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Joseph Doherty 985b7aba26 Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa 
Rewrite seven core-architecture docs to match the shipped multi-driver platform.
The v1 single-driver LmxNodeManager framing is replaced with the Core +
capability-interface model — Galaxy is now one driver of seven, and each doc
points at the current class names + source paths.

What changed per file:
- OpcUaServer.md — OtOpcUaServer as StandardServer host; per-driver
  DriverNodeManager + CapabilityInvoker wiring; Config-DB-driven configuration
  (sp_PublishGeneration, DraftRevisionToken, Admin UI); Phase 6.2
  AuthorizationGate integration.
- AddressSpace.md — GenericDriverNodeManager.BuildAddressSpaceAsync walks
  ITagDiscovery.DiscoverAsync and streams DriverAttributeInfo through
  IAddressSpaceBuilder; CapturingBuilder registers alarm-condition sinks;
  per-driver NodeId schemes replace the fixed ns=1;s=ZB root.
- ReadWriteOperations.md — OnReadValue / OnWriteValue dispatch to
  IReadable.ReadAsync / IWritable.WriteAsync through CapabilityInvoker,
  honoring WriteIdempotentAttribute (#143); two-layer authorization
  (WriteAuthzPolicy + Phase 6.2 AuthorizationGate).
- Subscriptions.md — ISubscribable.SubscribeAsync/UnsubscribeAsync is the
  capability surface; STA-thread story is now Galaxy-specific (StaPump inside
  Driver.Galaxy.Host), other drivers are free-threaded.
- AlarmTracking.md — IAlarmSource is optional; AlarmSurfaceInvoker wraps
  Subscribe/Ack/Unsubscribe with fan-out by IPerCallHostResolver and the
  no-retry AlarmAcknowledge pipeline (#143); CapturingBuilder registers sinks
  at build time.
- DataTypeMapping.md — DriverDataType + SecurityClassification are the
  driver-agnostic enums; per-driver mappers (GalaxyProxyDriver inline,
  AbCipDataType, ModbusDriver, etc.); SecurityClassification is metadata only,
  ACL enforcement is at the server layer.
- IncrementalSync.md — IRediscoverable covers backend-change signals;
  sp_ComputeGenerationDiff + DiffViewer drive generation-level change
  detection; IDriver.ReinitializeAsync is the in-process recovery path.
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Add UI features, alarm ack, historian UTC fix, and Client.UI documentation
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reqs
Doc refresh (task #205) — requirements updated for multi-driver OtOpcUa three-process deploy
2026-04-20 01:31:58 -04:00
v2
Pin libplctag ab_server to v2.6.16 — real release tag + SHA256 hashes for all three Windows arches. Closes the "pick a current version + pin" deferral left by the #180 PR docs stub. Verified the release lands ab_server.exe inside libplctag_2.6.16_windows_<arch>_tools.zip alongside plctag.dll + list_tags_* helpers by downloading each tools zip + unzip -l'ing to confirm ab_server.exe is present at 331264 bytes. New ci/ab-server.lock.json is the single source of truth — one file the CI YAML reads via ConvertFrom-Json instead of duplicating the hash across the workflow + the docs. Structure: repo (libplctag/libplctag) + tag (v2.6.16) + published date (2026-03-29) + assets keyed by platform (windows-x64 / windows-x86 / windows-arm64) each carrying filename + sha256. docs/v2/test-data-sources.md §2.CI updated — replaces the prior placeholder (ver = '<pinned libplctag release tag>', expected = '<pinned sha256>') with the real v2.6.16 + 9b78a3de... hashes pinned table, and replaces the hardcoded URL with a lockfile-driven pwsh step that picks windows-x64 by default but swaps to x86/arm64 by changing one line for non-x64 CI runners. Hash-mismatch path throws with both the expected + actual values so on the first drift the CI log tells the maintainer exactly what to update in the lockfile. Two verification notes from the release fetch: (1) libplctag v2.6.16 tools zips ship ab_server.exe + plctag.dll together — tests don't need a separate libplctag NuGet download for the integration path, the extracted tools dir covers both the simulator + the driver's native dependency; (2) the three Windows arches all carry ab_server.exe, so ARM64 Windows GitHub runners (when they arrive) can run the integration suite without changes beyond swapping the asset key. No code changes in this PR — purely docs + the new lockfile. Admin tests + Core tests unchanged + passing per the prior commit.
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AddressSpace.md
Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
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AlarmTracking.md
Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
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Client.CLI.md
Doc refresh (task #206) — Client.CLI + Client.UI brand flip + new top-level docs/README.md index. Client.CLI.md: replaced stale LmxOpcUa-OPC UA-server references with OtOpcUa throughout the overview + sample output + applicationUri examples (opc.tcp://localhost:4840/OtOpcUa, urn:localhost:OtOpcUa:instanceN); confirmed against src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/Program.cs:69-71 which sets the live endpoint url + application uri to those exact values. Added a driver-agnostic note in the overview — the CLI is reachable against every shipped driver surface because the OPC UA endpoint abstracts them all. Kept the lmxopcua-cli executable name + the {LocalAppData}/LmxOpcUaClient/pki/ PKI folder name AS-IS because those are real filesystem-level residuals the code still uses (Program.cs SetExecutableName + OpcUaClientService.cs:428) — flipping them requires migration shims so existing dev boxes don't lose their trusted-cert store; added explicit doc text explaining the residual + why it persists so future readers aren't confused. Fixed the sample connect-output "Server: LmxOpcUa" to "Server: OtOpcUa Server" matching the live ApplicationName in OpcUaServerOptions.cs:39. Client.UI.md: replaced the 4 LmxOpcUa references — overview one-liner, status-bar mock (now reads "OtOpcUa Server" matching the server's reported ApplicationName), endpoint-url example, settings persistence path. Same residual-explanation note added under the LmxOpcUaClient/settings.json path pointing at the Client.Shared session-factory literal at OpcUaClientService.cs:428. docs/README.md is new — a top-level index distinguishing the two documentation tiers (current reference at docs/*.md vs implementation history + design notes at docs/v2/*.md). Every current-reference doc gets a one-line role description in a section table (Architecture + data-path / Drivers / Operational / Client tooling / Requirements) so a new reader picking up the repo finds their way in without having to grep file names. Cross-link calls out that load-bearing references from top-level docs (plan.md decisions, admin-ui.md, acl-design.md, config-db-schema.md, driver-specs.md, dev-environment.md, test-data-sources.md) live under v2/. Notes up front that the project was renamed LmxOpcUa → OtOpcUa and that any remaining LmxOpcUa-string in paths is a deliberate residual with a migration follow-up, so readers don't chase phantom bugs. Four parallel doc-refresh agents currently working on the rest of docs/*.md (task #202 core architecture, #203 driver docs split, #204 operational, #205 requirements) — those commits will land on separate worktree branches + get folded in together once complete; this index already lists the docs they'll produce (drivers/README.md, drivers/Galaxy.md, drivers/Galaxy-Repository.md) so the final merge just has the content showing up where the index already points.
2026-04-20 01:25:18 -04:00
Client.UI.md
Doc refresh (task #206) — Client.CLI + Client.UI brand flip + new top-level docs/README.md index. Client.CLI.md: replaced stale LmxOpcUa-OPC UA-server references with OtOpcUa throughout the overview + sample output + applicationUri examples (opc.tcp://localhost:4840/OtOpcUa, urn:localhost:OtOpcUa:instanceN); confirmed against src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/Program.cs:69-71 which sets the live endpoint url + application uri to those exact values. Added a driver-agnostic note in the overview — the CLI is reachable against every shipped driver surface because the OPC UA endpoint abstracts them all. Kept the lmxopcua-cli executable name + the {LocalAppData}/LmxOpcUaClient/pki/ PKI folder name AS-IS because those are real filesystem-level residuals the code still uses (Program.cs SetExecutableName + OpcUaClientService.cs:428) — flipping them requires migration shims so existing dev boxes don't lose their trusted-cert store; added explicit doc text explaining the residual + why it persists so future readers aren't confused. Fixed the sample connect-output "Server: LmxOpcUa" to "Server: OtOpcUa Server" matching the live ApplicationName in OpcUaServerOptions.cs:39. Client.UI.md: replaced the 4 LmxOpcUa references — overview one-liner, status-bar