# How to stop Ignition Perspective gateway so I can modify and save my ignition.conf **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [May 22, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730 "2024-05-22T10:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/1 "2024-05-22T10:01:11Z")
Hello! i would like to modify my ignition.conf so I can have more memory for my perspective project with: wrapper.java.maxmemory=4096 But I can´t as it´s running somewhere else, I guess the gateway. Can I stop the gateway for a while? ---
**Author:** ![Riccardo\_Lolli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Riccardo\_Lolli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Riccardo_Lolli)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/2 "2024-05-22T10:12:37Z")
Hi, To start/stop your Ignition service, you can follow this doc from IA: > **[Gateway Command-line Utility - gwcmd | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/platform/gateway/gateway-command-line-utility-gwcmd#use-the-command-line-utility-to-start-or-stop-the-gateway)** > > The Gateway Command-line Utility provides a list of commands you can use to perform specific functions in the Gateway. The Gateway Command-line Utility or gwcmd provides basic commands, such as resetting the main password, changing the Gateway's... If you are running your gateway in a Windows machine with an interface, you can also start/stop/restart your gateway from Window's "Services" application. ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/3 "2024-05-22T10:22:45Z")
Thanks Riccardo. This seem quiet complex, I wonder if I need do this to save my ignition.conf ---
**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/4 "2024-05-22T10:31:28Z")
Yes you do. That utility is something you will need to become familiar with. ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/5 "2024-05-22T10:39:21Z")
Thanks bschroeder ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/6 "2024-07-11T12:43:48Z")
Hello! In order to change the max memory, I stop my ignition with ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/2/a24c933ca4d6e81ae7466fcd2ff782bfc1a49575.png) and: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/2/b2c9c9c77a0f1353ce20956fc9a901d717c2db03.png) Then I go to my ignition.cofig to edit the max-memory ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/e/4e359e4925f4f19251ad56c7b25d0bcd299c74ea.png) but I can´t save it ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/a/1ab1613a0ede2009570fc6f7f5b9ba32a5368087.png) any ideas welcome! ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/7 "2024-07-11T13:01:10Z")
You must be an admin to edit that file, same as for installing Ignition. ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-ignition-perspective-gateway-so-i-can-modify-and-save-my-ignition-conf/90730/8 "2024-07-12T10:32:20Z")
Yes!, thank you! For Windows server 2012 and some others in order to edit ignition.conf as administrator You have to -run command propmt as administrator -go to the folder in wich ignition.conf is -type: notepad ignition.conf -change the value of the wrapper.java.maxmemory ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/a/0a2aac600f18a44e3130aa10fb51e5dbe6d74601.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/0/d0789d16c6728b13580d94a9ef652ed845765d9c.png) and save it! Restart ignition later.... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/9/698bf6cd672b3173d4e30385dd85ce6af3c27c4b.png) and then....no more memory issues ✌ 💪 😗 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/f/4f392c994aafb4db6f86bd2e028a3d18208270f1.png)