Update the Appliances
You must ensure that each appliance in the cluster has the latest software updates.
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Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Advanced Clustering User Guide
(On the primary appliance) In the navigation bar, click Applications, and select Mirth Connect > Manage > Clustering > Wizard. Image of the Wizard option on the Applications menu. Follow the steps in the wizard. Note: You only need to run the wizard on one server in the cluster, and it will configure all servers as needed. The wizard will prompt you to upload the Advanced Clustering plugin zip file. Use the file you downloaded from Success Community. After you perform all steps in the wizard, your cluster setup is complete. Parent topic: Download the Advanced Clustering Plug-inRun the Mirth® Connect Clustering Setup Wizard
Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Advanced Clustering User Guide
This section instructs you how to install and set up advanced clustering without Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare. Before you begin Verify that each Mirth® Connect server in the cluster is running the same version of Mirth® Connect and has the same set of plugins installed. This section instructs you how to install and set up advanced clustering without Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare. Prepare a highly available database to be used as the cluster's shared database. Supported databases for clustering are the same as Mirth® Connect itself: PostgreSQL 8.3+ MySQL 5.0+ Oracle 10gR2+ SQL Server 2005+ Modify the database connection settings on each server to point to your highly available database. Image of the Database Settings tab where you configure database connection settings. Open the Mirth® Connect Administrator on each server, and install the Advanced Clustering plugin zip file (that you downloaded from the Success Community under the Extensions section. To view clusterinInstall and Set Up Without Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare
Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Advanced Clustering User Guide
You must download the Advanced Clustering plug-in, from the Success Community website to install and set-up the plug-in. This plug-in is available for Mirth® Connect version 3.2.2 or greater. Log on to Success Community. In the Hot Topics section, select View More to view the full list of hot topics. In the Search field, search for "connect" to limit the search to Connect-specific topics, and then select Mirth Connect Download Central. On the Mirth Connect Download Central page, select the Advanced Clustering link to go to the Advanced Clustering Plug-In URL page. Select the link corresponding to your version of Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare to start the download. Update the Appliances You must ensure that each appliance in the cluster has the latest software updates. Enable Postgres Replication Set Up Automatic Failover Automatic failover maximizes the availability of the Virtual IP address by switching to a standby server during a failure or service event. Run the Mirth ConnecDownload the Advanced Clustering Plug-in
Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Deployment Guide, 4.1
Updates to Mirth® applications, new features, bug fixes, and security patches are all delivered online and controlled from the appliance. To manually check for updates: On the Dashboard window, select the Check for Updates link. Select System > Software Updates. The Software Updates window appears. Select the Check for Updates button.The appliance queries the update server for available updates. During this process, the window updates with the progress as each step is completed, and a status message provides the number of available updates when the query is finished. Check for Software Updates window Select Okay to proceed to the Software Updates window. Software Updates window The Software Updates window displays a history of update activity on the appliance. The Status column lets you know if the update is available, downloading, ready to install, installed, or obsolete. The Action column contains a button if there is an action associated with the current state of the update and alloUpdate the Mirth® Appliance by NextGen Healthcare Software
Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare M3 User Guide
M3 must be installed on a Mirth Appliance. To install, check for Software Updates on the appliance by navigating to System > Software Updates or click the "Check for Updates" link on the Mirth Appliance dashboard: Once the M3 update is installed, "Mirth M3" will appear in the list of applications on the Appliance. In the Mirth Appliance navigation bar, Go to Applications > Application Control. To start M3, click the "Start" button for Mirth M3 in Applications Control. To launch the M3 web interface, go to Applications > Mirth M3 > Launch: The M3 login screen will appear. Log in using the same username/password credentials used to log into the Mirth Appliance Control Panel: System RequirementsInstalling M3
Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare User Guide
Every operating system receives security updates occasionally. it is best to keep up with these updates as they can affect any software, including Connect, installed on the system. If you are using a Mirth Appliance, follow the usual steps in the Control Panel to install Control Panel updates, otherwise use your operating system's updater to keep up with security updates. Parent topic: Environmental Upkeep