Using InfluxDB as a Modern Process Historian

The article discusses how ThingWorx Kepware, a product from PTC, can be used as an OPC server and gateway application to stream OPC tag data directly into InfluxDB, thus solving significant IoT interconnectivity challenges. It also provides information on the implementation of this solution using different messaging or data exchange platforms such as OPC, MQTT, and RESTful APIs. The article further explains how Telegraf can be used to streamline the integration process by collecting, processing, aggregating, and writing metrics. Finally, it outlines various methods available for PTC Kepware users to store tag histories in InfluxDB and make those histories available to users and applications.