In the standard architecture, a single Ignition gateway is installed on a central server with all of the desired modules. Devices are connected over the network or serial links, and are accessed through Ignition OPC-UA or other OPC servers installed on the same machine. Database connections are made to database servers installed on the same machine or elsewhere on the network.
Any network enabled device with Java and access to the server can launch clients by going to the gateway homepage. Designers can also be launched over the network. Both clients and designers can be launched locally at the server as well.