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Ivan: /* Does Freeside support PayPal? */

2015-01-21T03:13:58Z

‎Does Freeside support PayPal?

2014-09-05T19:04:01Z

‎What databases are supported by Freeside?

2013-10-09T05:26:52Z

2013-09-08T00:36:45Z

‎What databases are supported by Freeside?

2013-01-26T21:03:11Z

‎How do I enable a second address (service/shipping address) in an existing database?

2013-01-26T21:02:53Z

‎When building software prererquisites for Freeside, which combinations are known to break/fail?

2012-09-22T04:47:48Z

‎General Questions

2012-09-22T04:47:21Z

2012-07-30T19:09:07Z

‎Misc Questions

2012-01-20T00:56:02Z

Reverted edits by AkylasnIi (Talk) to last revision by Ivan

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 == Does Freeside support PayPal? ==
 : PayPal Payflow Pro (their real merchant account product, acquired from Verisign) is supported and has been for ages.  This uses Business::OnlinePayment::PayflowPro.
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-: PayPal DoDirectPayment (Business::OnlinePayment::PayPal) is not yet supported because of a bug in the Business::OnlinePayment::PayPal module.  See <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=25259>.  This is possibly simple to fix, but I'm not aware of anyone that's tried and verified the module works properly with Freeside.
+: PayPal redirection of the end-user browser is supported as of version 3.2
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-: PayPal redirection of the end-user browser is not currently supported, but much of the code infrastrure is in place.  This will take some work to finish the implementation.  As with any feature, contributionss or sponsorship are welcome.
+: PayPal DoDirectPayment (Business::OnlinePayment::PayPal) is not yet supported because of a bug in the Business::OnlinePayment::PayPal module.  See <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=25259>.  This is possibly simple to fix, but I'm not aware of anyone that's tried and verified the module works properly with Freeside.
 = Configuration Questions =

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 :[http://www.postgresql.org PostgreSQL] 8.x+ is recommended.
-:[http://www.mysql.com MySQL]/[http://www.mariadb.com MariaDB] v5+ is also supported prior to Freeside v3.  Sponsors or contributions to MySQL/MariaDB support in Freeside v3 are welcome.
+:[http://www.mysql.com MySQL]/[http://www.mariadb.com MariaDB] v5+ is also supported again starting in Freeside v3.4.  Sponsors or contributions for ongoing maintenance of the MySQL/MariaDB support are welcome.
 :''Note: the above only applies to the database used by the Freeside software itself.  Freeside can integrate with RADIUS and other servers running a different database than the backend.''

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      <code>export LANG=C</code> <i>(sh, bash, zsh, etc. shells)</i>
      <code>setenv LANG C</code> <i>(csh or tcsh shell)</i>
 == I'm trying to run Freeside on a <nowiki>VirtualHost</nowiki>, and I get "not running uid freeside" errors. ==
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 = Really Old Questions =
 == Using <nowiki>DBD::Pg 1.40</nowiki>, I receive an <code>Use of uninitialized value in die</code> or <code>syntax error at or near "$1"</code> error when running freeside-setup or after upgrading <nowiki>DBD::Pg</nowiki> ==

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 :[http://www.postgresql.org PostgreSQL] 8.x+ is recommended.
-:[http://www.mysql.com MySQL] v5+ is also supported.
+:[http://www.mysql.com MySQL]/[http://www.mariadb.com MariaDB] v5+ is also supported prior to Freeside v3.  Sponsors or contributions to MySQL/MariaDB support in Freeside v3 are welcome.
 :''Note: the above only applies to the database used by the Freeside software itself.  Freeside can integrate with RADIUS and other servers running a different database than the backend.''

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 :It records sessions (ie. login + logout, etc), so that the database can tell who is logged on at any given time.  These days, most folks use a RADIUS server such as [http://www.freeradius.org/ FreeRADIUS] which includes an SQL session database instead of using the Freeside session server.
-== How do I enable a second address (service/shipping address) in an existing database?</b> ==
+== How do I enable a second address (service/shipping address) in an existing database? ==
 :For 1.7.X and later, freeside-upgrade should enable shipping addresses automatically.

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 :<nowiki>DBD::Pg 1.40</nowiki> has a grave bug (http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=12004) which causes these errors.  Please use 1.41 or later (1.32 is also okay).
-== When building software prererquisites for Freeside, which combinations are known to break/fail?</b> ==
+== When building software prererquisites for Freeside, which combinations are known to break/fail? ==
 :Any: DBD::Pg 1.32 with DBI 1.42 fails "make test".  DBI 1.41 is ok.  ''Update: Test failures are harmless, DBI::Pg 1.32 works fine with DBI 1.42.''

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 :''Note: the above only applies to the database used by the Freeside software itself.  Freeside can integrate with RADIUS and other servers running a different database than the backend.''
-== How does Freeside compare to A2Billing ==
+== How does Freeside compare to A2Billing? ==
 Despite both projects doing "asterisk billing", they're actually more complimentary than overlapping.  A2billing is an Asterisk-based soft-switch optimized for offering telephony services (specifically calling card, callback and wholesale services), while Freeside is a back-office customer database and customer portal with CDR processing, invoicing, taxation, reports, credit card processing, trouble ticketing, and so on.
-== Is there documentation elsewhere ==
+== Is there documentation elsewhere? ==
 All documentation is in the wiki.  Please help us improve it, that's why it is in a wiki!

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 == What databases are supported by Freeside? ==
-:[http://www.postgresql.org PostgreSQL] 7.x/8.x is recommended.
+:[http://www.postgresql.org PostgreSQL] 8.x+ is recommended.
-:[http://www.mysql.com MySQL] (v4.1 or later, v5 recommended) is supported starting with Freeside 1.7.3. DBIx::DBSchema 0.35 is required.
+:[http://www.mysql.com MySQL] v5+ is also supported.
 :''Note: the above only applies to the database used by the Freeside software itself.  Freeside can integrate with RADIUS and other servers running a different database than the backend.''
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 Despite both projects doing "asterisk billing", they're actually more complimentary than overlapping.  A2billing is an Asterisk-based soft-switch optimized for offering telephony services (specifically calling card, callback and wholesale services), while Freeside is a back-office customer database and customer portal with CDR processing, invoicing, taxation, reports, credit card processing, trouble ticketing, and so on.
 = Installation Questions =

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 : It can be, but that mostly depends on how you set yours up individually.  What hardware you use, where your server is, who you allow access, how do any of your programs interact with freeside, and via what networks and protocols.  You need to setup and use [[Freeside:1.9:Documentation:Administration:Encrypted_Credit_Cards|encrypted credit cards]].
 : Freeside gives the tools necessary for its part, but much of PCI compliance is in your infrastructure.
 = Configuration Questions =