Clustering in EC2

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

Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI

Create an AMI of the EC2 instance with Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare and the advanced clustering and SSL plugins by navigating to the EC2 page, listing the instances and right-clicking the EC2 Mirth® Connect instance you created. Select Image and Templates > Create Image from the menu. Enter a name for this image, like "Connect 3.11 Node". Click Create Image. Parent topic: Clustering in EC2

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

Single EC2 Instance

To run Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare in a single EC2 instance, you will need the following prerequisites: Set up the Single EC2 Instance Install Mirth Connect on the EC2 Instance Create an Internet-Facing Load Balancer Set up the Single EC2 Instance Install Mirth Connect on the EC2 Instance Create an Internet-Facing Load Balancer 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

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

Clustering in EC2

Recommendations

Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI

Launch a New EC2 Instance Using This Image

Single EC2 Instance

EC2

Upgrading

EC2 Diagram

Clone the EC2 Instance by Creating an AMI

Launch a New EC2 Instance Using This Image

Single EC2 Instance

EC2

Upgrading

EC2 Diagram