# Description
Adopt
[`System.TimeProvider`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.timeprovider)
across the stack so that every place that creates timers, runs duration
math, or schedules periodic work is mockable, deterministic in tests,
and immune to wall-clock changes.
The migration touches Core, Core.Types, Server, Client, PubSub,
Configuration, Gds (server + client), Lds, and the Quickstarts/Console
reference apps. Per-component changes follow the same pattern:
1. Add a `private readonly TimeProvider m_timeProvider;` field.
2. Accept a nullable `TimeProvider? timeProvider = null` as the **last**
constructor parameter (new overload; legacy constructor stays for binary
compatibility and delegates with `timeProvider: null`).
3. Initialise the field with `m_timeProvider = timeProvider ??=
TimeProvider.System;`.
4. Replace `new Timer(...)`, `Stopwatch`, `HiResClock.*`,
`DateTime.UtcNow`-based duration math, and `Task.Delay(delay, ct)` in
timing loops with the matching `m_timeProvider` API (`CreateTimer`,
`GetTimestamp` / `GetElapsedTime`, `GetUtcNow().UtcDateTime`,
`Task.Delay(delay, m_timeProvider, ct)`).
5. Wire the provider through DI: `AddOpcUaServerBuilder` /
`AddOpcUaClientBuilder` register `TimeProvider.System` via
`TryAddSingleton<TimeProvider>()` so tests can swap in
`Microsoft.Extensions.Time.Testing.FakeTimeProvider`.
`HiResClock` itself is kept (so the
`ApplicationConfiguration.DisableHiResClock` schema flag still
round-trips), but **every public member** is now `[Obsolete]` with a
single shared message pointing to the new migration-guide section. The
few internal call sites that still need to set/read `HiResClock` are
wrapped with `#pragma warning disable CS0618`.
### Highlights per component
- **Core / Stack** — `Opc.Ua.Core`, `Opc.Ua.Core.Types`, channel
pipeline (`UaSCBinaryClientChannel`, `ChannelToken`,
`UaSCBinaryChannel`), `ApplicationConfiguration`, certificate
validators, `JwksIssuerKeyResolver`, `TimeProviderExtensions` polyfills
(`GetTimestampMilliseconds`, `GetTickCount`,
`CancellationTokenSource(timeout, timeProvider)`, `Task.Delay(delay,
provider, ct)` polyfill for older TFMs).
- **Server** — session lockout, subscription pipeline
(publish/sample/keep-alive/lifetime), `MonitoredItemQueue`, alarm
sampling rate, `IntervalRunner`, server diagnostics, configuration state
machines, hosted services.
- **Client** — `Session`, managed/V2 subscription engines, reconnect
handlers, channel keep-alive, periodic publishing, complex-type
discovery polling.
- **PubSub** — `IntervalRunner` pipeline, message-receive timers,
MQTT/UDP keep-alive, publishers/readers.
- **Gds / Lds** — `LdsServer`, `LinqApplicationsDatabase` expiry
housekeeping, GDS clients (push, pull), `DirectoryCertificateStore`,
`ConnectionStateMachine`, classic subscription engine.
- **Quickstarts / Console samples** — `SampleNodeManager`,
`ReferenceNodeManager`, `AlarmNodeManager`, `BoilerState`,
`MemoryBufferState`, `PublishedValuesWrites`. Samples resolve via
`(Server as ITimeProviderProvider)?.TimeProvider ?? TimeProvider.System`
so existing ctor signatures stay binary-compatible.
- **Tests** — `Opc.Ua.PubSub.Tests` adds `IntervalRunnerTests`; existing
`SubscriptionTests`, `UaPublisherTests`, and `TestDataSystem` move off
`HiResClock`. Added `Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing` package
for `FakeTimeProvider` (project-load warning surfaces on net48/net472
only — runtime is .NET 8+).
### Migration guide
New section [**Time and Timer abstraction
(`TimeProvider`)**](Docs/MigrationGuide.md#time-and-timer-abstraction-timeprovider)
documents:
- The canonical replacement table (`HiResClock.UtcNow` →
`timeProvider.GetUtcNow().UtcDateTime`, `HiResClock.TickCount64` →
`timeProvider.GetTimestamp()`, `new Timer` → `timeProvider.CreateTimer`,
`Task.Delay(delay, ct)` → `Task.Delay(delay, timeProvider, ct)`, …).
