Preparing to install IBM App Connect for Healthcare
Prepare to install IBM® App Connect for Healthcare by reviewing the latest information, installing IBM App Connect Enterprise, and downloading the IBM App Connect for Healthcare installer.
Before you begin
- Before you install IBM App Connect for Healthcare, check the up-to-date information for IBM App Connect Enterprise in the readme file, on the requirements website, and on the support website.
- Check the requirements for using the different components of IBM App Connect for Healthcare in Platform support for IBM App Connect for Healthcare.
- If you are migrating from a previous version of IBM App Connect for Healthcare, or planning to install more than one instance, check the information in Coexistence and migration of IBM App Connect for Healthcare.
Procedure
To prepare to install IBM App Connect for Healthcare, complete the following steps.
- Download the installer for IBM App Connect for Healthcare by following the instructions in Accessing the installer for IBM App Connect for Healthcare.
- Install the appropriate version of IBM App Connect Enterprise by following the instructions in Installing and uninstalling in the IBM App Connect Enterprise product documentation.
- Optional: Install IBM MQ, create a queue manager, and associate the queue manager with an integration node by following the instructions in Installing IBM MQ in the IBM App Connect Enterprise product documentation.
- Optional: If you plan to use the sequence option in the Healthcare: HL7 to HL7 DFDL pattern, you must create the default IBM App Connect Enterprise queues. For more information, see Creating the default IBM Integration Bus queues on a IBM MQ queue manager in the IBM App Connect Enterprise product documentation.
What to do next
You can now install IBM App Connect for Healthcare by following the instructions in Installing IBM App Connect for Healthcare.