QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC UA Application - Obtain new certificate from GDS, report progress
// Shows how to obtain a new application certificate from the certificate manager (GDS), and store it for subsequent usage,
// with progress reporting.

using System;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib.Security.Cryptography.PkiCertificates;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Extensions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples.Application._IEasyUAClientServerApplication
{
    partial class ObtainNewCertificate
    {
        public static void Progress()
        {
            // Define which GDS we will work with.
            UAEndpointDescriptor gdsEndpointDescriptor = 
                ((UAEndpointDescriptor)"opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer")
                .WithUserNameIdentity("appadmin", "demo");

            // Obtain the application interface.
            EasyUAApplication application = EasyUAApplication.Instance;

            // Display which application we are about to work with.
            Console.WriteLine("Application URI string: {0}",
                application.GetApplicationElement().ApplicationUriString);

            // Obtain a new application certificate from the certificate manager (GDS), and store it for subsequent usage.
            IPkiCertificate certificate;
            try
            {
                certificate = application.ObtainNewCertificate(gdsEndpointDescriptor,
                    new Progress<string>(s => Console.WriteLine("Progress: {0}", s)));
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            // Display results
            Console.WriteLine("Certificate: {0}", certificate);
        }
    }
}
# Shows how to obtain a new application certificate from the certificate manager (GDS), and store it for subsequent
# usage, with progress reporting.

# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from System import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Extensions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


# Define which GDS we will work with.
gdsEndpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer')
gdsEndpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptorExtension.WithUserNameIdentity(gdsEndpointDescriptor,
                                                                           'appadmin', 'demo')

# Obtain the application interface.
application = EasyUAApplication.Instance

# Display which application we are about to work with.
applicationElement = IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension.GetApplicationElement(application)
print('Application URI string: ', applicationElement.ApplicationUriString, sep='')

# Obtain a new application certificate from the certificate manager (GDS), and store it for subsequent usage.
try:
    print('Obtaining new certificate...')
    certificate = IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension.ObtainNewCertificate(application,
        gdsEndpointDescriptor,
        Progress[String](Action[String](lambda s: print('Progress: ', s, sep=''))))
except UAException as uaException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + uaException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results.
print()
print('Certificate: ', certificate, sep='')

print()
print('Finished.')
' Shows how to obtain a new application certificate from the certificate manager (GDS), and store it for subsequent usage,
' with progress reporting.

Imports Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
Imports OpcLabs.BaseLib.Security.Cryptography.PkiCertificates
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.ComTypes
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Extensions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace Application._IEasyUAClientServerApplication
    Partial Friend Class ObtainNewCertificate
        Public Shared Sub Progress()

            ' Define which GDS we will work with.
            Dim gdsEndpointDescriptor As UAEndpointDescriptor =
                New UAEndpointDescriptor("opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer") _
                .WithUserNameIdentity("appadmin", "demo")

            ' Obtain the application interface.
            Dim application As EasyUAApplication = EasyUAApplication.Instance

            ' Display which application we are about to work with.
            Console.WriteLine("Application URI string: {0}",
                application.GetApplicationElement().ApplicationUriString)

            ' Obtain a new application certificate from the certificate manager (GDS), and store it for subsequent usage.
            Dim certificate As PkiCertificate
            Try
                certificate = application.ObtainNewCertificate(gdsEndpointDescriptor,
                    New Progress(Of String)(Sub(s) Console.WriteLine("Progress: {0}", s)))
            Catch uaException As UAException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException.Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display results
            Console.WriteLine("Certificate: {0}", certificate)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
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