# Ignition 8.3 uuid and metro keystore locations

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-uuid-and-metro-keystore-locations/112321 "2025-11-20T17:30:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Stilson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/brian_stilson/32/73410_2.png) [@Brian\_Stilson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Stilson)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-uuid-and-metro-keystore-locations/112321/1 "2025-11-20T17:30:49Z")

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I’m trying to follow the training video on using Docker with gateway backups on IU, but when I get to the spot where I need to get the uuid and metro keystore, I don’t see the .uuid file when I use the ls -a command in my bash terminal. the /usr/bin/ignition/data/local folder doesn’t seem to exist, either. Did these get moved somewhere? I’m sort of following along with the video but I’m using Ignition 8.3 instead of 8.1. Does that video need to be updated or am I doing something wrong?

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**Author:** ![mgross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mgross/32/3311_2.png) [@mgross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgross)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-uuid-and-metro-keystore-locations/112321/2 "2025-11-20T19:10:43Z")

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In 8.3, those items got moved to `/usr/bin/ignition/data/config/local/ignition/gateway-network`. The metro keystore is in the /keystore subfolder, and the .uuid file was renamed to uuid.txt for 8.3. I am guessing the video hasn’t been updated yet for 8.3.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Stilson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/brian_stilson/32/73410_2.png) [@Brian\_Stilson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Stilson)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-uuid-and-metro-keystore-locations/112321/3 "2025-11-20T19:34:14Z")

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Thanks!

It still seems to work though. My backup still gets restored when I run the compose file fresh without any volumes or images downloaded, even without the uuid and keystore. I didn’t quite understand from the video what the purpose of that is.

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-uuid-and-metro-keystore-locations/112321/4 "2025-11-20T20:49:53Z")

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Yeah, we migrate an existing keystore and uuid from the 8.1 locations to the new location on startup.. if you do end up doing any bind-mounts or derived image builds, you'll want to use those new locations.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Stilson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/brian_stilson/32/73410_2.png) [@Brian\_Stilson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Stilson)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-uuid-and-metro-keystore-locations/112321/5 "2025-11-20T20:50:19Z")

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Good to know. Thanks!