mock (now reads "OtOpcUa Server" matching the server's reported ApplicationName), endpoint-url example, settings persistence path. Same residual-explanation note added under the LmxOpcUaClient/settings.json path pointing at the Client.Shared session-factory literal at OpcUaClientService.cs:428. docs/README.md is new — a top-level index distinguishing the two documentation tiers (current reference at docs/*.md vs implementation history + design notes at docs/v2/*.md). Every current-reference doc gets a one-line role description in a section table (Architecture + data-path / Drivers / Operational / Client tooling / Requirements) so a new reader picking up the repo finds their way in without having to grep file names. Cross-link calls out that load-bearing references from top-level docs (plan.md decisions, admin-ui.md, acl-design.md, config-db-schema.md, driver-specs.md, dev-environment.md, test-data-sources.md) live under v2/. Notes up front that the project was renamed LmxOpcUa → OtOpcUa and that any remaining LmxOpcUa-string in paths is a deliberate residual with a migration follow-up, so readers don't chase phantom bugs. Four parallel doc-refresh agents currently working on the rest of docs/*.md (task #202 core architecture, #203 driver docs split, #204 operational, #205 requirements) — those commits will land on separate worktree branches + get folded in together once complete; this index already lists the docs they'll produce (drivers/README.md, drivers/Galaxy.md, drivers/Galaxy-Repository.md) so the final merge just has the content showing up where the index already points.
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Configuration.md
Phase 0 — mechanical rename ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.* → ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.*
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DataTypeMapping.md
Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
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GalaxyRepository.md
Phase 0 — mechanical rename ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.* → ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.*
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HistoricalDataAccess.md
Phase 0 — mechanical rename ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.* → ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.*
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IncrementalSync.md
Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
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MxAccessBridge.md
Phase 0 — mechanical rename ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.* → ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.*
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OpcUaServer.md
Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
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README.md
Doc refresh (task #206) — Client.CLI + Client.UI brand flip + new top-level docs/README.md index. Client.CLI.md: replaced stale LmxOpcUa-OPC UA-server references with OtOpcUa throughout the overview + sample output + applicationUri examples (opc.tcp://localhost:4840/OtOpcUa, urn:localhost:OtOpcUa:instanceN); confirmed against src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/Program.cs:69-71 which sets the live endpoint url + application uri to those exact values. Added a driver-agnostic note in the overview — the CLI is reachable against every shipped driver surface because the OPC UA endpoint abstracts them all. Kept the lmxopcua-cli executable name + the {LocalAppData}/LmxOpcUaClient/pki/ PKI folder name AS-IS because those are real filesystem-level residuals the code still uses (Program.cs SetExecutableName + OpcUaClientService.cs:428) — flipping them requires migration shims so existing dev boxes don't lose their trusted-cert store; added explicit doc text explaining the residual + why it persists so future readers aren't confused. Fixed the sample connect-output "Server: LmxOpcUa" to "Server: OtOpcUa Server" matching the live ApplicationName in OpcUaServerOptions.cs:39. Client.UI.md: replaced the 4 LmxOpcUa references — overview one-liner, status-bar mock (now reads "OtOpcUa Server" matching the server's reported ApplicationName), endpoint-url example, settings persistence path. Same residual-explanation note added under the LmxOpcUaClient/settings.json path pointing at the Client.Shared session-factory