Assuming you already have Installation taken care of.
Components are created in the Dashboard, using the the [+COMPONENT] button.
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.
Hashtags in component descriptions 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.
Many components have Custom Fields which you can edit and set with the ellipsis on each one. The idea is that many components need to be configured for the environment they are in without the need to fully Edit a Component.
You can start and stop components using the switch in the top left corner:
You can also do it from the list of components on the left of the dashboard and using bulk operations in the dashboard.
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:
Then in the edit connections mode we can connect the components by clicking on the first component then the second:
That shows the core operation of IguanaX. The real power comes from being able to Edit a Component.