Mainflux.mainflux/opcua

OPC-UA Adapter

Adapter between Mainflux IoT system and an OPC-UA Server.

This adapter sits between Mainflux and an OPC-UA server and just forwards the messages from one system to another.

OPC-UA Server is used for connectivity layer and the data is pushed via this adapter service to Mainflux, where it is persisted and routed to other protocols via Mainflux multi-protocol message broker. Mainflux adds user accounts, application management and security in order to obtain the overall end-to-end OPC-UA solution.

Configuration

The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their default values.

Variable	Description	Default
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_HTTP_PORT	Service HTTP port	8180
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL	Service Log level	error
MF_NATS_URL	NATS instance URL	nats://localhost:4222
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_INTERVAL_MS	OPC-UA Server Interval in milliseconds	1000
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_POLICY	OPC-UA Server Policy
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_MODE	OPC-UA Server Mode
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_CERT_FILE	OPC-UA Server Certificate file
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_KEY_FILE	OPC-UA Server Key file
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_URL	Route-map database URL	localhost:6379
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_PASS	Route-map database password
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_DB	Route-map instance name	0
MF_THINGS_ES_URL	Things service event source URL	localhost:6379
MF_THINGS_ES_PASS	Things service event source password
MF_THINGS_ES_DB	Things service event source DB	0
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_EVENT_CONSUMER	Service event consumer name	opcua

Deployment

The service is distributed as Docker container. The following snippet provides a compose file template that can be used to deploy the service container locally:

version: "3.7"
services:
  adapter:
    image: mainflux/opcua:[version]
    container_name: [instance name]
    environment:
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_HTTP_PORT: [Service HTTP port]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL: [Service Log Level]
      MF_NATS_URL: [NATS instance URL]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_INTERVAL_MS: [OPC-UA Server Interval (milliseconds)]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_POLICY: [OPC-UA Server Policy]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_MODE: [OPC-UA Server Mode]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_CERT_FILE: [OPC-UA Server Certificate file]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_KEY_FILE: [OPC-UA Server Key file]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_URL: [Route-map database URL]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_PASS: [Route-map database password]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_DB: [Route-map instance name]
      MF_THINGS_ES_URL: [Things event source URL]
      MF_THINGS_ES_PASS: [Things event source password]
      MF_THINGS_ES_DB: [Things event source DB instance]
      MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_EVENT_CONSUMER: [Service event consumer name]

To start the service outside of the container, execute the following shell script:

# download the latest version of the service
git clone https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux

cd mainflux

# compile the opcua-adapter
make opcua

# copy binary to bin
make install

# set the environment variables and run the service
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_HTTP_PORT=[Service HTTP port] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL=[OPC-UA Adapter Log Level] \
MF_NATS_URL=[NATS instance URL] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_INTERVAL_MS: [OPC-UA Server Interval (milliseconds)] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_POLICY=[OPC-UA Server Policy] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_MODE=[OPC-UA Server Mode] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_CERT_FILE=[OPC-UA Server Certificate file] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_KEY_FILE=[OPC-UA Server Key file] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_URL=[Route-map database URL] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_PASS=[Route-map database password] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_ROUTE_MAP_DB=[Route-map instance name] \
MF_THINGS_ES_URL=[Things service event source URL] \
MF_THINGS_ES_PASS=[Things service event source password] \
MF_THINGS_ES_DB=[Things service event source password] \
MF_OPCUA_ADAPTER_EVENT_CONSUMER=[OPC-UA adapter instance name] \
$GOBIN/mainflux-opcua

Using docker-compose

This service can be deployed using docker containers. Docker compose file is available in <project_root>/docker/addons/opcua-adapter/docker-compose.yml. In order to run Mainflux opcua-adapter, execute the following command:

docker-compose -f docker/addons/opcua-adapter/docker-compose.yml up -d

Usage

For more information about service capabilities and its usage, please check out the Mainflux documentation.