# OPC Server for Linux

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 7, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257 "2011-09-07T09:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![urbina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b19c9b/32.png) [@urbina](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/urbina)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257/1 "2011-09-07T09:25:16Z")

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Although It is heard every where that Linux OPC Servers are at development, still none seems to be available. Am I saying nonsenses or this is so?

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**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257/2 "2011-09-07T14:19:06Z")

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The Ignition OPC-UA setup runs quite nicely on Linux.

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**Author:** ![Greg.Buehler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257/3 "2011-09-16T16:58:17Z")

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Not necessarily complete, but [openopc.sourceforge.net/](http://openopc.sourceforge.net/) provides a nice toolkit for integrating OPC with python.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257/4 "2011-09-16T18:38:27Z")

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That uses OPC-DA/COM, which definitely won’t work on linux.

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**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257/5 "2011-09-16T18:50:10Z")

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The site claims it has been tested on Linux. Curious for a DCOM based technology.

[openopc.sourceforge.net/](http://openopc.sourceforge.net/)

No problem, though. The Ignition OPC-UA server is much more mature, runs well on most platforms (Windows, Linux, OSX), and is free.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-for-linux/3257/6 "2011-09-16T19:45:03Z")

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They don’t seem to mention it as a server though. Looks like it would act as an OPC tunnel to connect a non-windows client to a windows server.