How to Install Mirth Connect in Docker
In this guide, I will show you how you can install Mirth Connect in a docker container. Mirth Connect is an open-source integration engine from NextGen Healthcare.
Written instructions on my web site:
https://openintegrator.com/how-to-ins...
docker hub address:
https://hub.docker.com/r/nextgenhealt...
Prerequisites
Make sure you have a Linux machine running docker already. If you don’t you can check my guides out here:
How to install docker on Ubuntu • How to Install Docker On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
How to enable ssh in Ubuntu • How to Enable SSH in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | In...
How to install portainer on docker (this one is kind of optional but still used in the guide) • How to Install Portainer on Docker | Ubuntu
Step-by-step instructions for installing Mirth Connect in docker
Note that instructions were made with Mirth Connect version 4.1.1.
Step-by-step instructions can be found below in written form but if you prefer you can check out the video I made which is included below.
Connect to the Ubuntu machine running docker and open the command line (used ssh and putty in my video)
run the command: sudo docker run –name myconnect -d -p 8443:8443 nextgenhealthcare/connect
Wait for the installation to finnish
Use browser to connect to the web ui at https://192.168.0.200:8443 where you need to replace the ip address with your docker machines ip
Use the web ui to download the administrator launcher with the blue button and run the installer
Use the web ui’s green button ‘launch mirth connect administrator’ to download a file called webstart
Double click the webstart button to launch the administartor aplication
Sign in with username admin / password admin