Deploy

ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server can be deployed either as a Docker container, or as a Windows application, or as a Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) application, as descibed in the next sections.

Setup using Docker (linux/amd64)

Docker host running in Windows.

Following below console commands assume that you use terminal PowerShell. If you don’t want to use PowerShell in Windows, it is possible to use regular windows command console too, but in this case instead of using PowerShell variable for current folder ${pwd}, absolute path value should be used.

Linux image of ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server is hosted at Docker Hub and can be pulled by command:

docker pull ogamma/modbus-opcua-server

Then you can start the container by command:

docker run -d --rm --name ogamma-modbus-opcua-server --hostname modbus-opcua-server -v ${pwd}/data:/opt/ogamma/modbus-opcua-server/data -p 4840:4840 -e OMOUAS_PORT=4840 -e OMOUAS_ACCEPT_ANY_CERTIFICATE=false -e OMOUAS_ENABLE_NONE_SECURE_ENDPOINT=false ogamma/modbus-opcua-server

Docker host running in Linux (Ubuntu)

Following below console commands assume that you use bash terminal.

Linux image of ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server is hosted at Docker Hub and can be pulled by command:

docker pull ogamma/modbus-opcua-server

Then you can start the container by command:

docker run -d --rm --name ogamma-modbus-opcua-server --hostname modbus-opcua-server -v $(pwd)/data:/opt/ogamma/modbus-opcua-server/data -p 4840:4840 -e OMOUAS_PORT=4840 -e OMOUAS_ACCEPT_ANY_CERTIFICATE=false -e OMOUAS_ENABLE_NONE_SECURE_ENDPOINT=false ogamma/modbus-opcua-server

Docker host running in Raspberry Pi

At this time Raspberry PI devices with 32 bit Debian Buster OS are supported.

Following below console commands assume that you use bash terminal.

Docker image of ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server is hosted at Docker Hub and can be pulled by command:

docker pull ogamma/modbus-opcua-server-pi32

Then you can start the container by command:

docker run -d --rm --name modbus-opcua-server-pi32 --hostname modbus-opcua-server-pi32 -v $(pwd)/data:/opt/ogamma/modbus-opcua-server/data -p 4840:4840 -e OMOUAS_PORT=4840 -e OMOUAS_ACCEPT_ANY_CERTIFICATE=false -e OMOUAS_ENABLE_NONE_SECURE_ENDPOINT=false ogamma/modbus-opcua-server-pi32

Setup in Windows

1. Install required prerequisites

Install Visual C++ 2019 redistributables (64 bit version), using installation file vc-redist.x64.exe, which can be downloaded at this direct link: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

If this link does not work, please try this page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

2. Install ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server

Download zip file from https://onewayautomation.com/opcua-binaries/omouas-windows-1.0.1.zip
Unzip.

3. Start ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server.

Open Windows command line console, navigate to the folder where ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server files are unzipped, and start application omouas.exe.

Optionally, before starting of the application you can set some configuration options using environment variables:

set OMOUAS_PORT=4840
set OMOUAS_ACCEPT_ANY_CERTIFICATE=false
set OMOUAS_ENABLE_NONE_SECURE_ENDPOINT=false

4. Running ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server as a Windows service.

If you want to run ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server as a Windows service, you can use Service Manager available to donwload for free here. For details on how to install nssm and configure it, please refer this page: https://nssm.cc/usage.

Setup in Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04

Distribution package for Ubuntu is available at https://onewayautomation.com/opcua-binaries/omouas-ubuntu1804-1.0.1.zip

To download and install it from terminal:

Open terminal (keyboard shortcupt Ctrl+Alt+t can be used).
Update package lists:
```
sudo apt update
```
Install tools wget and unzip:
```
sudo apt install wget unzip
```

Download distribution package:

wget https://onewayautomation.com/opcua-binaries/omouas-ubuntu1804-1.0.1.zip

Unzip it:

unzip omouas-ubuntu1804-1.0.1.zip -d omouas

Navigate to the folder where it is extracted to:
```
cd omouas
```

Optionally, set some configuration options in environment variables:

export OMOUAS_PORT=4840
export OMOUAS_ACCEPT_ANY_CERTIFICATE=false
export OMOUAS_ENABLE_NONE_SECURE_ENDPOINT=false

Run ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server:
```
./omouas
```
After start, ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server will be listening on TCP port 4840 as OPC UA Server.

Note

If TCP port (by default 4840) is in use, the application will exit with error.

Setup in Raspberry Pi (32 bit Debian Buster OS)

Distribution package for Raspberry Pi is available at https://onewayautomation.com/opcua-binaries/omouas-pi32-1.0.1.zip

To download and install it from terminal:

Open terminal (keyboard shortcupt Ctrl+Alt+t can be used).
Update package lists:
```
sudo apt update
```

Install tools wget and unzip and C++ library atomic.so:

sudo apt install wget unzip
sudo apt install libatomic1

Download distribution package:

wget https://onewayautomation.com/opcua-binaries/omouas-pi32-1.0.1.zip

Unzip it:
```
unzip omouas-pi32-1.0.1.zip -d omouas
```
Navigate to the folder where it is extracted to:
```
cd omouas
```

Optionally, set some configuration options in environment variables:

export OMOUAS_PORT=4840
export OMOUAS_ACCEPT_ANY_CERTIFICATE=false
export OMOUAS_ENABLE_NONE_SECURE_ENDPOINT=false

Run ogamma Modbus OPC UA Server:
```
./omouas
```