Connecting to a remote OpenMRS server

[hossam (Hossam Ali)]

What do I have to do to connect a computer to the server running OpenMRS? Does it have to be enterprise or it can be tested with standalone as well?

Thank you

[hossam (Hossam Ali)]

update: there are previous topics that talk about the same thing…sorry for being hasty.

Saving database on a server and accessing from multiple devices

We have a system with tablets, a computer, a router, and a server (Windows Server 2012) that is all set up using a local area network (No internet). We want the database to be accessed and stored on the server, and for this database to be accessed and updated by all devices. What is the best way to do this? Should we have openMRS running on each device or should each device access openMRS from the server? And how do we connect these devices to the server and run OpenMRS on them from the server? …

Running OpenMRS from multiple devices using a server

We have a system with tablets, a computer, a router, and a server (Windows Server 2012) that is all set up using a local area network (No internet). We want the database to be accessed and stored on the server, and for this database to be accessed and updated by all devices. What is the best way to do this? Should we have openMRS running on each device or should each device access openMRS from the server? And how do we connect these devices to the server and run OpenMRS on them from the server? …

[arbaughj (James Arbaugh)]

Good morning @hossam,

1. Your server needs a static IP Address as you will use the server’s IP to access it from the client computer.
2. Ensure your computer and server are networked, and can communicate. You can use the ping command for this test. For example, ping 192.168.1.1 where 192.168.1.1 is the IP address.
3. Open your client computer’s browser and go to the address of the server, the same as opens in the browser in the server when you start standalone. It may be something like… http://localhost:8081/openmrs/login.htm, but that won’t work from the client. You must replace localhost with the IP address of your server. So, if your server IP address was 192.168.1.1, your URL to access it would be http://192.168.1.1:8081/openmrs/login.htm The numbers after the address and colon are critical, that is the port that your server is running on. Make sure the port is the same as the port the server is running on.

If you can’t ping or connect to OpenMRS via the browser on the client computer, try disabling any firewalls on the server. Don’t forget to secure it when you’re done.

Hope this helps.

[hossam (Hossam Ali)]

It worked! Yaaay! thank you.