# Is it possible for gateway settings to be stored on an external database?

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**Created:** [July 17, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-for-gateway-settings-to-be-stored-on-an-external-database/116442 "2026-07-17T13:46:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-for-gateway-settings-to-be-stored-on-an-external-database/116442/4 "2026-07-17T13:59:12Z")

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Hi Derek,

8.3 configuration moved to the filesystem so you can point a volume mount to the configuration folder.

> **[Ignition Version Control Example​ - Version and Source Control Guide | Ignition...](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.3/tutorials/version-control-guide#ignition-version-control-example)**
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When I used VCS for 8.1, each gateway had a gateway backup (.gwbk) although I had to rip out all of the projects, themes, and tags so when we restarted the gateway, it didn't overwrite any changes.

If you are curious:

> [@Using Git with Docker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-git-with-docker/114227/4):
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> Hi Brian, Are you using 8.1 or 8.3? For 8.1, there are some significant steps I had to take to be able to version ignition reliably. I would recommend using a docker compose with volume mounts to point your data/projects to a directory in the git repo like your-repo/ignition. That will get you 80% there. It will version all of your views, scripts and other plain text files related to your projects. The last 20% is the hard part. I personally use the [tag cicd module](https://github.com/design-group/ignition-tag-cicd-module) to store the UDTs in data/pr…

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