- The `TimeProvider? timeProvider = null` + `??=` constructor pattern.
- DI wiring and how to swap in `FakeTimeProvider` in tests.
- Before/after snippets for `HiResClock.TickCount64`,
`HiResClock.UtcNow`, and `new Timer(...)`.
## Related Issues
- Fixes#2458
## Checklist
- [x] I have signed the
[CLA](https://opcfoundation.org/license/cla/ContributorLicenseAgreementv1.0.pdf)
and read the
[CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
doc.
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works and increased code coverage.
- [x] I have added all necessary documentation.
- [x] I have verified that my changes do not introduce (new) build or
analyzer warnings.
- [ ] I ran **all** tests locally using the **UA.slnx** solution against
at least .net **framework** and .net **10**, and all passed.
- [ ] I fixed **all** failing and flaky tests in the CI pipelines and
**all** CodeQL warnings.
- [ ] I have addressed **all** PR feedback received.
Drive the solution to zero warnings / zero errors with analyzers on,
promote the consistently-fixed rules to error, and lock in coverage
on the only line of new logic.
* role management compliant with OPC UA Part 18
Server-side:
- New IRoleManager / RoleManager with spec-correct status codes
(Bad_AlreadyExists, Bad_NodeIdUnknown, Bad_RequestNotAllowed,
Bad_NotFound) for every mutator per Part 18 4.2 / 4.4.
- Pre-populate default identities for the three reserved well-known
roles per Part 18 4.3 (Anonymous, AuthenticatedUser,
TrustedApplication).
- Reject mutations on reserved roles with Bad_RequestNotAllowed.
- Validate IdentityMappingRuleType per Part 18 4.4.3 (empty criteria
for Anonymous/AuthenticatedUser/TrustedApplication; upper-case hex
for Thumbprint; Name=Value grammar for X509Subject).
- Honour Part 18 4.4.2 default-field-as-wildcard EndpointType
comparisons; tighten TrustedApplication/Application rules to
require trusted certificate + signed channel.
- Introduce CustomConfiguration flag per Part 18 4.4.1.
- Add IRoleManager.RoleConfigurationChanged event raised after every
successful mutation per Part 18 4.4.1.
- Make RoleEntry an immutable snapshot.
Address-space binding (typed proxies):
- RoleStateBinding switched from stringly-typed OnCallMethod2 plumbing
to the source-generated typed proxies (RoleSetState, RoleState,
AddRoleMethodState, AddIdentityMethodState, ...).
- DiagnosticsNodeManager.AddBehaviourToPredefinedNodeAsync upgrades
passive BaseObjectState nodes of RoleSetType / RoleType to the
typed RoleSetState / RoleState proxies at predefined-node load time.
- New RoleAuthorizationGate.CheckAdmin centralizes SecurityAdmin role
plus SignAndEncrypt enforcement per Part 18 4.2 / 4.4 / 5.2.
- Bound writable ApplicationsExclude / EndpointsExclude /
CustomConfiguration with the same auth gate.
- Raise RoleMappingRuleChangedAuditEventType from every successful
mutator (Part 18 4.5) via the existing AuditEvents helper.
Client library:
- New Opc.Ua.Client.Roles.RoleManagementClient + IRoleManagementClient
+ RoleInfo + SessionRoleExtensions.OpenRoleManagementClient.
- Covers list / read / add / remove role, identity, application,
endpoint operations plus Set*Exclude via Write Service.
Tests:
- New RoleManagerTests.cs - 37 NUnit tests for pre-populated roles,
reserved-role immutability, spec-correct status codes, criteria
validation, ResolveGrantedRoles, exclude semantics,
CustomConfiguration, AddRole well-known NodeId reuse, and
RoleConfigurationChanged event.
Documentation:
- Rewrite Docs/RoleBasedUserManagement.md as a Part 18 compliance
reference (status-code matrix, client examples, known limitations).
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
* Add Part 18 5 UserManagement implementation
Server-side:
- New IUserManagement interface (Opc.Ua.Server.UserManagement) modelling
Part 18 5.2.1 surface: PasswordLength, PasswordOptions, PasswordRestrictions,
SnapshotUsers, AddUser, ModifyUser, RemoveUser, ChangePassword,
MustChangePassword, IsUserActive, UserDeactivated event.
