# Make FHIR server optional in OpenELIS 2 deployments

**URL:** <https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/make-fhir-server-optional-in-openelis-2-deployments/1649>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 26, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/make-fhir-server-optional-in-openelis-2-deployments/1649 "2025-09-26T09:59:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Anish\_yadav](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/anish_yadav/32/73_2.png) [@Anish\_yadav](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Anish_yadav)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/make-fhir-server-optional-in-openelis-2-deployments/1649/1 "2025-09-26T09:59:49Z")

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Right now, the FHIR server runs by default in OpenELIS 2 and is mandatory for all deployments. For some use cases (stand-alone labs, demo setups, restricted environments), FHIR is not required.This would give implementers more flexibility and reduce overhead where integrations are not planned.  
@Moses_Mutesasira  
@wodpachua

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**Author:** ![Moses\_Mutesasira](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/moses_mutesasira/32/72_2.png) [@Moses\_Mutesasira](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Moses_Mutesasira)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/make-fhir-server-optional-in-openelis-2-deployments/1649/2 "2025-09-26T10:10:24Z")

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Thanks @Anish_yadav for bringing up this.  
Am going to look into it.

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**Author:** ![Moses\_Mutesasira](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/moses_mutesasira/32/72_2.png) [@Moses\_Mutesasira](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Moses_Mutesasira)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/make-fhir-server-optional-in-openelis-2-deployments/1649/3 "2025-09-30T19:52:41Z")

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This is fixed .  
When you pull the latest changes for `itechuw/openelis-global-2:develop` and provide an empty string for `org.openelisglobal.fhirstore.uri=` in the properties file. it should run fine without the fhir server

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**Author:** ![dipakthapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dipakthapa](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/dipakthapa)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/make-fhir-server-optional-in-openelis-2-deployments/1649/4 "2025-10-01T08:19:47Z")

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Thank you @Moses_Mutesasira 👏