The Product
GDScout is an OPC UA Global Discovery Server (GDS) solution, designed to turn the administrative nightmare of manual certificate management into a hardened, automated foundation for Industry 4.0/5.0.
FROM THE GLOSSARY
Global Discovery Server (GDS)
An OPC UA Server that maintains an enterprise-wide directory of authorized applications within an administrative domain - the authoritative source for applications verified by administrators.
Secure | Smart | Simple
SECURE
Unified Chain of Trust
- Centralized Certificate Authority (CA) as your root of trust
- Full PKI power, beyond weak self-signed certificates
- Instant CRLs neutralized a compromised devide the moment it`s flagged
SMART
Central Registry for Uptime
- Automated certificate renewals via Push and Pull
- Randomized staggering prevents thundering-herd overload
- Cross-subnet discovery finds servers across every production line
SIMPLE
Eliminate Shop-Floor Complexity
- No more walking the floor with USB sticks
- Standard OPC UA interfaces work across manufacturers
- Legacy, GDS-unaware equipments joins without a code rewrite
Compatibility
- OPC UA discovery functionality operates reliably even on systems with very long station names.
- On Windows systems, the OPC UA discovery service is not installed by default, in order to support a secure-by-default deployment model.
- Tani GDS Push supports OPC UA-enabled PLCs, controllers, and industrial devices that implement remote certificate and trust management mechanisms.
- Compatibility depends on device model, firmware, OPC UA stack version, and configuration.
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Integrations
- Identity, Access Control & Directory Services
- Enterprise Directory Services (LDAP / Active Directory / UDDI)
- Native GDS Access Control & OAuth2 / Access Tokens / JWT
- Key Credential & Broker Credential Management
- Cryptographic Security & Hardware Protection
- Certificate Authority (CA) & PKI Integration
- Hardware-Based Key Protection (HSM / TPM)
- Certificate Lifecycle & Trust Management
- Pull Management Model (
CertificateDirectoryType) - Push Management Model (
ServerConfigurationType) - Trust List & Certificate Revocation List (CRL / OCSP) Management
- Application Registration & Onboarding Workflows
- Discovery, Network & Messaging Protocols
- Local Discovery Service (LDS / LDS-ME) & mDNS / DNS-SD Integration
- Firewall, DMZ & Reverse Connect Integration
- Messaging Protocols (MQTT / OPC UA PubSub SKS Integration)
- Cloud Platforms & External Resource
- Cloud Platform Hosting & Multi-Site Federation (Azure IoT / AWS IoT)
- External Authorization Services & Resource Access Patterns
Contacts
Your dedicated GDScout representatives
Sebastian Quezada
GDS Consultant
GDScout / Tani GmbH