Using the VistA Appliance

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Project Goal

Create a plug and play VistA virtual appliance to support training and demonstration activities.

The following are working notes for a project in progress.

This document discusses using the VistA Appliance. See this document for details on HowTo Build an Appliance.

Development Milestones

Beta V0.98 Progress

  • Host Configuration: 95%
    • Virtual tool selection: 100% (QEMU)
    • Virtual tool installed with QEMU Accelorator Module (optional)
    • VA Demo Appliance(Toaster) downloaded - 100%
    • Launch script preapred to run QEMU and VA Demo appliance - 100%
    • CPRS installed and launch script prepared - 100%
    • Code review and optimiazation - 20%
  • Guest Configuration: 100%
    • Modifications to inetd - 100%
    • automatically start and stop TaskMan - 100%
    • Code review and optimiazation - 20%
  • Installer design and development: 100%
  • Security Review and Certification: <out of scope for training system>
  • User documentation:
  • Technical documentation: 60%
  • Testing and User Acceptance: 10%

Host architecture - Directory structure

Windows Start Menu > WorldVistA (short-cut)

  • CPRS launch and connect(short-cut)
  • VistA Demo Appliance (short-cut) (a.k.a. QEMU/Linux/VistA/G/TM)
  • VistA Demo Wiki (URL)
  • www.WorldVistA.org (URL)

Program Files > WorldVistA

  • qemu-0.9.0-windows <dir>
  • kqemu-1.3.0pre11 <dir>
  • CPRS <dir>
  • VistA Demo Appliance_README.txt
  • www.WorldVistA.org (URL)
  • VistA Demo Appliance Wiki (URL)
  • VistA Demo Appliance (short-cut to batch file)
  • CPRS launch and connect (short-cut to batch file)
  • Uninst.exe (uninstaller)

VA VistA Demo Toaster 20060926

Extracted files from downloaded file, 'VAVistADemo20060912.zip'
File 'VAVistADemo20060912.qcow' is produced when extaction is complete
Moved 'VAVistADemo20060912.qcow' directory to 'C:\Program Files\qemu-0.8.2-windows'

Updates to VA VistA Demo Toaster appliance: http://groups.google.com/group/Hardhats/browse_thread/thread/89ba7bbdf941b19?hl=en

Modifications to inetd configuration (courtesy KS BHaskar):

To start inetd manually for only the current session: 

sudo /etc/init.d/inetd start

To enable inetd to start automatically, execute each of the following commands once. When you reboot your Toaster, inetd will start automatically: 

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc2.d/S20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc3.d/S20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc4.d/S20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc5.d/S20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc1.d/K20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc2.d/K20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc3.d/K20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc4.d/K20inetd 
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc5.d/K20inetd

Enhancement to automatically start and stop Taskaman (courtesy KS BHaskar):

Edit the file /etc/init.d/VAVistADemo20060926 (e.g., with "sudo beaver /etc/init.d/VAVistADemo20060926" which gives you a WYSIWYG GUI editor), and make it look like this:

TIP: Be sure there are no blank spaces at the end of each row! 

#!/bin/sh 

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

source /usr/local/gtm_V5.2-000/gtmprofile
cd /var/VAVistADemo20060926/gtm_V5.2-000

case "$1" in
  start)
        sudo -u dsl /usr/local/gtm_V5.2-000/mupip journal -recover -
backward g/mumps.mjl
        sudo -u dsl ./run RESTART^ZTMB <<EOF
Y
EOF
        ;;
  stop)
        sudo -u dsl ./run STOP^ZTMKU <<EOF
y
Y
EOF
        sleep 5
        sudo -u dsl killall mumps
        sudo -u dsl /usr/local/gtm_V5.2-000/mupip journal -recover -
backward g/mumps.mjl
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/VAVistADemo20060926 {start|stop}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0

Taskman will automatically start when you boot the Toaster, and shut down when you stop it.

Alternative Toaster Modification


  • Guest launch scripting

Modifications: qemu-win.bat

The .bat file that comes with QEMU has been modified to launch Toaster.

The original file: 

REM Start qemu on windows.
@ECHO OFF
REM SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx is faster than windib. But keyboard cannot work well.
SET SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib
REM SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout or dsound can be used. Only if QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl.
SET SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsound
REM QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound or fmod or sdl or none can be used. See qemu -audio-
help.
SET QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound
REM QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=1 displays log messages in QEMU monitor.
SET QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=0
qemu.exe -L . -m 128 -hda linux.img -soundhw all -localtime

The modified file: (UPDATED 01/28/06 - added 'net start kqemu' to launch QEMU Accelerator Module 

net start kqemu
REM Start qemu on windows.
@ECHO OFF
REM SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx is faster than windib. But keyboard cannot work well.
SET SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib
REM SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout or dsound can be used. Only if QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl.
SET SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsound
REM QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound or fmod or sdl or none can be used. See qemu -audio-help.
SET QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound
REM QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=1 displays log messages in QEMU monitor.
SET QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=0
qemu.exe -L . -m 128 -hda -soundhw all -localtime -redir tcp:2222::22 -redir tcp:9297::9297 VAVistADemo20060912.qcow

Client connection configuration

CPRS Connection CPRS can connect to the appliance from the host with "CPRSChart s=127.0.0.1 p=9297 CCOW=DISABLE".

  • Above string stored in batch file. Batch file copied to CPRS directory.
  • Windows Hosts file modifcation not required ('127.0.0.1 BROKERSERVER')
  • When CPRS launches and connects with VistA serve, a sign-in screen appears. Use the Access and Verify codes: VistAis#1 and #1isVistA respectively.

Terminal session via puTTY
Terminal session are used to access roll-and-scroll VistA interfaces, such as Admission, Discharge and Transfer. Insert the following into a batch file, copy the file to the same directory as puTTY.exe (commands courtesy John Leo Zimmer) 

     Use one of the following, not both.

     putty.exe -ssh -P 2222 -l dsl -pw VistA localhost

     (or)

     putty.exe -ssh -P 2222 -l dsl -pw VistA 127.0.0.1

Double click on the file to launch puTTY and start a terminal session with VistA.

Guest architecture

  • Guest loading scripting
    • Start up / Shut down (/etc/init.d/) - 100%
    • Start/stop TaskMan script applied - 100%
    • Code review and optization - 15%


Development Resources

  • [1] Installer script VistA Demo Appliance V0.98
  • [2] QEMU Main Page

Installation resource references

  • [3] QEMU on Windows provides precompiled QEMU versions for Windows. Version up to 0.9.0.(2007/02/07)
  • [4] QEMU Accelerator Module. kqemu-1.3.0pre11.tar.gz
  • [5] Detailed release notes and VA VistA Demo Toaster 20060926
  • [6] NullSoft Installer System - used to create the set-up installation executable.
  • [7] GUI NSIS - tool for generating basic installer scripts.

Open Issues & Questions


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