# What is Monokot Server?

Monokot Server is a cross-platform OPC UA server designed for distributed industrial automation systems (Industry 4.0) and Internet of Things. The server is compatible with Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems and x64/ARM/ARM64 hardware platforms. Built-in script module based on JavaScript allows you to flexibly convert input data from field devices to output OPC UA variables.

Supported drivers for interaction with external devices and services:

* Modbus TCP, RTU over TCP, RTU, ASCII (as master or slave).
* S7 protocol for Siemens devices via Ethernet.
* SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c.
* InfluxDB Connector (representation of time series fields as OPC UA items).
* IEC 60870-5-104 (TCP/IP client).
* OPC UA Client (access to external OPC UA servers).

The server provides the ability to publish and store industrial data as time series using the following drivers:

* InfluxDB.
* PostgreSQL.
* Oracle Database.
* MS SQL Server.
* MySQL.
* REST Client.

Supported OPC UA communication services:

* Data Access.
* History Access.
* Methods.

The server supports remote administration, which makes it possible to deploy it on operating systems without a graphical shell.