Setup fee fields. The setup fee is to be once paid by a customer for subscription creation.
   - Type the subscription fees for all subscription periods in the Recurring fee fields. The recurring fee is to be paid by a customer for a subscription period.
   - Check the relevant box(es) to set subscription periods to be offered at your online store.
2. Adjust the resources allocation values and prices:
   1. Type the number of static IPs included in the hosting plan price into the Included value field. Enter the maximal number of static IPs allowed for the hosting plan into the Maximum consumable value field. Enter the price for each additional static IP into the Cost for additional resource allocation field.
   2. In the same way, specify prices for DNS hosting, i.e., how many domains with DNS zone file in your DNS and at what price are allowed.
   - You can also use the upgrade by blocks option which allows you to limit the resources upgrade options in CP to certain values calculated on the basis of the upgrade block amount. Thus, once the option is set, the upgrade in CP will be effected by blocks and new resource value available in CP will equal current resource value plus N times upgrade block units. The number of upgrade block units can be set in the Upgrade block field. Enter the upgrade block value into the Upgrade block field.
3. Adjust the DNS settings. Selecting the Domain Registration hosting plan allows you to offer domain registration together with the dedicated subscription to a customer who buys dedicated server. In case a customer purchases domain registration together with dedicated server subscription, he/she will be able to manage a domain from the Control Panel:
   1. Select the domain registration hosting plan that will define the terms of domain registration for the hosting plan from the Domain Registration Hosting Plan drop-down menu.
   2. And from the DNS Template drop-down menu, please select the DNS template that will define the standard set of resource records to be placed into the zone file for all domains registered in the frame of the Hosting Plan you are creating.
   3. Select name servers set to be used for domains registration within this hosting plan from the Name servers set drop-down menu.
4. Select licenses:

   If you sell licenses and have configured a Key Administrator plug-in with one or more license classes available for sale, you are offered to select the license classes and configure license properties of these classes. In this case, to select a license class for sale, check the box next to a License Class name and click the Next button. On the next step, you can see the licenses of the selected classes, each license properties in a separate form, if several licenses are selected, then forms for each of the licenses are shown one-by-one, fill the forms and scroll the screen to configure all licenses. The name of a license class is at the form heading.

   To activate a license in general, check the Active box. To offer a license for sale in the frame of the hosting plan, check the Sell this license in my HSPstore box. To include a license in the hosting package without the ability for a customer to un-select a license and do not buy it, check the Included box, otherwise, leave this box clear and specify the price for a license. If a license properties allow including additional services and/or additional license keys, then to sell them in a license package, check the box(es) next to a service or an additional key name, if it is possible to specify an additional key capacity, then select the capacity and specify the price.

5. You can optionally attach additional services (custom attributes) to a hosting plan as this described earlier in this guide.
6. Adjust the traffic accounting settings:

   To enable traffic accounting by classes for this hosting plan, check the Enable this traffic class for this hosting plan box on a traffic class form.

   The Create an overusage invoice at the end of every billing month instead of generating an overusage event only checkbox serves for switching the traffic accounting from the metered mode (the box checked) to the non-metered mode (the box cleared). The metered traffic accounting mode allows using traffic over the Included amount but up to the Maximum amount and paying for the traffic used over the Included amount at the end of month. The non-metered traffic accounting mode allows using traffic only up to the Included amount and in case a customer needs more traffic, he/she must order more at an additional fee, but no greater than the Maximum amount; after an order is paid, traffic will be provided.

   By default, each traffic class is set to the combined traffic accounting. If you want to account the incoming and outgoing traffic separately, clear the Combine incoming and outgoing traffic box. As a result the Combined Traffic fields on a traffic class become disabled and at the same time both the Incoming traffic and Outgoing traffic fields become enabled, so you can enter a special traffic limits and prices for incoming and outgoing traffic.

   To set the traffic limits and prices, specify the values in the fields next to a traffic type name:

   Select the units to measure traffic from the Units drop-down menu.

   If you do not want to limit traffic for the hosting plan subscribers, check the Unlim box next to the corresponding traffic type. If you want to set limits and prices, clear the Unlim box and enter limits and rates.

   Enter the monthly traffic amount included in the hosting plan price into the Included amount field.

   Enter the monthly traffic limit into the Maximum amount field. This will be the maximal traffic value allowed for customers subscribed for this hosting plan.

   Enter the price per additional traffic unit (selected from the Units drop-down menu) into the Overuse rate/Cost for additional field.

7. Add custom questions to be asked at the HSPstore when a customer subscribes for a hosting plan as this described earlier in this guide.
8. Review the hosting plan parameters and finish its creation.

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