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Software licenses
The CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP Software License (SL) is a "virtual" key with exactly the same functionality as the hardware dongle. It does not require any hardware but the installation of the Sentinel run-time environment is required.
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The Software Licenses (SL) are best suited for stable environments because their correct function depends on certain characteristics of the host system. Changing any of these characteristics will invalidate the license.
For a more detailed description of the restrictions, please refer to Software Licensing restrictions or contact your Stromasys representative. |
Software licenses are always network-wide on Windows, so they behave the same way as Network HASP keys.
Multiple licenses configuration and backup license
For any type of licensing, a CHARON VM can use only one valid ("active") license (of given vendor code) at a time.
The "HASP License details" utility (it can be started from CHARON Virtual Machines Manager) displays a range of available licenses but note that, by default, a CHARON VM may use any of them as the "active" one - unless it is directly specified by the "license_key_id" parameter (see below). The utility provides the license numbers and ID / IP addresses of the hosts where the licenses are installed.
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A CHARON VM cannot:
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The general recommendation is to avoid the usage of multiple keys in one network segment. Use only one locally installed license per host or one network license per local network segment containing several CHARON hosts.
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When needed, it is possible to use a special parameter in the CHARON VM configuration files to specify exactly which license must be used by each particular CHARON VM:
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| license_key_id[N], N=0 or 1 | Numeric | A number (decimal Sentinel key ID) that specifies regular (N=0) and backup (N=1) license keys to be used by the CHARON VM. Example:
It is also possible to specify both regular and backup key in one line. Example:
Depending on the presence of the regular and/or backup license key IDs in the configuration file, the CHARON VM behaves differently:
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This parameter also specifies the license which will be used as backup if the active license expires.
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Disable remote keys access
A helpful feature of the Sentinel Admin Control Center is the ability to disable access to remote keys. If the network key is installed locally, access to the key from remote hosts can be disabled. The following examples demonstrate how this can be done.
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Removing CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP software licenses
The following procedure must be applied to remove the software license (SL):
- Open the CHARON Virtual Machines Manager, switch to the "Host Information & Utilities" tab and press the "Sentinel Admin Control Center" button:
or - alternatively - start any web browser on this system and go to the http://localhost:1947 page. - In the "Sentinel HASP Admin Control Center" (ACC), select the "Sentinel Keys" option in the left pane and locate the target "Sentinel SL AdminMode" license.
Press the "Certificates" button at the right side of the SL description:
.Div class pagebreak Note the name of the correspondent certificate and path to the certificates base in the "Certificates" section:
.- Remove the corresponding certificate file in the "
C:\Program Files\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel LDK\installed\68704" folder. In the example above the file to remove is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel LDK\installed\68704\387285561437702475_base.v2c". - Reboot the CHARON host.
- Start the "Sentinel HASP Admin Control Center" (ACC) again to ensure the SL has been removed.
License Deinstallation
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