InstanceOwnStorePath Property (UAApplicationManifest)

The store containing application instance certificate (or where the application instance certificate will be created).

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
<DataMemberAttribute()>
<DefaultValueAttribute("")>
Public Property InstanceOwnStorePath As String

'Usage
 
Dim instance As UAApplicationManifest
Dim value As String
 
instance.InstanceOwnStorePath = value
 
value = instance.InstanceOwnStorePath

[DataMember()]
[DefaultValue("")]
public string InstanceOwnStorePath {get; set;}

[DataMember()]
[DefaultValue("")]
public:
property String^ InstanceOwnStorePath {
   String^ get();
   void set (    String^ value);
}

Property Value

For directory certificate store, this is a directory name. For system (Windows, Linux, ...) certificate store, this is a "LocalMachine\" or "CurrentUser\" followed by a store name.

Remarks

In order to obtain or modify this parameter, access the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Engine.UAClientServerApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest property of OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.EasyUAApplicationCore.ApplicationParameters property of static EasyUAApplication.Instance.

When this object is used to override properties of another application manifest, an empty value in this property keeps the original value. A non-empty value in this property overrides the original value. Use "#" to set the value back to an empty string.

Example

.NET

// This example demonstrates how to place the client certificate in the platform-specific (Windows, Linux, ...) certificate
// store.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._UAApplicationManifest
{
    class InstanceOwnStorePath
    {
        public static void PlatformSpecific()
        {
            UAEndpointDescriptor endpointDescriptor =
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            // or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            // or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            // Set the application certificate store path, which determines the location of the client certificate.
            // Note that this only works once in each host process.
            EasyUAApplication.Instance.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.InstanceOwnStorePath = "CurrentUser\\My";

            // Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger creation of the certificate.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();
            try
            {
                client.ReadValue(endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853");
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException().Message);
            }

            // The certificate will be located or created in the specified platform-specific certificate store.
            // On Windows, when viewed by the certmgr.msc tool, it will be under
            // Certificates - Current User -> Personal -> Certificates.

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }
    }
}

# This example demonstrates how to place the client certificate in the platform-specific (Windows, Linux, ...)
# certificate store.

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

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


endpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer')
# or 'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer' (currently not supported)
# or 'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/'

# Set the application certificate store path, which determines the location of the client certificate.
# Note that this only works once in each host process.
EasyUAApplication.Instance.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.InstanceOwnStorePath = 'CurrentUser\\My'

# Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger creation of the certificate.
client = EasyUAClient()
try:
    value = IEasyUAClientExtension.ReadValue(client,
                                             endpointDescriptor,
                                             UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853'))
except UAException as uaException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + uaException.GetBaseException().Message)

# The certificate will be located or created in the specified platform-specific certificate store.
# On Windows, when viewed by the certmgr.msc tool, it will be under
# Certificates - Current User -> Personal -> Certificates.

print('Finished.')

' This example demonstrates how to place the client certificate in the platform-specific (Windows, Linux, ...) certificate store.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _UAApplicationManifest
    Friend Class InstanceOwnStorePath
        Public Shared Sub PlatformSpecific()

            ' Define which server we will work with.
            Dim endpointDescriptor As UAEndpointDescriptor =
                    "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
            ' or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            ' or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            ' Set the application certificate store path, which determines the location of the client certificate.
            ' Note that this only works once in each host process.
            EasyUAApplication.Instance.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.InstanceOwnStorePath = "CurrentUser\\My"

            ' Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger creation of the certificate.
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient()
            Try
                client.ReadValue(endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853")
            Catch uaException As UAException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException.Message)
            End Try

            ' The certificate will be located or created in the specified platform-specific certificate store.
            ' On Windows, when viewed by the certmgr.msc tool, it will be under
            ' Certificates - Current User -> Personal -> Certificates.

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Object Pascal
PHP
Visual Basic (VB 6.0)
VBScript

// This example demonstrates how to place the client certificate
// in the platform-specific (Windows, Linux, ...) certificate store.

class procedure InstanceOwnStorePath.PlatformSpecific;
var
  Application: TEasyUAApplication;
  Client: OpcLabs_EasyOpcUA_TLB._EasyUAClient;
  ClientManagement: TEasyUAClientManagement;
  Value: OleVariant;
begin
  // The configuration object allows access to static behavior.
  ClientManagement := TEasyUAClientManagement.Create(nil);
  ClientManagement.Connect;

  // Obtain the application interface.
  Application := TEasyUAApplication.Create(nil);

  // Set the application certificate store path, which determines the location of the client certificate.
  // Note that this only works once in each host process.
  Application.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.InstanceOwnStorePath :=
    'CurrentUser\My';

  // Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger creation of the certificate.
  Client := CoEasyUAClient.Create;
  try
    Value := Client.ReadValue(
      //'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer',
      //'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/',
      'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer',
      'nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853');
  except
    on E: EOleException do
    begin
      WriteLn(Format('*** Failure: %s', [E.GetBaseException.Message]));
    end;
  end;

  // The certificate will be located or created in the specified platform-specific certificate store.
  // On Windows, when viewed by the certmgr.msc tool, it will be under
  // Certificates - Current User -> Personal -> Certificates.

