Introducing InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service

InterSystems IRIS® Cloud Managed Service is a data platform in the cloud that includes a massively scalable database. With its integration and interoperability capabilities, you can connect data sources and systems—and the built-in analytics tools make it easy to draw insights from your data. Developers can build on this platform to rapidly create and deploy data-intensive applications, harnessing the built-in tools and features to eliminate the need to implement and integrate multiple technologies. It has the qualities you need to build fast, zero-downtime, resilient, secure, well-managed enterprise-wide solutions in the cloud. Even for first-time users, InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service makes it easy to deploy, configure, and maintain complex systems.

When deploying InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service, you can choose to enable InterSystems IRIS for Health. This adds support for all of the common messaging standards, including FHIR®, HL7v2 and HL7v3, IHE Profiles, CDA/C-CDA, DICOM, X12, and more. This allows you to exchange information securely with other healthcare organizations, clinicians, and public health agencies and store every message moving through these integrated systems. The benefits include guaranteed message delivery, built-in data transformations, superior monitoring, high performance, and robust auditing.

Follow the easy steps in this introduction to get up and running.

For information on the day-to-day management of InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service, see InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service Reference Information.

To learn how a development team can work together using InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service, see Tenants PageOpens in a new tab.

Log in to the Cloud Services Portal

The InterSystems Cloud Services Portal allows you to manage InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service and any additional InterSystems cloud services.

If you have an account in the Cloud Services PortalOpens in a new tab, log in to the portal.

If you do not have an account, sign up for one, as follows:

In your browser, go to the Cloud Services Portal create new account pageOpens in a new tab.
On the Create a New Account page, enter the requested information, and click Create Account.
Type the verification code sent to the email account you provided, and click Submit.
On the login screen, log in with your username and password.
If multi-factor authentication (MFA) is required to access your account, you will be asked to enable MFA. For more information, see Set Up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)Opens in a new tab.

After you log in to your new account, you are taken to the Cloud Services page.

Sign Up for InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service

You can create an InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service subscription from the Cloud Services page of the Cloud Services Portal.

To subscribe to InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service:

In Cloud Services Portal, on the main menu, click Cloud Services.
The Cloud Services page shows you any active subscriptions you have to InterSystems cloud services and allows you to sign up for additional services.
On the InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service card, click Subscribe.
On the Subscribe page, read the pricing information and subscription options, and then Subscribe using the method of your choice.
If you subscribe to InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service with InterSystems, we will bill you directly.

When you subscribe to InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service, the subscription is tied to your Cloud Services Portal account and your default tenantOpens in a new tab.

Create an InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service Deployment

Once you have signed up for InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service, you are ready to deploy it in the cloud.

In the Cloud Services Portal, on the main menu, click Deployments.
On the Deployments page, click Create New Deployment.
On the Create InterSystems IRIS Deployment page, in the Deployment Options section:
1. Under InterSystems IRIS Services, select InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service and optionally select Enable InterSystems IRIS for Health.
  Selecting the InterSystems IRIS for Health option may result in additional charges.
2. Under Deployment Size, select a size.
  Information is shown for the workload that can be handled for that size.
  Micro is the only size currently allowed. Contact us using iService if you require larger sizes. (For more information, see Getting HelpOpens in a new tab.)
3. Optionally, select the Highly Available (HA) Configuration to deploy a mirrored backup server automatically to minimize or eliminate downtime to InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service.
  Only one deployment with an HA configuration is allowed.
  This feature cannot be enabled or disabled after the deployment is created.
4. Under Network Configuration, select a private network address for this deployment.
5. Click Continue.
In the Cloud Options section:
1. Under Cloud Provider, select a provider.
  AWS is the only provider currently available.
2. Under Region, select a region.
3. Click Continue.
In the Deployment Name section:
1. Type a name for your deployment.
  This cannot be changed once created.
2. Click Continue.
In the Review section:
1. Review the summary information.
2. Click Create.

It takes several minutes to deploy InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service. When the deployment has completed, the status under the deployment name changes to COMPLETE.

Click the card for the deployment to go to the Overview page for your new deployment. This page contains summary information, including your deployment’s Deployment ID. For more information, see Overview Page.

The Deployment ID uniquely identifies your deployment. If a deployment has a status where you cannot access the deployment’s Overview page (for example, CREATING or UPDATING), its card on the Deployments page will display the Deployment ID.

Other actions are available by clicking the action menu at the top right of the card, such as setting the Service Level for the deployment or deleting the deployment. For more information, see Deployments pageOpens in a new tab.

Note:

You cannot delete an InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service deployment that is attached to a Network ConnectOpens in a new tab deployment. You must detach it from Network Connect before proceeding.

For more information on managing InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service deployments, see InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service Reference Information.

Use Source Control with InterSystems IRIS Cloud Managed Service

InterSystems provides you with an instance of GitLab for you to manage your Health Connect Cloud interoperability projects.

See Managing Interfaces with GitLab for InterSystems Cloud ServicesOpens in a new tab for information on recommended source control best practices.