Create/Update/Delete tags from outside ignition

Ignition
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Hey Forum,

Is it possible to do CRUD for tags from outside ignition ? is it possible by webdev for example or is there any other way?

Thank you.

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I've not done it, but I am pretty sure with webdev creating an API you could do this

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WebDev would be the way to do it outside of Ignition.

Technically you could create a custom module with the SDK, but that seems a bit overkill.

Can I ask what your use case is?

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We are having two environment ( dev and prod ) and we want to use migrations in order to apply the changes on the tag structure in order to not miss anything from dev to prod for example.

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That sounds like a good use for EAM

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Please can you tell me what is EAM?

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Ignition Enterprise Administration Module | Manage Servers From One Location

It is used to push changes out to multiple gateways from a central gateway used for things such as dev/prod enviornments.

You can purchase one Controller and one Agent and use it to deploy changes through the GAN.

Lots of other uses for it as well. You can expand on the licensing in the event you needed to deploy to multiple other gateways for instance.

I am working on a project currently that is doing pretty much what you are trying to do. We are deploying a dev and prod. Dev will be the controller and prod will be a gateway that gets pushed to. We also have an OPC gateway that we can manage from the dev side as well with the EAM module.

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Thank you for your response!

Values in Dev and Prod are obviously not the same for the Tags.

I suppose this solution tries to sync both gateways or something right? How we are sure that it will sync correctly?

I still don't get what EAM does so my questions might be a little off.

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You might want to contact Inductive Automation sales to talk to a sales engineer about your specific use case regarding EAM.

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EAM pushes changes to remote gateways. So in the instance of tags, this would push the structure of the tags and you can push any gateway change scripts inside of projects etc.

It is a really powerful tool, but it may be overkill for your situation :person_shrugging:

I agree you should talk to your rep and go from there.

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Okay, noted! thank you @Benjamin_Furlani !