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Zabbix Agent 2 Plugin for OPC UA Overview

The Zabbix Agent 2 plugin for OPC UA provides a native solution to monitor industrial automation and IoT devices via the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) binary protocol (opc.tcp). It communicates directly with OPC UA servers to test connectivity, collect server runtime metrics, monitor server certificate expiration, read arbitrary NodeIDs, and discover variables/nodes dynamically using Zabbix Low-Level Discovery (LLD).

Key Features

  • Support for multiple OPC UA servers simultaneously using either connection parameters or pre-configured named sessions.
  • Dynamic node and variable discovery using Zabbix Low-Level Discovery (LLD).
  • Direct binary protocol (opc.tcp) communication.
  • Built-in server diagnostics and certificate expiration monitoring.
  • Native Zabbix Agent 2 integration.

Requirements

  • Zabbix Agent 2: Version 6.0.0 or newer.
  • OPC UA Server: Server supporting the binary protocol (opc.tcp).
  • OS: Debian, SUSE and Red Hat-based Linux distributions.
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