  WriteLn('Finished...');

  FreeAndNil(Application);
  FreeAndNil(ClientManagement);
end;

// This example demonstrates how to place the client certificate
// in the platform-specific (Windows, Linux, ...) certificate store.


// Obtain the application interface.
$Application = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.EasyUAApplication");

// Set the application certificate store path, which determines the location of the client certificate.
// Note that this only works once in each host process.
$Application->ApplicationParameters->ApplicationManifest->InstanceOwnStorePath = "CurrentUser\My";

// Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger creation of the certificate.
$Client = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient");
try
{
    $value = $Client->ReadValue(
        //"http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer", 
        "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer", 
        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853");
}
catch (com_exception $e)
{
    printf("*** Failure: %s\n", $e->getMessage());
}

// The certificate will be located or created in the specified platform-specific certificate store.
// On Windows, when viewed by the certmgr.msc tool, it will be under
// Certificates - Current User -> Personal -> Certificates.

printf("Finished.\n");

Rem  This example demonstrates how to place the client certificate
Rem in the platform-specific (Windows, Linux, ...) certificate store.

Private Sub InstanceOwnStorePath_PlatformSpecific_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""
    
    ' Obtain the application interface
    Dim Application As New EasyUAApplication
        
    ' Set the application certificate store path, which determines the location of the client certificate.
    ' Note that this only works once in each host process.
    Application.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.InstanceOwnStorePath = "CurrentUser\My"

    ' Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger creation of the certificate.
    Dim client As New EasyUAClient
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim value As Variant
    value = client.ReadValue("opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer", "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853")
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        OutputText = OutputText & "*** Failure: " & Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description & vbCrLf
        Exit Sub
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0

    ' The certificate will be located or created in the specified platform-specific certificate store.
    ' On Windows, when viewed by the certmgr.msc tool, it will be under
    ' Certificates - Current User -> Personal -> Certificates.
    
    OutputText = OutputText & "Finished..." & vbCrLf
End Sub

Rem This example demonstrates how to place the client certificate in the platform-specific (Windows, Linux, ...) certificate 
Rem store.
Rem Note: COM is only available on Windows.

Option Explicit

WScript.Echo "Obtaining the application interface..."
Dim Application: Set Application = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.EasyUAApplication")

' Set the application certificate store path, which determines the location of the client certificate.
' Note that this only works once in each host process.
WScript.Echo "Setting the application certificate store path..."
Application.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.InstanceOwnStorePath = "CurrentUser\My"

WScript.Echo "Creating a client object..."
Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient")

' Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger some loggable entries.
WScript.Echo "Reading a value..."
On Error Resume Next
Dim value: value = Client.ReadValue("opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer", "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
    WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description
    WScript.Quit
End If
On Error Goto 0

' The certificate will be located or created in the specified platform-specific certificate store.
' On Windows, when viewed by the certmgr.msc tool, it will be under
' Certificates - Current User -> Personal -> Certificates.

WScript.Echo "Finished."

// This example demonstrates how to configure the location of the certificate stores to directories specified by absolute
// paths.


// Obtain the application interface.
$Application = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.EasyUAApplication");

// Set the application certificate store paths.
// Note that this only works once in each host process.
// If this code is used in a Web application, make sure it is executed at the beginning of every page that can be used to 
// enter your application. You will most likely make it into a subroutine then.
$Application->ApplicationParameters->ApplicationManifest->InstanceIssuerStorePath =
    "C:\\MyCertificateStores\\UA Certificate Authorities";
$Application->ApplicationParameters->ApplicationManifest->InstanceOwnStorePath =
    "C:\\MyCertificateStores\\Machine Default";
$Application->ApplicationParameters->ApplicationManifest->InstanceTrustedStorePath =
    "C:\\MyCertificateStores\\UA Applications";
$Application->ApplicationParameters->ApplicationManifest->RejectedStorePath =
    "C:\\MyCertificateStores\\RejectedCertificates";

// Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger creation of the certificate.
$Client = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient");
try
{
    $value = $Client->ReadValue(
        //"http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer", 
        "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer", 
        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853");
}
catch (com_exception $e)
{
    printf("*** Failure: %s\n", $e->getMessage());
}

printf("Finished.\n");

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

UAApplicationManifest Class
UAApplicationManifest Members

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