NovaMap Minimal Launcher now available from the Portal
We are pleased to announce the NovaMap Minimal Launcher, which launches the familiar Open Integration Engine (OIE) admin console directly from the NovaMap Portal.
OIE is the drop-in open source successor to Mirth Connect™. Launching an admin console has historically meant moving passwords around, keeping them in text files, and splitting them across workstations. The Minimal Launcher handles authentication within our platform's OIDC context and eliminates the need for clunky configuration and credential management.
How it works
The launcher securely retrieves the instance configuration from the Portal, then downloads the client through JNLP, as always. It preserves the user's authenticated Portal identity through use of the NovaMap OIDC plugin. An OIE user is created automatically, linked to the user's identity on the Portal, so any actions taken inside OIE are audited against that identity. A separate novamap_portal system user is created for monitoring purposes.
Status in the Portal
The installed launcher also keeps in sync with the Portal, showing which admin clients are up and running.
Getting started
The Minimal Launcher is available to anyone with a NovaMap Portal account, including on the free OIE dev instance. Get started →
Built to NHS standards
NovaMap is ISO 27001:2022 certified. 25+ NHS Trusts and healthcare system vendors send 1.5M+ messages a day through our products. Security is built in, including support for mTLS and certificate management via the OIE TLS plugin.
Managed OIE gives you the confidence of enterprise support and the freedom of open source.
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