Ignition Guides

Unofficial guides for modern Ignition SCADA infrastructure and workflows.

What Is in Here

Tools and setup required across all guides - set up once, referenced everywhere.

Workstation Setup - VS Code, Git, GitHub CLI, Docker Desktop, kubectl, helm, terraform, kind
Traefik Reverse Proxy - Named local URLs for Docker-based guides
Local Kubernetes Setup - Docker Desktop Kubernetes or kind, with the Ignition Helm chart repo configured

Step-by-step reference guides for working with Ignition in a professional development environment.

Docker - Compose architecture, volume strategy, licensing, and day-two operations for the project-template.
Kubernetes - Running Ignition on a cluster: StatefulSets, PVCs, external secrets, module distribution, and GitOps config sync.
Observability - Gateway telemetry via the OTel Java agent, and the metrics and log stack that collects and visualizes those signals.
Version Control - Git workflows for Ignition projects: workstation setup, branching, pull requests, and more.

Hands-on labs that walk through real Ignition workflows end to end.

Docker Lab - Start an Ignition gateway from the project-template, watch each service boot, and practice day-two operations.
Helm Lab - Deploy Ignition to a local Kubernetes cluster using the official Inductive Automation Helm chart, verify persistence across pod restarts, and customize with your own values.
Version Control Lab - Set up version control for an Ignition project from scratch using Docker and GitHub.

Quick-reference pages for conventions and standards used across guides.

Architecture Index - Platform paths ordered start to finish: Kubernetes and Docker Compose.
Git Style Guide - Naming conventions for repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests.
Kubernetes Sizing - CPU, memory, JVM heap, PVC, and probe sizing tables for Ignition gateways on Kubernetes.
OTel Properties Reference - Every OpenTelemetry Java agent property used in the observability guides with descriptions.
Helm Values Layering - How chart defaults, common, environment, and region values compose in a multi-environment platform.
Gateway Resource Collections - How Ignition organizes config and project resources on disk, and which paths to track in Git.
Docker Command Reference - Common Docker and Docker Compose commands for running and operating Ignition gateways.

Reference pages for community tools built around Ignition.

Stoker Operator - Git-driven configuration sync for Ignition gateways on Kubernetes.
ignition-lint - Linter for Ignition project resources.