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Each model of CHARON-AXP has a symbolic link defined to point to the corresponding CHARON executable (see the table below). If the PATH is correctly defined, you can start a virtual machine by specifying the link followed by the configuration file. This is described further.

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To exit from the CHARON-AXP emulator use the following methods:

 Please note that before stopping CHARON-AXP, a clean shutdown of the operating system running on the virtual machine has to be performed.

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1. Copy the sample script "/opt/charon/bin/charon.service" ( "/opt/charon/bin/charon" for Red Hat  Linux 6.x) to the "/usr/lib/systemd/system/" directory (or to your home directory for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x).

   Example:

   Red Hat Linux 6.x	$ cp /opt/charon/bin/charon /my_services/es40_service $ chmod 755 /my_services/es40_service
   Red Hat Linux 7.x and CentOS 7.x	$ cp /opt/charon/bin/charon.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/es40.service $ chmod 755 /usr/lib/systemd/system/es40.service

   
   

2. Edit the renamed file to replace sample values of the following parameters.

   Example:

   Red Hat Linux 6.x	exec="/opt/charon/bin/es40" prog="my_es40" config="/my_services/es40-service.cfg"
   Red Hat Linux 7.x and CentOS 7.x	ExecStart=/opt/charon/bin/es40 -d /my_services/es40-service.cfg WorkingDirectory=/my_services

    "my_es40" is a service name in the example above

             

3. Create and edit the configuration file ( "/my_services/es40-service.cfg" in the examples above) the way it was described before and make sure the following pre-requisites are met:

   • OPA0 must be configured as a virtual port or physical console, not as an operator console.

     Example:

     set COM1 alias=OPA0 port=10003 #set COM1 alias = OPA0 line = (console)

     
     

   • Use only absolute paths to log, toy clock, nvram files and all the other data such as disk images, etc. The names of the references files must be unique.

     Example:

     ... set session log="/CharonInstances/1st_es40.log" set rom container="/CharonInstances/1st_es40.bin" set toy container="/CharonInstances/1st_es40.dat" set PKA container[0]="/CharonInstances/1st_es40_boot_disk.vdisk" ...

     
     

   • Make sure the same physical devices are not used by other CHARON-AXP daemons and the OPA0 console port number is unique across the CHARON server.
     
     

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Once the configuration file is ready, execute the following commands (based on the examples above) to install and start CHARON-AXP as a daemon:

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To stop a CHARON-AXP daemon, use the following commands.

Example:

Please note that before stopping a CHARON-AXP service, a clean shutdown of the operating system running on the virtual machine has to be performed.

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To remove a CHARON-AXP daemon use the following commands.

Example:

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