- Default UserManagement implementation wraps the existing IUserDatabase
and stores per-user UserConfigurationMask + description in memory.
Validates passwords against PasswordLength + character-class flags
from PasswordOptions; honours Part 18 5.2 result codes
(Bad_AlreadyExists, Bad_NotFound, Bad_OutOfRange, Bad_NotSupported,
Bad_ConfigurationError, Bad_InvalidSelfReference,
Bad_IdentityTokenInvalid).
- ChangePassword clears the MustChangePassword bit on success.
- New UserManagementBinding wires the typed source-generated proxies
(UserManagementState, AddUserMethodState, ModifyUserMethodState,
RemoveUserMethodState, ChangePasswordMethodState) - typed OnCallAsync
delegates everywhere; admin gate via RoleAuthorizationGate.CheckAdmin;
ChangePassword gated via RoleAuthorizationGate.CheckSelfUserName;
closes active sessions for deactivated users via ISessionManager.
- ConfigurationNodeManager.AddBehaviourToPredefinedNodeAsync upgrades
the passive UserManagement object to the typed UserManagementState
proxy at predefined-node load time; CreateServerConfiguration invokes
UserManagementBinding.Bind when an IUserManagement was injected.
- IServerInternal gains UserManagement getter + SetUserManagement
injector.
Tests:
- New Tests/Opc.Ua.Server.Tests/UserManagementTests.cs - 18 NUnit tests
covering AddUser happy path, duplicate / password-length / config-flag
validation, RemoveUser non-existent / self-reference / NoDelete,
ModifyUser self-disable / disable-other UserDeactivated event,
ChangePassword happy path / same-as-old / wrong-old /
MustChangePassword bit clearing / NoChangeByUser rejection,
IsUserActive on disabled vs active users.
Documentation:
- Update Docs/RoleBasedUserManagement.md with a User Management section
including the spec result-code matrix, example wiring code, and
reduce known limitations - UserManagement is no longer a limitation.
* New certificate and secrete abstraction with certificate infrastructure and certificate/secret stores.
* leak testing for certificate resources to validate new ref counting in every test assembly
* Migration guide updated and documentation added for all
* Remove IDisposable from Nodestate and UserIdentity.
* UserCertificateTokenHandler now just points into certificate registry/stores, no dispose required
* Fix CA2000 warnings and cleanup of other diagnostics, increase warning levels in .editorconfig
* merged security changes
* Tailor SecurityPolicyUri for format expected in s_securityPolicyUriToInfo
* Enhance security policy handling and key computation logic
* Merge SecurityEnhancements.
* Add support for SessionTransferToken. Removed obsolete SoftwareCertificate code.
* Fix NonceLength for None.
* Add support for RSA_DH, more fixes from IOP testings.
* Finish implementation of SecureChannelEnhancements.
* Rename EccUtils.cs to CryptoUtils.cs
* Address feedback from reviewers.
* Fix CoPilot flagged spelling errors.
* Rename EccUtils to CryptoUtils
* Update version from 1.5.378-preview to 1.5.378
* Fix unit tests.
* Allow SignatureData.Algorithm to be NULL or Empty.
* Fix issue with BrainPool_p256r1_ChaChaPoly
* Fix RSA_DH_AesGcm
* Fix OSC/padding by deriving HMAC keys, tightening symmetric size math, and correcting ECC_brainpoolP384r1/Basic128Rsa15 IV, signature, padding, and nonce parameters.
* Policies without asymmetric encryption (ECC) return the plaintext when encrypting user tokens; this prevents null payloads from causing BadIdentityTokenInvalid.
* Reserve outer CBC padding for avoiding SymetricEncryptAndSign->AddPadding to overwrite next fields (signature)
* Nonce stored as byte array in SessionConfiguration; Sesion snapshot restores ServerNonce and reconstructs ECC ephemeral key Nonce from bytes and policy
* Added _AesGcm and _ChaChaPoly variants to BuildSupportedSecurityPolicies() for all six ECC certificate types (nistP256, nistP384, brainpoolP256r1, brainpoolP384r1, curve25519, curve448) to SecurityConfiguration. Added Sign and SignAndEncrypt endpoints for the four ECC AesGcm/ChaChaPoly policy pairs (nistP256, nistP384, brainpoolP256r1, brainpoolP384r1) to ServerFixture.
