# Link Image Management to an external folder

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-image-management-to-an-external-folder/117612>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, scripting\
**Created:** [October 26, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-image-management-to-an-external-folder/117612 "2026-10-26T18:55:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ibraheem.oguntade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@ibraheem.oguntade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ibraheem.oguntade)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-image-management-to-an-external-folder/117612/1 "2026-10-26T18:55:07Z")

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How can I link image management to an external folder, and how can I let ignition have access to that folder.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-image-management-to-an-external-folder/117612/2 "2026-10-26T19:07:14Z")

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You cannot.

The Webdev module has the ability to expose folders available to the gateway over HTTP:

> **[Mounted Folder​ - Web Dev | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.3/ignition-modules/web-dev#mounted-folder)**
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> The Web Dev module enables you to directly program against the web server inside the Ignition Gateway. Webpages can be built by hand using a combination of Python programming and static web resources such as images, CSS files, JavaScript files, and...