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Joseph Doherty fb6dd3478d Phase 6.2 Stream C wiring — AuthorizationBootstrap + OpcUaApplicationHost.SetAuthorization
Closes task #133 — the "authz gate is inert in production" blocker
surfaced during task #123. Before this commit, every ACL check on the
six dispatch surfaces (Read, Write, HistoryRead, Browse,
CreateMonitoredItems, Call) short-circuited to allow because Program.cs
constructed OpcUaApplicationHost without passing authzGate or
scopeResolver.

New pieces:

- `AuthorizationOptions` — bound to `Node:Authorization` in
  appsettings.json. `Enabled` (default false) is the master switch;
  `StrictMode` (default false) controls the anonymous / no-LDAP-groups
  fallback behaviour.
- `AuthorizationBootstrap` — singleton service that loads `NodeAcl`
  rows for the published generation, builds a `PermissionTrieCache` +
  `AuthorizationGate`, merges every registered driver's
  `EquipmentNamespaceContent` through `ScopePathIndexBuilder` into one
  full-path `NodeScopeResolver`. Returns `(null, null)` when disabled
  or when no generation is Published yet.
- `DriverEquipmentContentRegistry.Snapshot()` — new method returning a
  defensive copy of the driver → content map so the bootstrap can
  iterate without holding the lock.
- `OpcUaApplicationHost.SetAuthorization(gate, resolver)` — late-bind
  method matching the existing `SetPhase7Sources` pattern. Must run
  before `StartAsync`; rejects post-start rebinding with
  InvalidOperationException.
- `OpcUaServerService.ExecuteAsync` calls `AuthorizationBootstrap.BuildAsync`
  after `PopulateEquipmentContentAsync` and before `applicationHost.StartAsync`,
  in the same window that `SetPhase7Sources` runs.

Behaviour change
- Default (Enabled=false): no behaviour change — the gate stays null,
  all six dispatch surfaces run unchanged. Safe for any existing
  deployment on upgrade.
- Enabled=true with StrictMode=false: identities carrying LDAP groups
  are evaluated against the trie; anonymous / no-groups identities
  pass through (v1 legacy-client compatibility).
- Enabled=true with StrictMode=true: everything evaluates. Anonymous
  or no-groups identities are denied.

Follow-up not covered here: rebind the gate+resolver on generation
refresh (the `GenerationRefreshHostedService` that shipped earlier in
this session). Today the gate only reflects the bootstrap generation
— operators publishing new ACL changes need a process restart to see
them. Matches the current driver-hot-reload limitation and is tracked
in the existing 6.3 follow-up bullet.

Docs: v2-release-readiness.md Phase 6.2 Stream C.12 bullet flipped to
Closed with operator-facing config pointer (`Node:Authorization:Enabled`).