* make ephemeralKeyPolicyUri nullable
* GenerateSecret also for NET7 and NET8
* Adjust Basic128Rsa15 policy properties for backword compatibility
* Exclude unsuported AEAD policies from .NET Framework client tests
* Addapt to new changes (still build fail)
* Addapt code to make it compile
* Fixed failing build on net48 (by ignoring potential null ref which is not reported on other newer targets)
* Preserve the certificate reference in Clone() so copied handlers can still sign
* Remove extra code and addapt to existing master configuration settings
* Filter *_AesGcm and *_ChaChaPoly security policies based on actual runtime support, so unsupported AEAD policies are not advertised or selected on older frameworks
* Expand ECC/RSA policy test coverage and keep Basic128Rsa15 nonce length backward-compatible
* Fix ReconnectSessionOnAlternateChannel _AES and _ChaCha policies
* Fixed IgnoreIfPolicyNotAdvertised so it now fetches endpoints on-demand (instead of relying on Endpoints being preloaded by earlier tests), which avoids false ignores when running tests directlyy
* Merge with commit 5e627f2ca1 from secure-channel-enhancements-2025-11 branch
* minor log mesatge formating
* Fix ClientLockoutTests
* Add ServerFixture policies upfront only if framework and runtime capability supports them
* A few cosmetic/config changes as review sugested
* Moved the session/security handling from StandardServer into a dedicated helper
* use X509IdentityTokenHandler from secure-channel-enhancements-2025-11
* Removed unused Opc.Ua.Types.UnitTests.csproj
* test(client): fix Basic128Rsa15 reconnect token-policy coverage
Advertise an explicit Basic128Rsa15 user token policy in the test fixture and tighten the reconnect test preconditions for non-advertised policies.
* test(client): fix session nonce persistence test helpers
Replace the generic reflection helpers in SessionTests with explicit client/server nonce accessors that match the actual field types.
Add a short Session comment to explain why client and server nonces currently use different representations.
* Merge branch 'master' into secure-channel-enhancements-2025-11-merge5
Merge with latest master and fix conflicts.
* Removed unused Opc.Ua.Types.UnitTests.csproj
* test(client): fix Basic128Rsa15 reconnect token-policy coverage
Advertise an explicit Basic128Rsa15 user token policy in the test fixture and tighten the reconnect test preconditions for non-advertised policies.
* test(client): fix session nonce persistence test helpers
Replace the generic reflection helpers in SessionTests with explicit client/server nonce accessors that match the actual field types.
Add a short Session comment to explain why client and server nonces currently use different representations.
* Build fixes
* Fix build
* update
* Minor updates
* Fix tests
* Add code to check all Endpoints.
* Update Design files to 1.05.7
* Run code fixers, add missing docs
* Fix build
* Revert removal of using
* Increase build timeout
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Co-authored-by: mrsuciu <Mircea-Adrian.Suciu@Softing.com>
Co-authored-by: Randy Armstrong <randy@sparhawksoftware.com>
* Refactor MonitoredItem.ValueChanged & cert validation
Refactored MonitoredItem.ValueChanged for correctness, performance, and comprehensive test coverage, including improved deadband and array handling. Rewrote equality logic for Variants and arrays. Made certificate validation thread-safe using ConcurrentDictionary and proper semaphore usage. Added extensive unit tests and benchmarks for value change detection.
* Implement DiagnosticsNodeManager using AsyncCustomNodeManager
* Implement CoreNodeManager using AsyncCustomNodeManager
Generate stack and application code using source generators
Change built in types to readonly structs
Update localized text implementation to use JSON text serializer
Status code with symbolic names
Immutable node ids
No boxing for all built in types <= 8 bytes in Variant.
Split user identity token and token handling via token handler
Add migration guide for breaking changes
This pull request modernizes the OPC UA .NET codebase and tests, removes .NET Standard 2.0 support from certificate/security code, and updates test code to use C# 12 and .NET 8+ features for clarity and maintainability.