literal at OpcUaClientService.cs:428. docs/README.md is new — a top-level index distinguishing the two documentation tiers (current reference at docs/*.md vs implementation history + design notes at docs/v2/*.md). Every current-reference doc gets a one-line role description in a section table (Architecture + data-path / Drivers / Operational / Client tooling / Requirements) so a new reader picking up the repo finds their way in without having to grep file names. Cross-link calls out that load-bearing references from top-level docs (plan.md decisions, admin-ui.md, acl-design.md, config-db-schema.md, driver-specs.md, dev-environment.md, test-data-sources.md) live under v2/. Notes up front that the project was renamed LmxOpcUa → OtOpcUa and that any remaining LmxOpcUa-string in paths is a deliberate residual with a migration follow-up, so readers don't chase phantom bugs. Four parallel doc-refresh agents currently working on the rest of docs/*.md (task #202 core architecture, #203 driver docs split, #204 operational, #205 requirements) — those commits will land on separate worktree branches + get folded in together once complete; this index already lists the docs they'll produce (drivers/README.md, drivers/Galaxy.md, drivers/Galaxy-Repository.md) so the final merge just has the content showing up where the index already points.
2026-04-20 01:25:18 -04:00
ReadWriteOperations.md
Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
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Redundancy.md
Phase 0 — mechanical rename ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.* → ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.*
2026-04-17 13:57:47 -04:00
security.md
Phase 3 PR 31 — Live-LDAP integration test + Active Directory compatibility. Closes LMX follow-up #4 with 6 live-bind tests in Server.Tests/LdapUserAuthenticatorLiveTests.cs against the dev GLAuth instance at localhost:3893 (skipped cleanly when unreachable via Assert.Skip + a clear SkipReason — matches the GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests pattern). Coverage: valid credentials bind + surface DisplayName; wrong password fails; unknown user fails; empty credentials fail pre-flight without touching the directory; writeop user's memberOf maps through GroupToRole to WriteOperate (the exact string WriteAuthzPolicy.IsAllowed expects); admin user surfaces all four mapped roles (WriteOperate + WriteTune + WriteConfigure + AlarmAck) proving memberOf parsing doesn't stop after the first match. While wiring this up, the authenticator's hard-coded user-lookup filter 'uid=<name>' didn't match GLAuth (which keys users by cn and doesn't populate uid) — AND it doesn't match Active Directory either, which uses sAMAccountName. Added UserNameAttribute to LdapOptions (default 'uid' for RFC 2307 backcompat) so deployments override to 'cn' / 'sAMAccountName' / 'userPrincipalName' as the directory requires; authenticator filter now interpolates the configured attribute. The default stays 'uid' so existing test fixtures and OpenLDAP installs keep working without a config change — a regression guard in LdapUserAuthenticatorAdCompatTests.LdapOptions_default_UserNameAttribute_is_uid_for_rfc2307_compat pins this so a future 'helpful' default change can't silently break anyone.
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ServiceHosting.md
Phase 0 — mechanical rename ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.* → ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.*
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StatusDashboard.md
Close all four stability-review 2026-04-13 findings so a failed runtime probe subscription can no longer leave a phantom entry that Tick() flips to Stopped and fans out false BadOutOfService quality across a host's subtree, a silently-failed dashboard bind no longer lets the service advertise a successful start while an operator-visible endpoint is dead, the seven sync-over-async sites in LmxNodeManager (rebuild probe sync, Read, Write, four HistoryRead overrides) can no longer park the OPC UA stack thread indefinitely on a hung backend, and alarm auto-subscribe + transferred-subscription restore no longer race shutdown as untracked fire-and-forget tasks.
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Subscriptions.md
Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
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README.md

