Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI

Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Amazon Web Services (AWS) Preferred Deployment

Launch a New EC2 Instance Using This Image

From the EC2 page, click Launch Instance, then select Launch Instance. In the left menu, select My AMIs, then select the image you created in the previous step. Finish the prompts to launch an instance using this AMI and add it to the same subnet as the previous node. SSH into the instance and start the Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare server. Verify that the node has joined the cluster using the server logs . Parent topic: Clustering in EC2

Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Amazon Web Services (AWS) Preferred Deployment

Upgrading

To Upgrade Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare: SSH into each node and replace the Mirth® Connect folder with the latest version of Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare from the Success Community. Update the plugins in the extension folder to match the new version of Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare. Parent topic: Clustering in EC2

Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Amazon Web Services (AWS) Preferred Deployment

EC2 Diagram

Figure 1. Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Clustering in AWS with EC2 Parent topic: Clustering in EC2

Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Amazon Web Services (AWS) Preferred Deployment

Clustering in EC2

To run a cluster of 2+ nodes in EC2, you will need to add the following plugins: Advanced Clustering SSL Download these plugins (and any other plugins you may need) and place them in the extensions folder of your Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare installation on your EC2 instance created in the previous step. Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI Launch a New EC2 Instance Using This Image Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI Launch a New EC2 Instance Using This Image EC2 Diagram Upgrading Parent topic: EC2

Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Amazon Web Services (AWS) Preferred Deployment

EC2

Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare can be run in AWS using a single EC2 instance or a cluster of multiple EC2 instances. Single EC2 Instance Clustering in EC2 Single EC2 Instance Clustering in EC2

Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare Amazon Web Services (AWS) Preferred Deployment

Set up the Single EC2 Instance

Before you begin To run Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare in a single EC2 instance, you will need the following prerequisites: Set up a virtual private cloud (VPC) with at least two private subnets An RDS database. Select EC2 from the Main Menu of the AWS console. Click Launch Instance, then select Launch Instance. Select Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type for the AMI. For this single node setup, selectt3.medium (2 CPU, 4 GB RAM). Click Next: Configure Instance Details. Network: Select the VPC that you created in the Networking section of this document. Subnet: Select one of the subnets created in the Networking section of this document. Auto-assign Public IP: Select Disable (you are in a private subnet and will be behind an elastic load balancer). Keep the rest of the defaults on this page and select Next: Add Storage. Keep the default size for the root EBS volume (8GB) and select Next: Add Tags. Select Next: Configure Security Group. Next to Assign a security group, select

Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI

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Launch a New EC2 Instance Using This Image

Upgrading

EC2 Diagram

Clustering in EC2

EC2

Set up the Single EC2 Instance

Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI

Launch a New EC2 Instance Using This Image

Upgrading

EC2 Diagram

Clustering in EC2

EC2

Set up the Single EC2 Instance