# Ignition version used to create a backup gateway **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [July 11, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-version-used-to-create-a-backup-gateway/6849 "2013-07-11T09:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrea.minu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrea.minu/32/3326_2.png) [@andrea.minu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.minu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-version-used-to-create-a-backup-gateway/6849/1 "2013-07-11T09:52:04Z")
Hello everybody. is possibile to know which version of ignition is been used from a Ignition Backup gateway file (.gwbk file) Thank you very much Andrea ---
**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:** [July 11, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-version-used-to-create-a-backup-gateway/6849/2 "2013-07-11T16:30:51Z")
Are you trying to see the Ignition version that was used to create the backup? If so, you can open the .gwbk file with a program like 7-Zip (since the .gwbk is a glorified zip file). Open backupinfo.xml, and the Ignition version that created the backup is listed in there. ---
**Author:** ![andrea.minu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrea.minu/32/3326_2.png) [@andrea.minu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.minu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-version-used-to-create-a-backup-gateway/6849/3 "2013-07-17T14:08:43Z")
Hi Thank you very much ![:thumb_right:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/2026e28c0c425034352c1b75807edf956adc75f4.gif ":thumb\_right:")