Emmanuel Katto Dubai : How to Access OpenEMR from the Internet?

OpenEMR Development
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Hi everyone,

I’m Emmanuel Katto from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), I’ve successfully installed OpenEMR using XAMPP on an AWS Windows instance. I can access OpenEMR locally via localhost, but I’m trying to figure out how to access it from the internet.

So far, I’ve made sure that:

  • My AWS security group allows inbound traffic on ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS).
  • XAMPP and OpenEMR are configured correctly, and I can access OpenEMR from localhost.

However, I’m not sure if there are any additional steps required to make OpenEMR accessible over the internet. Do I need to make any changes in Apache or XAMPP configurations to allow external access, or is it purely a matter of networking/ports?

I’d really appreciate any suggestions or guidance on:

  1. Any configuration changes needed in Apache to enable external access.
  2. Any additional network or firewall settings in AWS that I might be missing.
  3. Whether there are any security concerns I should be aware of when exposing OpenEMR to the internet.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Regards
Emmanuel Katto

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Hi @emmanuelkatto24

You have to configure Virtual Hosts file from Apache Site Enable configure server name & address and define path of OpenEMR on your server.

Let me know if quick help require.

You can connect me at dan.b@valcz.com for more support.

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You really don’t want to access your OpenEMR instance via port 80/HTTP.
Use HTTPS only and consider using things like traffic filtering and allow lists so that your UI isn’t open to the whole world.

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