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Components are created in the Dashboard, using the the [+COMPONENT] button.
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| title | STEP 1: Go to the dashboard and click +Component |
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| title | STEP 2: Select a component, name it and describe it |
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| title | And the card opens showing your component |
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You can click on Learn More in the component description to access its documentation. All of the iNTERFACEWARE Collections components are documented for your reference.  Image AddedSelect a component Add a Name, Description and Tags for your component Select optional configurations Connect components - Have Iguana automatically connect the selected components in the order in which they were selected. Create components as a Plain Folder - Components can either be connected to a unique git repository or treated as a plain folder where commits are stored in a single Git instance repository. See How Components are Stored in Git for choosing the configuration for your component.
Click Add to import the component
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Notice you can also filter the components displayed by Collection - use the All Collections dropdown to select the Collection you want to display. |
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| title | Name STEP 3: Click on the component and use #hashtags like #autostart in it's description |
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Image RemovedHashtags in component descriptions | to open its component card - note the Name, Description and Tags |
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Tags are used to categorize and add functionality to components. For example, #autostart is used by IguanaX to determine if components should be automatically started when the IguanaX server starts up.  Image AddedSee Component Cards for more information. |
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| title | STEP 4: Configure the custom fields on the component |
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Many components have Custom Fields which you can edit and set with by clicking the ellipsis on beside each one. The idea is that many components need to be configured for the environment they are in without the need to fully Editing Components Edit a Component.  Image Removed Image Added |
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| title | STEP 5: Stop and start the component using the switch button in the top left corner of the card |
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You can start and stop components using the switch button in the top left corner:  Image RemovedYou can also do it from the list of components on the left of the dashboard and using bulk operations Bulk Actions in the dashboard.  Image Added |
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| title | STEP 6: Link the components together |
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When one component feeds into another component, it’s linked by a queue where data is securely stored on disc and fed into the next component. To link components:  Image RemovedThen in the edit connections mode we can connect the components by clicking on the first component then the second: connect.mp4Click Edit Connections and follow the steps here: Edit Connections.  Image Added |
That shows the core operation of IguanaX. The real power comes from Editing Componentsbeing able to Edit a Component.