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This licensing option is applicable to pre-packaged Charon-SSP VE images on cloud marketplaces and to VE-capable Charon-SSP emulator software installed from RPM packages.

Charon-SSP VE license characteristics

The main characteristics of VE licenses are the following:

  • Software licenses only.
  • Installed on Charon-SSP host or separate license server.
  • Require the Charon-SSP VE license server software (RPM package included in the cloud-specific Charon-SSP VE image).
  • Require matching Charon-SSP emulator software (preinstalled on the cloud-specific Charon-SSP VE image).

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  • Changing the number of CPU cores of the license server system.
  • Copying the license server data to a different instance
  • Seriously damaging the root filesystem of the license server system
  • Re-installing the license server system

Charon-SSP VE License Server Communication Requirements

For proper functionality, the system on which the license server runs must be able to communicate with the cloud infrastructure:

  • The metadata server of the cloud environment (169.254.169.254)

It must also be able to communicate with the client systems using the license. The following ports are used for this communication:

  • TCP/8083: must be permitted from the client to license server to enable the use the the license by the client.
  • TCP/8084: must be permitted by the the license server for any system that should access the web interface to display license information.

Basic steps to install a license after the launch of the cloud instance and before you can start an emulator instance

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If there is no VE license server running already, decide on which cloud instance it should run and install the VE License Server package included in the Charon-SSP cloud image. See Installing the VE License Server Software.

  • Unless you have done so before, contact your Stromasys representative to purchase an appropriate license.
  • Log in on your Charon-SSP VE instance.
  • Create a C2V file and send it to the email address Stromasys will provide to you.
  • Install the V2C file received from Stromasys.
  • Configure the emulator instance(s) to use the license server.

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