Gateway Network Connection With Customer

Ignition
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Hi,

I have a customer who also use Ignition and they would like to connect our Gateways together with the Gateway Network to get access to a specific Tag Provider that I would create for them,

I never had to use Gateway Network so I would like to be sure that the customer would only have access to the Tag Provider set for them and would not be able to even see the other Tag Providers I have on my Gateway.

Also, is it safe to connect gateway with public Ip Adresses, I assume that with a SSL certificate there is no problem but I would like to know your thoughts.

Thanks,

Joel

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This is a really bad idea. Among other things, if one of you uses the EAM, the other cannot.

Using a public IP is relatively safe with SSL, but you must ensure the unencrypted port is closed.

I'd use a publicly reachable MQTT broker.

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If you're using Ignition 8.3, then giving them access to that Tag Provider via OPC UA might be a better option. Needs to be 8.3 on your side to have the ability to restrict access by Tag Provider.

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What Phil said. Use MQTT with a standalone MQTT broker run by whichever party feels like doing so. Something like Mosquitto. That way there's nothing either of you can do on your gateway that should be able to affect the other gateway. And if I were you, I'd run the broker, since you have a customer that would like data, there are likely other customers that might as well, they just haven't thought of it.