- Certificate and BouncyCastle interop files (e.g., CertificateBuilder.cs, X509Extensions.cs, X509SignatureFactory.cs) are refactored to drop NETSTANDARD2_0 support and use modern .NET APIs and conditional compilation.
- Test code across the codebase is updated to use default, strongly-typed Parse methods, collection expressions, and improved async/await patterns.
- Exception handling and assertions in tests are modernized, and test method naming is made consistent with Async suffixes.
- The project and build files are updated to clarify Roslynator analyzer usage and remove obsolete netstandard tags.
- General code and test cleanup includes improved null safety, type safety, and removal of deprecated or unused code.
* remove all usages of SoftwareCertificates
- Client
- Server
As per spec they are not relevant for security.
If an SDK User wants to use the SoftwareCertificates ActivateSession can be overriden
* remove from SessionClientBatchTests
This change adds a **new Opc.Ua.Types** nuget that contains core types that do not rely on generated code. Why the name? Because almost all code that was in the Types subfolder is part of it, and because we do not want to change the name of the Opc.Ua.Core nuget/assembly because code relies on it. Any other name like base or bootstrap felt out of place due to the current structure already defining the name "types". Key design is to depend on only a small set of libraries with limited transitive dependencies, that includes hashcode, logging.abstraction, and for non standard20 builds System.Text.Json (needed for localizedText mul parsing). Also, key is to support .netstd 2.0 to support source generators and to allow removal of EEC_SUPPORT defines by removing std2.0 from core and all libraries.
The changes are mostly restructuring, and thus small but contain some key changes:
- **Status code** struct now comes with a Symbol field, which is used to carry symbols in case the code is not generated. Currently (until generated) the status code struct must be manually created with a symbol or the ToSymbolicId extension must be called in the core project. Future will generate Status code constants just like NodeId that contain the symbol which also removes the reflection-based lookup. Several tests needed to be adjusted as they checked the status code symbol strings instead of the code.
- **Core identifiers** are copied as they were needed for code to compile, that includes attributes, a subset of status codes and node identifiers. These will never change so no need to generate them.
- The types folder now contains **encoders**, except for json which is still in core. Once the json encoder is ported to system.text.json it will also be included and Newtonsoft.Json dropped as dependency (-> #3329).
- Since types relies on **IOperationContext** and **ISystemContext**, and these export IUserIdentity which relies on crypto, these were split and extended in core with ISessionOperationContext and ISessionSystemContext, which mean changes to ServerSystemContext and introduction of SessionOperationContext and SessionSystemContext classes that extend OperationContext and SystemContext. Some runtime checks in the server are therefore needed to get at the session and auth info, however, those are anyway optional fields and are not on the critical paths, and thus a type check is in order (and was done in the past already, but against OperationContext class).
- **Manifest resources** are now split between Core (nodeset zip, some generated resoures) and Types (built in bsd/xsds). This needs to be revisited later if the bsd/xsd need to be regenerated during type generation. Note that the embedded resource names changed as a result. Since these are only used internally and do not constitute public API this feels reasonable vs duplication of resources in 2 assemblies.
- Reflection however now needs to load not just the built in **encodeables** from Opc.Ua.Types assembly, but also the generated encodeables from Opc.Ua.Core assembly. For this a new helper Utils method was added to get the Core assembly when linked against Opc.Ua.Core otherwise null.
- Whatever utils methods needed to be split out into the new Opc.Ua.Types assembly, they are now in **CoreUtils** static class in Opc.Ua.Types, and Utils.xxxx forwards to them to ensure minimal changes. Later we would want to obsolete them in favor of CoreUtils, although it might make sense to split them again into domain specific utilities, such as networking, files, etc
- Allow setting ReturnDiagnostics on the session factory to ensure the diagnostic settings are part of "Create" also. Set them to SymbolicIdAndText by default.
- Better logging in unit tests, now also logs to progress including exception traces, also prefixes SERVER and TEST on console to attach the logs to the server or client side.
- GDS client stability improvements to ensure client reliably reconnects between calls when connection is lost.
- Do not dispose the application certificate when it is updated from GDS client to avoid existing sessions to crash with CryptographicException. This needs more improvements later on because it is rather hacky today.
