Deploy your Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare

Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Deployment Guide, 4.1

Broadcasting Services with Bonjour®

Your Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare is a device enabled with Bonjour® networking technology that automatically broadcasts its own services and listens for services being offered for the use of others. Note: Bonjour® must be enabled on the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare to connect to the appliance from a browser enabled with Bonjour® by default. To activate, select the on the Network window. From a device running the macOS® operating system, or a computer running Windows® that has Bonjour® 1.0.4 or later installed, you can use Safari® , Edge® , Firefox® , or Chrome™ to access a Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare without knowing the appliance’s IP address. This method is convenient if the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare is assigned a new IP from Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or if you do not know the IP address. The computer browsing for Bonjour® devices must be on the same network as the appliance you are searching, otherwise the Appliance does no

Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Deployment Guide, 4.1

Get Started with V1000 Virtual

Use the virtual appliance image to deploy to your V1000 Virtual. Before you begin You must have some version of VMware® virtualization software already installed, such as VMware Workstation Player™, VMware Fusion®, or VMware Server™. You can set up the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare by using a V1000 Virtual appliance. Use the virtual appliance image to deploy to your V1000 Virtual.If you received a DVD from Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare with the virtual appliance image file, the file is located in the base directory. If the image file was delivered electronically, it is located in the outgoing directory of the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server. Import the virtual machine image into the VMware virtualization application that is running. Consult the documentation on your VMware product for importing and converting the virtual appliance image. Wait a few minutes for the appliance to complete startup. When the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare is fully started

Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Deployment Guide, 4.1

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. Console Service Configuration window 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 PuTT

Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Deployment Guide, 4.1

Use the Help Menu

Help provides you with access to a variety of help resources for using and managing the appliance. Use the Help menu to access a variety of help resources for using and managing the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare. It also provides some support for Mirth® Connect. Help menu Select Help and one of the following: Select Documentation to access links to the documents related to the appliance. Select Downloads to download files related to the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare. The Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare SNMP MIB is the management information base for managing the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). Select Contact Support to access links for NextGen Healthcare Support. When contacting support, have your appliance serial number ready. The serial number appears in the System Status area on the Mirth Appliance Dashboard and on a sticker on the appliance. Select SupportNet to allow your Mirth® Appliance by NextGen H

Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Deployment Guide, 4.1

System Menu

You can perform Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare system administration with the System menu on the Control Panel web application. Note: No special operating system or command line knowledge is necessary to perform any of the functions in the System menu. View Details about the Mirth Appliance by NextGen Healthcare The dashboard displays information about your appliance and its current state. Create Backup Sets Backup sets are collections of components with a given destination for the backup data. Restore a Backup to an Appliance When you restore a backup, you can select any or all of the components in the backup file’s backup set to restore. Update the Mirth Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Software Updates to Mirth® applications, new features, bug fixes, and security patches are all delivered online and controlled from the appliance. Mirth Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Certificates The appliance SSL Certificate window enables you to work with the local certificate authority or

Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Deployment Guide, 4.1

Deployment Considerations

The flexibility of the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare enables a variety of deployment options. NextGen Healthcare provides recommendations for planning the placement of your appliance. Using DMZ for External Access If the appliance is used for connectivity to sources outside your organization’s private network, NextGen Healthcare recommends that the unit be placed into a DMZ network. Bridging Disconnected Network Segments A Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare with multiple Ethernet interfaces can be used as a message firewall to bridge otherwise disconnected networks. Opening Network Ports Through a Firewall When operating your hardware through a firewall, it is necessary to allow some network traffic to pass so that certain features of the appliance can function properly.

Deploy your Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare

Before you begin

Recommendations

Broadcasting Services with Bonjour®

Get Started with V1000 Virtual

Configuring the Console Service

Use the Help Menu

System Menu

Deployment Considerations

Broadcasting Services with Bonjour®

Get Started with V1000 Virtual

Configuring the Console Service

Use the Help Menu

System Menu

Deployment Considerations