Status
On the upper-left of the window, Status shows the state of the Tomcat web server and the Ignition Gateway web application. It is possible for the web server to be running while Gateway has failed. For example, this can occur when the Gateway has faulted on startup.
Start and Stop
At the top right of the window sits start and stop button. Start looks like a green play button while stop looks like a red stop sign. These buttons will start and stop the gateway, respectively.
Version
The version of Ignition that is running on this computer.
Ports
On the lower-left of the window, Port shows the primary, non-encrypted port used by clients and web pages to communicate with the server. You can see the ports that you are using and you can change the ports and click the Save button to save the ports to the Gateway. Note that Gateway must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Go to web page
On the right side of the window, Go to web page launches a web browser to the Gateway home page.
Restart
On the right side of the window, Restart restarts the Ignition web server. This should only be used while the server is running to stop the gateway then automatically start it back up.
Reset Password
On the right side of the window, Reset Password will reset the root password of the system. This default is Username: admin, password: password and will grant access to the Gateway Webpage. Normally, this is not considered a security risk, because the GCU can only be used from the machine the software is installed on, which should be secure. However, it is important to know about this feature here so that the GCU can be removed if the machine can't be properly secured, for example when the server is also used as a client.
Thread Dump
On the right side of the window, Thread Dump downloads a file with the current states of all threads in the server. Inductive Automation uses this file for troubleshooting problems.
Gateway Backup
On the right side of the window, Gateway Backup downloads a Gateway backup .gwbk
file to the local file system. This creates the exact same file as the Gateway Backup in the Gateway Webpage. A Save dialog opens to let you specify where you want to save the file.
Gateway Restore
On the right side of the window, Gateway Restore asks for a Gateway backup .gwbk
file and restores it. This does the exact same restore as the Gateway Restore in the Gateway Webpage. Note: this will completely overwrite your existing Gateway.
Create offline activation request
On the right side of the window, Create offline activation request creates a file to use on the offline activation process. This is the same file created in the manual activation process.
Apply license.ipl
On the right side of the window, Apply license.ipl asks for an .ipl file to use to complete the offline activation process. This is the same file used in the manual activation process.
Create offline unactivation request
On the right side of the window, Create offline unactivation request creates a file to use on the offline activation process. This is the same file created in the manual unactivation process.
1 Comment
Anonymous
In Ubuntu Linux, I had to change the file /usr/local/bin/ignition/ignition.sh on line 112 from RUN_AS_USER=ubuntu to RUN_AS_USER=root to use ports 80 and 443, as you must be root to bind to a port below 1024.