Getting Started

Owned by Eliot Muir
Last updated: Oct 03, 2024 by Aryn Wiebe
2 min read

Welcome to the IguanaX! We’ll guide you through the first steps in getting to know IguanaX and how to use it.

As you work with IguanaX, we encourage everyone to actively update their instance to the latest versions - see Upgrading Iguana.

First Steps:

  1. Installation - If you haven’t already, install Iguana in your environment.

  2. Network Access - where Iguana needs to connect - Essential to IguanaX functionality!

  3. Configuring Iguana - Set up key settings and customize Iguana for your organization.

Building Interfaces:

The IguanaX Dashboard is where you can create, monitor and manage your interfaces. Interfaces are made up of one or more Components. Each component is a self contained single git repository of code.

  1. What is an Interface?

  2. Components

  3. Create a Component

Components can be customized by you, using Iguana’s Translator development environment.

  1. Edit a Component

  2. Developing in the Translator

Components can be stored in Git Collections to group components together in a single repository. You can create Git Collections or use Iguana’s built-in Collections to leverage existing components to adapt to build your interfaces:

  1. iNTERFACEWARE Collections

  2. Create your own Git Collections

Components leverage Libraries as a mechanism to share code across multiple components. Speed up your integration development by using libraries to store common logic. You can create your own or import built in libraries:

  1. Import a Library

  2. Create a Library

Interface Tutorials:

Complete the tutorials relevant to your upcoming integration needs to familiarize yourself with strategies in building different types of interfaces in IguanaX:

  1. Using the Translator – Creating a JSON Filter

  2. HL7 Basics – Getting started with HL7

  3. Working with Files – https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2685468685

  4. Database First Steps – https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2657812492

  5. Web services - https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2663284737

Using the Logs:

IguanaX has a robust logging and queuing system that tracks and reports on queues as messages flow through components. Logs are central in quickly viewing and pinpointing errors, tracking message processing, and troubleshooting any errors that may arise.

  1. https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2731737106 – Use our log testing tools to generate large scale logs, see message processing speed and get a feel for how IguanaX can scale!

 

Iguana v6 Migration:

If you’re an existing Iguana 6 user, now that you have a good understanding of IguanaX, take a look at our migration tools you can use to bring your existing Iguana 6 interfaces to IguanaX:

  1. https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2646999054

  2. https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2644672519

 

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