Gateway Networking ID conflict

Ignition
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I am currently using Ignition 8.1.30 and working with multiple Gateways.

One of the Gateways is a Global gateway that looks over multiple other gateways.
Because some of the Gateways use the same setup, they have been created out of the same backup file.
now...
This seems to bring the following issue. When I try to connect the Gateways over "Gateway Networking", I end up having conflicts with the "id", where multiple Gateways hold the same id, even though they have been renamed.

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Note:

  • All Gateways have been renamed, with all names being unique.
  • The "C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition\webserver\metro-keystore" file has been regenerated on both the "global" (incoming) and "to be connected" gateway (outgoing).

The question coming out of this is:
Is it possible to update/edit the id, and if so where?

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Well, they've been created from the same filesystem snapshot or something else. The system UUID is a one-time generated file on disk (literally named .uuid) in the data directory under the install location. It's deliberately omitted from Ignition's gateway backup files. Since you used some filesystem/vm/etc backup to create your duplicate gateways, you'll have to reach into the filesystem on each copy, delete that file, and restart the gateway. That will regenerate the file with a new, unique UUID.

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