# OPC UA Client Input Plugin

The `opcua` plugin retrieves data from OPC UA client devices.

Telegraf minimum version: Telegraf 1.16
Plugin minimum tested version: 1.16

### Configuration:

```toml
[[inputs.opcua]]
## This plugin supports connections to PLCs via OPC UA.
##
## Device name
name = "localhost"
#
## OPC UA Endpoint URL
endpoint = "opc.tcp://localhost:4840"
#
## Read Timeout. Add an arbitrary timeout (seconds) to demonstrate how to stop a subscription with a context.
timeout = 30
#
## Time Interval (Default = 10s)
time_interval = "10s"
#
## Security policy: None, Basic128Rsa15, Basic256, Basic256Sha256.
security_policy = "None"
#
## Security mode: None, Sign, SignAndEncrypt.
security_mode = "None"
#
## Path to cert.pem. Required for security mode/policy != None. If cert path is not supplied, self-signed cert and key will be generated.
## certificate = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
#
## Path to private key.pem. Required for security mode/policy != None. If key path is not supplied, self-signed cert and key will be generated.
## private_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
#
## To authenticate using a specific ID, select 'Certificate' or 'UserName'. Default is "Anonymous"
## auth_method = "Anonymous"
#
## Required for auth_method = "UserName"
## username = "myusername"
#
## Required for auth_method = "UserName"
## password = "mypassword"
#
## Node ID configuration
## name       			- the variable name
## namespace  			- integer value 0 thru 3
## identifier_type		- s=string, i=numeric, g=guid, b=opaque
## identifier			- tag as shown in opcua browser
## data_type  			- boolean, byte, short, int, uint, uint16, int16, uint32, int32, float, double, string, datetime, number
##    Example: {name="ProductUri", namespace="0", identifier_type="i", identifier="2262", data_type="string", description="http://open62541.org"}
nodes = [
		{name="", namespace="", identifier_type="", identifier="", data_type="", description=""},
		{name="", namespace="", identifier_type="", identifier="", data_type="", description=""},
]
```

### Example Node Configuration
An OPC UA node ID may resemble: "n=3,s=Temperature". In this example:
- n=3 is indicating the `namespace` is 3
- s=Temperature is indicting that the `identifier_type` is a string and `identifier` value is 'Temperature'
- This example temperature node has a value of 79.0, which makes the `data_type` a 'float'.
To gather data from this node enter the following line into the 'nodes' property above:
```
{name="LabelName", namespace="3", identifier_type="s", identifier="Temperature", data_type="float", description="Description of node"},
```


### Example Output

```
opcua,host=3c70aee0901e,name=Random,type=double Random=0.018158170305814902 1597820490000000000

```