Orientation

Owned by Eliot Muir
Last updated: Jan 18, 2024 by Aryn Wiebe
2 min read

Welcome to the Iguana X Orientation! We’ll guide you through the first steps in getting to know Iguana X and how to use it. Before you get started, have a read about what I hope IguanaX will do for your life.

Pro tip: While you’re going through the orientation - hover a link and click open preview. Then you can give it a quick read or decide to open it up in a new browser tab!

First Steps:

  1. https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2498494520 - If you haven’t already, install Iguana in your environment.

  2. https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2668167171 - Essential to Iguana X functionality!

  3. https://interfaceware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/2724069483 - Set up key settings and customize Iguana for your organization.

  4. - As you work with Iguana X, we encourage everyone to actively update their instance to the latest beta builds. Iguana X is quickly evolving with new and exciting functionality!

Building Interfaces:

The Iguana X 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.

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

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:

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:

Interface Tutorials:

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

  1. Using the Translator –

  2. HL7 Basics –

  3. Working with Files –

  4. Database First Steps –

  5. Web services -

Using the Logs:

Iguana X 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. – Use our log testing tools to generate large scale logs, see message processing speed and get a feel for how Iguana X can scale!

Iguana v6 Migration:

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