Minimal OPC UA client that auto generates self signed certificate on startup in C#

This is minimal OPC UA client in C# that demonstrates self signed certificate auto generation on startup.
Pre-Req

• Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition
• ConsoleReferenceServer running in the another console

Steps

• Using Visual Studio, create C# .Net 6.0 Application
• Add a nuget reference to OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client
• Copy/paste code from gist below into Program.cs and run it

Full working code can be found here.

OPC UA Read service using C#

This is a sample bare bones OPC UA C# application performing a Read service.
Pre-Req

• Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition
• Run sample ConsoleReferenceServer

Steps

• Using Visual Studio, create C# .Net 6.0 Application
• Add a nuget reference to OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client
• Copy/paste code from gist below into Program.cs

Full working code can be found here.

Running OPC UA .Net Standard PubSub reference server on Ubuntu 22.04 using dotnet-sdk-6.0

System info:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04
OPC UA .Net Standard under test: 1.4.371.96

Install MQTT broker

$: sudo apt install mosquitto

Install dotnet-sdk-6.0

$: sudo apt install dotnet-sdk-6.0

Install git as needed

$: sudo apt install git

Clone OPC UA .Net Standard git repo

$: mkdir ~/prj
$: cd ~/prj
$: git clone https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard.git
$: cd UA-.NETStandard
$: git checkout refs/tags/1.4.371.96

Run publisher

$: dotnet run --project Applications/ConsoleReferencePublisher/ConsoleReferencePublisher.csproj --framework net6.0

Run subscriber (on another terminal)

$: cd ~/prj/UA-.NETStandard
$: dotnet run --project Applications/ConsoleReferenceSubscriber/ConsoleReferenceSubscriber.csproj --framework net6.0

Running OPC UA .Net Standard PubSub reference server on Ubuntu 20.04 using dotnet-sdk-3.1

High Level Info:

OPC UA .Net Standard under test: 1.4.371.96
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 (>20.04 not working due to dotnet-sdk-3.1 is not supported)

Install dotnet-sdk-3.1

$: wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
$: sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
$: rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
$: sudo apt update
$: sudo apt install dotnet-sdk-3.1

Clone OPC UA .Net Standard git repo

$: mkdir -p ~/prj
$: git clone -b 1.4.371.96 https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard.git

Install MQTT broker Mosquitto and supporting tools

$: sudo apt install mosquitto
$: sudo apt  install mosquitto-clients

Run mqtt sub client to see traffic

$: mosquitto_sub -h localhost -v -t '#'

Run reference PubSub publisher

$: cd ~/prj/UA-.NETStandard/Applications/ConsoleReferencePublisher
$: dotnet run --project ConsoleReferencePublisher.csproj --framework netcoreapp3.1

Run reference PubSub subscriber

$: cd ~/prj/UA-.NETStandard/Applications/ConsoleReferenceSubscriber
$: dotnet run --project ConsoleReferenceSubscriber.csproj --framework netcoreapp3.1

Ref(s):
Install the .NET SDK or the .NET Runtime on Ubuntu