Installing Ignition Edge on Moxa UC-8100A

Configure device to have a fast network connection.

If you're unit has ThingsPro on it, all configuration is done using the web interface on the bottom/second ethernet port.

Connect to it and access https://192.168.4.127 to access the interface.

Connect via SSH using the login (root/moxa) and run the following:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y unzip fontconfig curl

Copy the installation zip file to /home/moxa using WinSCP or download it with the below command:

cd /home/moxa
curl -L -O -H 'Referer: https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition' https://files.inductiveautomation.com/release/ia/8.1.18/20220615-1907/19/20220727-1130/Ignition-Edge-linux-armhf-32-8.1.18.19.zip

If upgrading from an older version, stop the existing Ignition instance, remove the service, and delete the lib and webserver/webapps folders.

sudo /usr/local/bin/ignition/ignition.sh stop
sudo /usr/local/bin/ignition/ignition.sh remove
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/ignition/lib
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/ignition/webserver/webapps

Unzip the file to the /usr/local/bin/ignition folder using the following command and delete the old file:

cd /home/moxa
sudo unzip -o -d /usr/local/bin/ignition Ignition-Edge-linux-armhf-32-8.1.18.19.zip
rm Ignition-Edge-linux-armhf-32-8.1.18.19.zip

Change the directory to the Ignition installation and make the relevant files executable using the following commands:

cd /usr/local/bin/ignition
sudo chmod +x ignition-gateway
sudo chmod +x *.sh

If upgrading from an older version, upgrade the runtimes using the following command:

sudo /usr/local/bin/ignition/ignition.sh checkruntimes

If the upgrade is a major upgrade (8.0 to 8.1), run the upgrader to update the ignition.conf file using the following command:

sudo /usr/local/bin/ignition/ignition.sh runupgrader

Install Ignition as a service with the following command:

sudo ./ignition.sh install