Gateway Webpage

Launching Gateway

The Ignition Gateway is a web server. When it is running, you access it through a web browser. For example, if you are logged into the computer that you installed Ignition on, open up a web browser and go to the address:
http://localhost:8088

Any other computer on the same network can access the Gateway by using the IP Address or Host Name of the computer where Ignition is installed: i.e., http://192.#.#.#:8088

and it will launch Gateway and bring up the Gateway Homepage as pictured here.

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The first time you go to the Gateway Homepage, it shows you 5 common steps to help you get started.

Gateway Webpage

The Ignition Gateway is a web server and when it is running you access it from a web browser. In a web browser, type http://localhost:8088 to display the Gateway homepage. The Gateway homepage has four buttons across the top of the page that lead you to the key sections of the server: Home, Status, Configure, and Launch Designer.

Home

The Home button takes you to a page that lets you do the following:

  • Launch Projects in a client

  • Mobile Launch a project on a mobile device

  • See the Transaction Groups that are running for your project

  • See a list of all the connected Devices

  • Download the Native Client Launchers

  • See a list of all Database Connections

Status

The Status button provides in-depth information about the status of the different parts of the Ignition system. The menu on the left of the Status page takes you to the following different parts for detailed information:

  • Overview

  • Modules

  • Redundancy

  • Tags

  • Database Connections

  • Store & Forward

  • OPC Connections

  • Sessions

  • Gateway Scripts

  • Gateway Network

  • Gateway Tasks

  • Alarm Pipelines

  • OPC-UA Server

  • Reports

Configure

The Configure button first takes you to a login page. Use admin and password as your Username/Password to login.

Once you are logged in, you are in the Configure page. From this page, you do all the Gateway and platform operations. The main menu section on the Configure page changes based on which modules are installed and what your settings are but the defaults are as follows:

  • System

  • Configuration

  • Security

  • Databases

  • Alarming

  • Tags

  • OPC-UA

  • OPC Connections

  • Mobile

  • Enterprise Administration

Launch Designer

The Launch Designer button, on the top right of the page, directly launches the Ignition Designer.