This certificate is then supplied to your third-party OPC server in a way specific to that server.
In the This Gateway tab, click the download link under Ignition OPC-UA Client, and save the certificate somewhere to disk.The Manage Certificates page is displayed. Select OPC-UA > Certificate from the left side of the page.Go to Configure section in the Gateway.To Download a Client Certificate Manually
In these cases you can manual download a client ticket from Ignition and supply it to the OPC server in the appropriate manner. The Ignition OPC-UA server sends the client certificate to the third party OPC server when it tries to make the connection, however if the OPC server is not designed to expect these certificates then there may not be a straight forward way to accept them. The only difference may be in the way that the certificates are accepted on the server. While the above example is specific to KEPServerEX, the same concepts apply to connecting to any other third party OPC server that accepts OPC-UA client connections. For more information, take a look at KepServer's documentation. Alternatively, individual Kepware Projects can allow anonymous login. This typically means you need to specify user credentials for Ignition to use in the OPC-UA server connection. When connecting to KepServer, some versions may not allow anonymous connections by default. Both the Backup Discovery URL and Backup Endpoint URL properties need to be configured.įor additional information on Failover, refer to OPC-UA Connections and Settings. The Backup properties should be used when a pair of redundant Ignition Gateways are trying to look at the same Kepware OPC-UA server. To enable failover, check the box to Show advanced properties in the New OPCUA Connection Settings, set the Failover Enabled property to 'true,' and specify the Failover Endpoint. The failover Kepware OPC-UA server will be used in the event the primary Kepware server goes down. The failover Kepware OPC-UA server works the same as the OPC-UA server with the exception that you need to have two copies of Kepware setup, preferably on different servers. Now the OPC Server Connections page shows the Status of Kepware to be Connected. On the OPC UA Configuration Manager window, go to the Trusted Clients tab, click on Ignition OPC-UA Client, click the Trust button, and click Close. The OPC UA Configuration Manager will appear. Right-click on the KEPServerEX icon on the desktop KEPServerEx is installed on, and from the menu select OPC UA Configuration.The next step is to have KEPServerEX trust the Ignition OPC-UA Client. This is expected because KEPServerEX is denying access to the Ignition OPC-UA Client. The connection will appear as Faulted.
A Username and Password do not need to be given, and should be left blank.
#If KepServer is installed on a different server from Ignition, then the IP address would be used: #If KepServer is installed on the same server as Ignition and uses the default port,