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The first step is to configure the Tag Provider in Ignition in a way that MQTT Transmission understands.  Start by configuring your OPC server, client, and tags.  This can be done using the Inductive Automation documentation here.  Once this is done, the Tag Provider needs to be set up in Ignition via the Ignition Designer.  Start by opening Designer from Ignition by clicking 'Launch Designer' from the upper right corner of the Ignition web console:

Using a Web Browser, browse to the Ignition Gateway on your Ignition Gateway.  If it is running on your development machine, that is: http://localhost:8088.  You should see this:

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Near the upper right corner, click 'Launch Designer'.  This will open the following window after downloading the .jnlp file and executing it.  Note the default username/password is admin/password.  Type those into the appropriate fields and click 'Login'.

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This will bring you to a new Window where you can select an Ignition Project or create a new one.  Create a new project by giving it a name and clicking 'Create New Project'.

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In this example we're going to use the 'default' tag provider.  Do so by expanding 'All Providers' in the Tag Browser and select 'default'.

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With our tags set up as we want them, we can now install must configure MQTT Transmission.  Do so by