- Remove the certificate cache in CertificateFactory (as per discussion and agreement) which allowed re-enabling the older UserIdentity API
- Logging improvements here and there to analyze issues in unit tests better
* make Server return BadIdentityTokenInvalid if use of anonymous identity token is not allowed
* Change Response Code on Client side also to be consistent
* change response code ro BadIdentityTokenRejected
- Port support for ECC NIST/Brainpool profiles from prototyping_ecc branch
- Implement CertProvider to load certs per connection / profile
- Backward compatibility of configuration for existing apps
- SecurityConfiguration specifies app cert types for each profile
- Autodetect the ECC support for brainpool/nist based on platform (mac OS 10 doesn't support brainpool)
- ECC supported on net48 / net5.0 / net 6.0 / netstandard2.1
- ECC supported on windows / linux / macOS (brainpool not < macOS11)
- Self signed certs for each profile are created on start similar to RSA
- RSA only profiles are supported on .NET standard 2.0
Co-authored-by: Martin Regen <mregen@microsoft.com>
Added a new method ManagedBrowse to the UA client, which takes care of calling browse next after calling browse, when necessary. It also handles the status codes BadNoContinuationPoint and BadInvalidContinuationPoint.
Added support for the new method in ISession, TraceableSession, Session and SessionAsync.
Use the new methods in the NodeCache and other API that use browse (FetchRefrences etc).
Added unit tests which verify correct behavior of the new methods.
* Added MaxChannelCount and detect and cleanup "stale" channels based on ChannelLifetime
* Add Environment.TickCount as time reference
* Set a socket backlog value to avoid socket open overflow
* Added a ChannelKeepAlive to signal when a session is still active
* Add options to console client to leak channels and run connect loop forever
Co-authored-by: Martin Regen <mregen@microsoft.com>
Currently, due to some internal cloning of sessions, subscriptions and monitored items it is not possible to use subclassed variants which are properly recreated after a session reconnect.
- Add a `ISessionInstantiator` interface to allow to subclass a `Session` and override virtual function.
- Add a `Subscription.CloneSubscription` and `MonitoredItem.CloneMonitoredItem` virtual method to recreate those with event handlers and client handles.
- A sample implementation with `TestableXXX` classes is provided to test the BadInvalidTimestamp fix by injecting modified timestamps in the session class.
- Remove duplicate `IDisposable` with `Session`. `IClientBase` is disposable already.
- adds `knownTypes` parameter to `Session.Load` and `Session.Save` to support save and restore of custom Subscriptions and Monitored items.
bug fixes:
- IOP: an empty DataTypeDictionary throws an exception when loaded by the complex type system, server are allowed to leave it empty to save memory.
- BadInvalidTimestamp should not be returned when the timestamp in the requestheader is out of sync. #2364
- Support Client.Session API to save and restore session configuration information as xml or in a serializable data structure.
- Support to reactivate a session using a new secure channel.
- API tests
* Handle JWT and set the IssuedTokenType in the server based on the policy referenced by the PolicyId in the client supplied UserIdentityToken .
* Connect/Reconnect tests cases with JWT
* Fixed casting of event snapshot handler.
* Added Server Session property EndpointDescription ;
* Limited reporting and corrected the filtering of Audit events;
- Implement client and server side of Transfersubscription service calls.
- New Transcription service has been tested with CTT 1.04.9.398
- Unit tests for native service calls and client SDK
- Client implements multiple ways to transfer sessions:
- Client saves subscriptions to xml stream, restarts, loads subscriptions from stream and transfers on server.
- Client creates a new sessions and transfers into new session, while the old session is still active.
- Client closes old session with `DeleteSubscriptionsOnClose = false`, creates new session and transfers subscriptions to new session.
- `SessionReconnectHandler` tries to transfer subscription before recreating the subscriptions.
- breaking change: INodeManager got a new TransferMonitoredItems method
Co-authored-by: Alexander Koepke <alexander.koepke@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Peter Bryntesson <pbrynt@microsoft.com>
- support for Microsoft.Extensions.Logger.ILogger in Opc.Ua.Core as the new logging interface
- backward compatible with config and TraceEvents
- new API Utils.SetLogger allows to set ILogger
- updated Console samples to demonstrate ILogger support with Serilog
- support for EventSource logging
- see Docs/Logging.md for more info
- Support the reverse connections in the reference server
- fix an issue when the anonymous token is sent as a null value by the aggregation server
- fix docker build files