# \[FEATURE\] Include gateway IP address and/or hostname in gwbk "backupinfo.xml" for information only

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 1, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-include-gateway-ip-address-and-or-hostname-in-gwbk-backupinfo-xml-for-information-only/77188 "2023-08-01T05:12:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-include-gateway-ip-address-and-or-hostname-in-gwbk-backupinfo-xml-for-information-only/77188/6 "2023-08-01T14:46:38Z")

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If you use [Kindling](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kindling-a-collection-of-tools-to-help-with-ignition/54689) it's pretty easy to extract the system name from the IDB:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/d/9d39028eca66ada3830a62b2dfe328f3826f3c87.png)

This _sounds_ reasonable, but what about systems with many IP addresses? The hostname, according to whom?

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