Installing a collector

Installing the collector

The installation of the collector is done by running the install command on the binary. The install process will copy the binary to the correct directory and create a service.

Download the collector binary here.

Install command

Copy the binary to the collector server (location doesn’t matter)
Run the install command

  "factry-collector-binary-path" install --token "token"

Example

  ./factry-opcua-collector_v1.1.4_linux-x64 install -t "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJodHRwOi8vbG9jYWxob3N0OjgwMDAiLCJleHAiOjI0MzcyMDI0MDcsImdycGMtcG9ydCI6IjgwMDEiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDg4MDI0MDcsImlzcyI6ImZhY3RyeS5pbyIsInJlc3QtcG9ydCI6IjgwMDAiLCJ1dWlkIjoiNjgxZmZiNjQtYjE4Ny0xMWVjLWJlNWYtMDI0MmFjMTgwMDAzIn0.RQlzFoi7I-793-sRIe8bGcQAM5fxQ7lHHkUCVcwxNu8"

Usage:
  opc-ua-collector-v1.1.4 install [flags]

Flags:
  -e, --env stringToString   Environmental value overrides e.g. BATCH_SIZE=200 (default [])
  -h, --help                 help for install
  -i, --installDir string    the directory where the collector will be installed (default "/opt/factry")
  -t, --token string         Collector token
  -u, --user string          The user used to run the service (default "factry-system-user")
  -w, --workDir string       the working directory for the collector (default "/var/opt/factry")

Changing environment variables after installation

Linux

You can change the environment variables by changing them in the environment file.

This can be found here /etc/systemd/system/environments

Windows

open regedit.
Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
Select factry-collector-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx (replace the x’s with the collector ID which you can find in the historian).
Right click Environment and select “Modify…”
Edit the environment variables
Restart the service, service name looks this “Factry Collector (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)”

Configuration

After installation the collector will register itself on the historian server and the collector settings will be ready to be filled in.

Configuration is different for every collector type for more information go here.