Getting Started

With the open62541-server-template, a swap server can be configured with only a few steps. The example_server directory in the repository contains an example implementation of a SWAP-IT server. In addition, the Demonstration Scenario provides a set of Tutorials, which utilize the open62541-server-template, so that these tutorials can be worked through for a better understanding of the SWAP-IT architecture. However, the following only highlights how the server example of this tutorial can be executed.

Install Dependencies

open62541 installation

The open62541-server-template requires a local install of the open62541 OPC UA SDK version 1.3.10:

/*install dependencies*/
apt-get -y update
apt-get -y install git build-essential gcc pkg-config cmake check python3

/*clone open62541 library and init submodules*/
git clone https://github.com/open62541/open62541
cd open62541
git fetch --all --tags
git checkout tags/v1.3.10 -b v1.3.10-branch
git submodule update --init --recursive

/*install open62541*/
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DUA_NAMESPACE_ZERO=FULL -DUA_ENABLE_JSON_ENCODING=ON -DUA_MULTITHREADING=200 ..
make install

open62541-server-template installation

Afterwards, the open62541-server-template can be installed:

/*clone the swap-it-server-template*/
git clone https://github.com/FraunhoferIOSB/swap-it-open62541-server-template
cd swap-it-open62541-server-template
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make install

Start the a simple Server

Next, the server provided in this repository can be started:

cd swap-it-open62541-server-template/example_server/custom_information_model
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
./example_server

Connect with UA-Expert

To explore the server, connect with it with the UA-Expert Client. The server runs on “opc.tcp://localhost:4840”