OtOpcUa documentation

Two tiers of documentation live here:

  • Current reference at the top level (docs/*.md) — describes what's shipped today. Start here for operator + integrator reference.
  • Implementation history + design notes at docs/v2/*.md — the authoritative plan + decision log the current reference is built from. Start here when you need the why behind an architectural choice, or when a top-level doc says "see plan.md § X".

The project was originally called LmxOpcUa (a single-driver Galaxy/MXAccess OPC UA server) and has since become OtOpcUa, a multi-driver OPC UA server platform. Any lingering LmxOpcUa-string in a path you see in docs is a deliberate residual (executable name lmxopcua-cli, client PKI folder {LocalAppData}/LmxOpcUaClient/) — fixing those requires migration shims + is tracked as follow-ups.

Platform overview

  • Core owns the OPC UA stack, address space, session/security/subscription machinery.
  • Drivers plug in via capability interfaces in ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions: IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery, ISubscribable, IHostConnectivityProbe, IAlarmSource, IHistoryProvider, IPerCallHostResolver. Each driver opts into whichever it supports.
  • Server is the OPC UA endpoint process (net10, x64). Hosts every driver except Galaxy in-process; talks to Galaxy via a named pipe because MXAccess COM is 32-bit-only.
  • Admin is the Blazor Server operator UI (net10, x64). Owns the Config DB draft/publish flow, ACL + role-grant authoring, fleet status + /metrics scrape endpoint.
  • Galaxy.Host is a .NET Framework 4.8 x86 Windows service that wraps MXAccess COM on an STA thread for the Galaxy driver.

Where to find what

Architecture + data-path reference

Doc Covers
OpcUaServer.md Top-level server architecture — Core, driver dispatch, Config DB, generations
AddressSpace.md GenericDriverNodeManager + ITagDiscovery + IAddressSpaceBuilder
ReadWriteOperations.md OPC UA Read/Write → CapabilityInvoker → IReadable/IWritable
Subscriptions.md Monitored items → ISubscribable + per-driver subscription refcount
AlarmTracking.md IAlarmSource + AlarmSurfaceInvoker + OPC UA alarm conditions
DataTypeMapping.md Per-driver DriverAttributeInfo → OPC UA variable types
IncrementalSync.md Address-space rebuild on redeploy + sp_ComputeGenerationDiff
HistoricalDataAccess.md IHistoryProvider as a per-driver optional capability

Drivers

Doc Covers
drivers/README.md Index of the seven shipped drivers + capability matrix
drivers/Galaxy.md Galaxy driver — MXAccess bridge, Host/Proxy split, named-pipe IPC
drivers/Galaxy-Repository.md Galaxy-specific discovery via the ZB SQL database

For Modbus / S7 / AB CIP / AB Legacy / TwinCAT / FOCAS / OPC UA Client specifics, see v2/driver-specs.md.

Operational

Doc Covers
Configuration.md appsettings bootstrap + Config DB + Admin UI draft/publish
security.md Transport security profiles, LDAP auth, ACL trie, role grants, OTOPCUA0001 analyzer
Redundancy.md RedundancyCoordinator, ServiceLevelCalculator, apply-lease, Prometheus metrics
ServiceHosting.md Three-process deploy (Server + Admin + Galaxy.Host) install/uninstall
StatusDashboard.md Pointer — superseded by v2/admin-ui.md

Client tooling

Doc Covers
Client.CLI.md lmxopcua-cli — command-line client
Client.UI.md Avalonia desktop client

Requirements

Doc Covers
reqs/HighLevelReqs.md HLRs — numbered system-level requirements
reqs/OpcUaServerReqs.md OPC UA server-layer reqs
reqs/ServiceHostReqs.md Per-process hosting reqs
reqs/ClientRequirements.md Client CLI + UI reqs
reqs/GalaxyRepositoryReqs.md Galaxy-scoped repository reqs
reqs/MxAccessClientReqs.md Galaxy-scoped MXAccess reqs
reqs/StatusDashboardReqs.md Pointer — superseded by Admin UI

Implementation history (docs/v2/)

Design decisions + phase plans + execution notes. Load-bearing cross-references from the top-level docs:

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