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Basic architecture

One Ignition 8.3 gateway plus an optional SQL database — the default starter shape, and the skeleton the other architectures build on.

What you get

Gateways1 (gateway)
HTTP port9088
Editionstandard, or Edge via --edge-role gateway
Default databasePostgres, with a pre-seeded connection
Network splitoff (single bridge network)
Reverse proxyoptional (the wizard can scaffold ia-eknorr/traefik-reverse-proxy)

The single gateway is named gateway, so its per-gateway .env keys collapse to the familiar GATEWAY_* form.

Run it

ignition-stack create demo --arch basic

Or pick basic at the wizard's first prompt. Then:

cd demo
docker compose up -d
# open http://localhost:9088 (admin / password)

When to use it

Reach for basic when you want a single gateway with a working historian and nothing else to reason about. Postgres seeds its gateway connection, so the stack comes up VALID with no manual setup. Pass --edge-role gateway to run the gateway as Edge, or choose None at the database prompt to drop the database.