Configuring the Console Service

The Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Console enables a direct connection to the appliance to obtain IP information, display interfaces and listening ports, manage the connection to SupportNet, shutdown and restart the appliance, and more.

Select Services > Console to enable a direct connection to the appliance to obtain IP information, display interfaces and listening ports, manage the connection to SupportNet, shutdown and restart the appliance, and more. You can set the password for console access and for enabling or disabling network console access (network console access is only through ssh). You can also set the console password from within the console menu.

The Console item opens the Console Service Configuration window. This window allows you to enable or disable console access through SSH. If you enable console access, then network users can connect to the appliance’s console over an SSH connection from a terminal program, such as PuTTY on Windows® or Terminal on macOS® . If you disable the setting, then console access is only available by connecting a keyboard and monitor directly to the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare.

The Console Service Configuration window also allows you to set the console password. By default, the password is “console” (see the following connection example).

You can achieve console access to the appliance over an SSH connection or by directly connecting a keyboard and monitor to the appliance. The default username and password are both console. For example, from a UNIX command prompt, establish an SSH connection by entering the following:

$ ssh console@192.168.0.2

console@192.168.0.2’s password: console

Whether connected directly with a monitor and keyboard or remotely through SSH, the console window and selections are the same.

Existing appliances that upgrade have their console and SSH access disabled by default, with no password set. If you want to enable console access for these appliances, you must set a password.