Center Financial Management Guide

The BlackBox Framework Center periodically spends money for its operation. This memo describes the tasks of the financial manager and the required steps/logins.

Domain name blackboxframework.org

The domain name should be payed each year. Currently this is USD 12.99 per year. The next expiration date is September 14th, 2017.

Login at http://name.com or https://www.name.com.

Use a modern browser, some versions of Chrome crash. Microsoft Internet Explorer seems to work.

user: <dnsUser>

password: <dnsPassword>

Go to "Renew My Domains", then "My Domains list". In the resulting list with one entry for 'blackboxframework.org' click "Renew Domain". "WhoIs Privacy" is not really required and costs additional money. Until now we are not using this option.

EDIS virtual server hosting

EDIS server hosting for a 'VRS - VRS STARTER' package costs EUR 4.99 per month. The IP address of the virtual server is 178.209.50.165, located in Switzerland. It runs a Debian 7 (Wheezy) 32Bit Linux operating system. Payment method is set to PayPal. Payment can be automated by a repeating transfer from a PayPal account.

For the client area (financial aspects) login at https://manage.edis.at/whmcs/clientarea.php.

For a control panel (technical aspects) login at https://manage.edis.at/vps use "Login with email-address and password (new system)" TODO check this, it seems not to work.

email: <edisUser>

password: <edisPassword>