Ignition
Guides for Inductive Automation Ignition, each written from a working lab: what was built, the exact steps, and what went wrong along the way.
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Windows SSO for Ignition Perspective
Domain users open a Perspective page and are signed in silently with their Windows logon. AD FS speaks OpenID Connect to Ignition and does the Kerberos part.
Ignition 8.3 AD FS OIDC Kerberos
Overview Build steps · Troubleshooting · Verification checklist
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TimescaleDB with Ignition
Use PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB as the Tag Historian database, with automatic compression and retention, on Windows or Ubuntu. Includes the Ignition driver and provider settings, maintenance queries and a migration outline from SQL Server.
PostgreSQL TimescaleDB Historian Windows Ubuntu
At a glance
| Guide | What you end up with | Size | Status |
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| Windows SSO for Perspective | Silent Windows sign-in to Perspective, with AD groups as Ignition roles | 11 build steps, troubleshooting, rebuild script | Working, 2 Oct 2026 |
| TimescaleDB with Ignition | Ignition storing history in PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, compressed and pruned automatically | 9 pages, two PDFs | Tested on TimescaleDB 2.13, Ignition 8.1 |