Exporting and Importing Active FHIR Resource & Search Parameters

One of the challenges when deploying a new Helios FHIR Server or upgrading between versions is assuring that your new server will support the same available FHIR Resources and Search Parameters.

Using the "Active Resource Configuration" feature of Helios FHIR Server you can export and import your available FHIR Resources and Search Parameters to ensure behavior parity between systems.

To export a configuration, run the command activeResources:export in the Karaf console. This will create (or update) a configuration file in $KARAF_HOME/etc.

To import a configuration, copy the active.resources.properties.config file from your old $KARAF_HOME/etc folder into your new $KARAF_HOME/etc folder. The configuration will automatically be read, loaded, and applied. You can verify that the resources have been started by running the command bundle:list in the Karaf console and checking that the appropriate bundles have switched states from Resolved to Active. Alternatively, you can check your FHIR Resource and Search Parameter status using the Helios FHIR Server administrative user interface.

Note that this tool requires the FHIR Resource and Search Parameter Bundles to be installed, and it will automatically turn them on for you.