# Exposed Configured Tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [July 10, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702 "2014-07-10T13:29:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/1 "2014-07-10T13:29:59Z")
With “Exposed Configured Tags”, All tags are exposed thru Ignition OPC-UA Server ? Is there a way to choose which tag are exposed ? Would be perfect to have a property to select per tag : - not exposed - exposed (Read) - exposed (Read/Write) ---
**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/2 "2014-07-10T15:34:01Z")
Currently it is not possible to select, but we would at least like to let you select the provider, and Read vs Read/Write on the provider level. Trying to select individual tags is probably too much, but if you select providers, you could just create different internal providers for each level of access you wanted. I think we’ll try to get this in very soon, like 7.7.1 or .2 Regards, ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/3 "2014-07-10T15:42:06Z")
Good news ! It will be a good improvement ![:thumb_left:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/e26afb081ddde6df016df6ee49159cf56aaca688.gif ":thumb\_left:") But I have some UDT where I don’t wan’t to expose all the tag for another system. mix of providers inside the same UDT for RW/R/Not visible seems not a good solution to me ? If possible, I think a per tag configuration will be more suitable… 😢 ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/4 "2014-08-06T07:05:00Z")
Any news about this feature ? ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/5 "2019-09-06T14:37:04Z")
I’ve been searching th4e forums (ignition and others) about accessing an Ignition Server’s internal tags via an external 3rd party OPC client. When I select expose external in the settings and save, no additional servers show up when I have my OPC Client browse. How would I connect to this ‘externally exposed’ data? ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/6 "2019-09-06T14:41:19Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/7/75b7ab007dbb20cf7537901a9a6cce55d6a35d79.png) Data are exposed in the Ignition built-in OPC-UA Server ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/7 "2019-09-06T14:52:58Z")
You also need to restart the server before it takes effect. ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/8 "2019-09-06T14:59:33Z")
After restarting, there is still no new server showing up in my OPC Client. Is there a 3rd party client you suggest? I am using Matrikon. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/9 "2019-09-06T15:01:30Z")
There’s no new server that shows up. If you’re already connected to the Ignition OPC UA server then there’s just an additional folder that appears. ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/10 "2019-09-06T15:03:27Z")
I don’t need or want to access this internally, this is all about external access to the internals of what’s going on in my system. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/11 "2019-09-06T15:07:27Z")
Here’s a screenshot of UaExpert connected to the Ignition OPC UA server with “Exposed Tags” enabled: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/0/0368e2ccc2abe6c1467487a8f31c8394e6078e89.png) The “Tag Providers” folder is made available, and everything under that are tag providers and their tags as configured in Ignition. Are you asking for something else? ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/12 "2019-09-06T15:11:05Z")
I’m not seeing how showing me the connectivity of a UA server from within ignition even meets IA’s desctiption of ‘Expose External’ I’m talking about firing up a 3rd party OPC Client program and being able to browse and read/write(where applicable) values of configured tags. Show me a screenshot of a non IA program doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/13 "2019-09-06T15:11:33Z")
UaExpert _is_ a non-IA program. ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/14 "2019-09-06T15:24:41Z")
OK. My aplogies, I didn’t know it was. After restarting and closing and re-opening my client, I found no change. All my other UA servers are there, just not Ignition ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/15 "2019-09-06T15:29:38Z")
This setting has nothing to do with whether or not a 3rd party OPC client can connect to Ignition’s OPC UA server, it just influences what that client sees. Did you ever even configure a connection from your client to the Ignition OPC UA server? ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/16 "2019-09-06T16:55:01Z")
No, how do I find the endpoint URL to explicity point to my Ignition Server? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/17 "2019-09-06T16:57:17Z")
In Ignition 8 fresh install it’s `opc.tcp://localhost:62541` or `opc.tcp://localhost:62541/discovery`. If it’s an upgrade then it’s probably port 4096 instead of 62541. On older versions you should be able to connect at `opc.tcp://localhost:4096`. ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/18 "2019-09-06T17:28:24Z")
I’m using uaExpert as well now. When I tried to connect I get aommunication Error. I pops up a window that says ‘untrusted’ ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/19 "2019-09-06T17:35:16Z")
What version of Ignition are you using? You’ll have to tell UaExpert to trust the certificate for this session. If you’re using Ignition 8, then on the Ignition side there’s also going to be a certificate from UaExpert in quarantine now (Ignition gateway `Config` \> `OPC UA` \> `Security` \> `Server` tab). It might be easier to allow unsecured connections while you get this all working. Under `OPC UA` \> `Server Settings` you can change the Security Policies setting: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/3/3276c3e77709d77fb892d364d2c84cbbd85824a7.png) You might also change the Bind Address to `0.0.0.0` from instead of `localhost` if you want to allow connections from other machines. You’ll have to restart Ignition after making these changes. These settings are for Ignition 8. ---
**Author:** ![lrhyrne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrhyrne/32/12097_2.png) [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702/20 "2019-09-06T17:41:35Z")
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