# Moving gateway to new server

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-gateway-to-new-server/114332>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-gateway-to-new-server/114332 "2026-03-05T09:47:11Z")\
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**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:** [March 5, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-gateway-to-new-server/114332/1 "2026-03-05T09:47:11Z")

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Hello!

We are moving our Ignition Gateway to a new virtual server. Now I´m using `8.1.38

Should I use the same Ignition versión or I can use the latest one to make my current projects work?

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**Author:** ![hayden.watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@hayden.watson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hayden.watson)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-gateway-to-new-server/114332/2 "2026-03-05T09:57:23Z")

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Ignition backups can be used on later versions. But you just can’t go backwards.

Unless making a major upgrade e.g 8.1 → 8.3 there shouldn’t be any issues.

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**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:** [March 5, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-gateway-to-new-server/114332/3 "2026-03-05T09:58:48Z")

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Thanks @hayden.watson

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-gateway-to-new-server/114332/4 "2026-03-05T10:02:23Z")

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There is very little risk in a minor upgrade, e.g. 8.1.38 to 8.1.52.

However, it is never ZERO risk.

If you have not tested, in a sandbox, your upgrade from .38 to .52, then I would stick with .38.

> [@IGN-15463: Backport: GAN connections frequently disconnect related to 12.0.27 Jetty upgrade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15463-backport-gan-connections-frequently-disconnect-related-to-12-0-27-jetty-upgrade/114205):
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> We have an Ignition 8.1.52 production application concerned by this issue. Nightly Changelog: 8.1.53-SNAPSHOT-b20260223 Gateway Network Gateway Network IGN-15463: Backport: GAN connections frequently disconnect related to 12.0.27 Jetty upgrade Fixed an issue where gateway network connections were frequently disconnecting for no reason We would like to upgrade to 8.1.53, is there an ETA for the final ? perhaps @Kevin.Herron ?