All 283/283 Server.Tests still pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-24 15:35:46 -04:00
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Client rename residuals: lmxopcua-cli → otopcua-cli + LmxOpcUaClient → OtOpcUaClient with migration shim. Closes task #208 (the executable-name + LocalAppData-folder slice that was called out in Client.CLI.md / Client.UI.md as a deliberately-deferred residual of the Phase 0 rename). Six source references flipped to the canonical OtOpcUaClient spelling: Program.cs CliFx executable name + description (lmxopcua-cli → otopcua-cli), DefaultApplicationConfigurationFactory.cs ApplicationName + ApplicationUri (LmxOpcUaClient + urn:localhost:LmxOpcUaClient → OtOpcUaClient + urn:localhost:OtOpcUaClient), OpcUaClientService.CreateSessionAsync session-name arg, ConnectionSettings.CertificateStorePath default, MainWindowViewModel.CertificateStorePath default, JsonSettingsService.SettingsDir. Two consuming tests (ConnectionSettingsTests + MainWindowViewModelTests) updated to assert the new canonical name. New ClientStoragePaths static helper at src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/ClientStoragePaths.cs is the migration shim — single entry point for the PKI root + pki subpath, runs a one-shot legacy-folder probe on first resolution: if {LocalAppData}/LmxOpcUaClient/ exists + {LocalAppData}/OtOpcUaClient/ does not, Directory.Move renames it in place (atomic on NTFS within the same volume) so trusted server certs + saved connection settings persist across the rename without operator action. Idempotent per-process via a Lock-guarded _migrationChecked flag so repeated CertificateStorePath getter calls on the hot path pay no IO cost beyond the first. Fresh-install path (neither folder exists) + already-migrated path (only canonical exists) + manual-override path (both exist — developer has set up something explicit) are all no-ops that leave state alone. IOException on the Directory.Move is swallowed + logged as a false return so a concurrent peer process losing the race doesn't crash the consumer; the losing process falls back to whatever state exists. Five new ClientStoragePathsTests assert: GetRoot ends with canonical name under LocalAppData, GetPkiPath nests pki under root, CanonicalFolderName is OtOpcUaClient, LegacyFolderName is LmxOpcUaClient (the migration contract — a typo here would leak the legacy folder past the shim), repeat invocation returns false after first-touch arms the in-process guard. Doc-side residual-explanation notes in docs/Client.CLI.md + docs/Client.UI.md are dropped now that the rename is real; replaced with a short "pre-#208 dev boxes migrate automatically on first launch" note that points at ClientStoragePaths. Sample CLI invocations in Client.CLI.md updated via sed from lmxopcua-cli to otopcua-cli across every command block (14 replacements). Pre-existing staleness in SubscribeCommandTests.Execute_PrintsSubscriptionMessage surfaced during the test run — the CLI's subscribe command has long since switched to an aggregate "Subscribed to {count}/{total} nodes (interval: ...)" output format but the test still asserted the original single-node form. Updated the assertion to match current output + added a comment explaining the change; this is unrelated to the rename but was blocking a green Client.CLI.Tests run. Full solution build 0 errors; Client.Shared.Tests 136/136 + 5 new shim tests passing; Client.UI.Tests 98/98; Client.CLI.Tests 52/52 (was 51/52 before the subscribe-test fix). No Admin/Core/Server changes — this touches only the client layer.
2026-04-20 01:50:40 -04:00
Client rename residuals: lmxopcua-cli → otopcua-cli + LmxOpcUaClient → OtOpcUaClient with migration shim. Closes task #208 (the executable-name + LocalAppData-folder slice that was called out in Client.CLI.md / Client.UI.md as a deliberately-deferred residual of the Phase 0 rename). Six source references flipped to the canonical OtOpcUaClient spelling: Program.cs CliFx executable name + description (lmxopcua-cli → otopcua-cli), DefaultApplicationConfigurationFactory.cs ApplicationName + ApplicationUri (LmxOpcUaClient + urn:localhost:LmxOpcUaClient → OtOpcUaClient + urn:localhost:OtOpcUaClient), OpcUaClientService.CreateSessionAsync session-name arg, ConnectionSettings.CertificateStorePath default, MainWindowViewModel.CertificateStorePath default, JsonSettingsService.SettingsDir. Two consuming tests (ConnectionSettingsTests + MainWindowViewModelTests) updated to assert the new canonical name. New ClientStoragePaths static helper at src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/ClientStoragePaths.cs is the migration shim — single entry point for the PKI root + pki subpath, runs a one-shot legacy-folder probe on first resolution: if {LocalAppData}/LmxOpcUaClient/ exists + {LocalAppData}/OtOpcUaClient/ does not, Directory.Move renames it in place (atomic on NTFS within the same volume) so trusted server certs + saved connection settings persist across the rename without operator action. Idempotent per-process via a Lock-guarded _migrationChecked flag so repeated CertificateStorePath getter calls on the hot path pay no IO cost beyond the first. Fresh-install path (neither folder exists) + already-migrated path (only canonical exists) + manual-override path (both exist — developer has set up something explicit) are all no-ops that leave state alone. IOException on the Directory.Move is swallowed + logged as a false return so a concurrent peer process losing the race doesn't crash the consumer; the losing process falls back to whatever state exists. Five new ClientStoragePathsTests assert: GetRoot ends with canonical name under LocalAppData, GetPkiPath nests pki under root, CanonicalFolderName is OtOpcUaClient, LegacyFolderName is LmxOpcUaClient (the migration contract — a typo here would leak the legacy folder past the shim), repeat invocation returns false after first-touch arms the in-process guard. Doc-side residual-explanation notes in docs/Client.CLI.md + docs/Client.UI.md are dropped now that the rename is real; replaced with a short "pre-#208 dev boxes migrate automatically on first launch" note that points at ClientStoragePaths. Sample CLI invocations in Client.CLI.md updated via sed from lmxopcua-cli to otopcua-cli across every command block (14 replacements). Pre-existing staleness in SubscribeCommandTests.Execute_PrintsSubscriptionMessage surfaced during the test run — the CLI's subscribe command has long since switched to an aggregate "Subscribed to {count}/{total} nodes (interval: ...)" output format but the test still asserted the original single-node form. Updated the assertion to match current output + added a comment explaining the change; this is unrelated to the rename but was blocking a green Client.CLI.Tests run. Full solution build 0 errors; Client.Shared.Tests 136/136 + 5 new shim tests passing; Client.UI.Tests 98/98; Client.CLI.Tests 52/52 (was 51/52 before the subscribe-test fix). No Admin/Core/Server changes — this touches only the client layer.
2026-04-20 01:50:40 -04:00

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 → CapabilityInvokerIReadable/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
VirtualTags.md Core.Scripting + Core.VirtualTags — Roslyn script sandbox, engine, dispatch alongside driver tags
ScriptedAlarms.md Core.ScriptedAlarms — script-predicate IAlarmSource + Part 9 state machine

Two Core subsystems are shipped without a dedicated top-level doc; see the section in the linked doc:

Project See
Core.AlarmHistorian AlarmTracking.md § Alarm historian sink
Analyzers (Roslyn OTOPCUA0001) security.md § OTOPCUA0001 Analyzer

Drivers

Doc Covers
drivers/README.md Index of the eight 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 otopcua-cli — OPC UA command-line client
Client.UI.md Avalonia desktop client
DriverClis.md Driver test-client CLIs — index + shared commands
Driver.Modbus.Cli.md otopcua-modbus-cli — Modbus-TCP
Driver.AbCip.Cli.md otopcua-abcip-cli — ControlLogix / CompactLogix / Micro800 / GuardLogix
Driver.AbLegacy.Cli.md otopcua-ablegacy-cli — SLC / MicroLogix / PLC-5 (PCCC)
Driver.S7.Cli.md otopcua-s7-cli — Siemens S7-300 / S7-400 / S7-1200 / S7-1500
Driver.TwinCAT.Cli.md otopcua-twincat-cli — Beckhoff TwinCAT 2/3 ADS
Driver.FOCAS.Cli.md otopcua-focas-cli — Fanuc FOCAS/2 CNC

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: