OPC UA Agent Installation & Administration Guide

NPM Install

Download

Firstly, download git source project

git clone "https://github.com/Engineering-Research-and-Development/iotagent-opcua"

Install

Then, launch npm install process in order to download and install all dependencies.

cd iotagent-opcua
npm install

Run

Finally, run the agent.

node index.js

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Docker Install

You do need to have docker in your machine. See the documentation on how to do this.

1. The Fastest Way

Docker Compose allows you to link an OPC UA Agent container to a MongoDB container in a few minutes. This method requires that you install Docker Compose.

Follow these steps:

1. Create a directory on your system on which to work (for example, ~/opc-ua-agent).
2. Create a new file called docker-compose.yml inside your directory with the following contents:

   version: "2.3"
   services:

      iotage:
         hostname: iotage
         image: rdlabengpa/opcuaage:latest
         networks:
            - hostnet
            - iotnet
         ports:
            - "4001:4001"
            - "4081:8080"
      depends_on:
         - iotmongo
      volumes:
         - ./AGECONF:/opt/iotagent-opcua/conf

      iotmongo:
         hostname: iotmongo
         image: mongo:3.4
         networks:
            - iotnet
         volumes:
            - iotmongo_data:/data/db
            - iotmongo_conf:/data/configdb

   volumes:
         iotmongo_data:
         iotmongo_conf:

   networks:
         hostnet:
         iotnet:

1. Using the command-line and within the directory you created type: sudo docker-compose up.

Before running containers you must create an AGECONF subdirectory in the same directory as the docker-compose.yml file and create in it a config.properties file based on the following template:

namespace-ignore=2
context-broker-host=<ORIONHOSTIP>
context-broker-port=<ORIONPORT>
server-base-root=/
server-port=4001
device-registry-type=memory
mongodb-host=iotmongo
mongodb-port=27017
mongodb-db=iotagent
mongodb-retries=5
mongodb-retry-time=5
fiware-service=<SERVICE>
fiware-service-path=<SERVICE-PATH>
provider-url=http://iotage:4001
device-registration-duration=P1M
endpoint=opc.tcp://<IPADDR>:<PORT>
log-level=DEBUG

#DATATYPE MAPPING OPCUA --> NGSI
OPC-datatype-Number=Number
OPC-datatype-Decimal128=Number
OPC-datatype-Double=Number
OPC-datatype-Float=Number
OPC-datatype-Integer=Integer
OPC-datatype-UInteger=Integer
OPC-datatype-String=Text
OPC-datatype-ByteString=Text
#END DATATYPE MAPPING OPCUA --> NGSI

#SESSION PARAMETERS
requestedPublishingInterval=500
requestedLifetimeCount=1000
requestedMaxKeepAliveCount=5
maxNotificationsPerPublish=10
publishingEnabled=true
priority=10

#SERVER CERT E AUTH
securityMode=NONE
securityPolicy=
userName=
password=

#Administration Services
api-port=4081
#End Administration Services

#POLL COMMANDS SETTINGS
polling=false
polling-commands-timer=30000
pollingDaemonFrequency=20000
pollingExpiration=200000
#END POLL COMMANDS SETTINGS

#AGENT ID
agent-id=<PREFIX>

You can set the properties according to your environment, but you should focus at least on:

context-broker-host=<ORIONHOSTIP>
context-broker-port=<ORIONPORT>

fiware-service=<SERVICE>
fiware-service-path=<SERVICE-PATH>

endpoint=opc.tcp://<IPADDR>:<PORT>

agent-id=<PREFIX>

2. Alternative Start Method

The docker-compose is the preferred method for starting multiple containers and creating related resources, but alternatively you can use the following commands:

docker run -d --name iotmongo -h iotmongo -v iotmongo_data:/data/db -v iotmongo_conf:/data/configdb mongo:3.4

docker run -d --name iotage -h iotage -p 4001:4001 -p 4081:8080 --link iotmongo -v ./AGECONF:/opt/iotagent-opcua/conf rdlabengpa/opcuaage:latest