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This guide is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, or manage the Stromasys Charon -SSP Virtual Environment (VE) license server. A general working knowledge of Linux and its conventions is expected.
VE stands for "Virtual Environment". At the time of writing, this term refers to supported cloud and VMware environments. For Charon -SSP emulator products using such licenses, customers must purchase their license from Stromasys. This is different from the cloud-specific Charon-SSP Automatic Licensing (AL) images where licensing is configured automatically when the cloud instance is launched.
This guide covers the Charon -SSP VE License Server software. This package contains a license server application that can be installed in customer-specific AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure, IBM and VMware environments. This licensing option is adapted to the special requirements of virtualized environments and simplifies the process of running Charon -SSP emulator products in supported cloud and VMware environments. The license server is managed by the customer.
Please note: VE licenses provided by a VE license server require a specific variant of the Charon emulator software.
At the time of writing this support was available for Charon-SSP software (available starting with Charon-SSP version 4.2.x). For a full description of Charon-SSP configuration and management aspects that are not related to the specifics of the VE license application, please refer to the Charon-SSP user's guide of you version (see CHARON-SSP for Linux).
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The document contains the following sections:
- Charon -SSP VE License Server Topology Overview: brief overview of license server topologies.
- Installing the VE License Server and the Charon-SSP Packages: installation of the license server software, and installation of the VE-enabled Charon -SSP emulator software.
- Installing a License on the VE License Server: steps for requesting and installing a Charon -SSP product license on the license server.
- Configuring Charon-SSP to Use a VE License Server: steps for configuring the Charon -SSP emulator to use the VE license server.
- Operational Information and Logging: information that may be helpful when operating a VE license server. For example, log file locations and samples.
- Updating a VE License: steps for updating a license, for example, when the expiration date approaches.
- Additional Information: supplemental information about installing a Linux cloud instance, about installing and starting the Charon Manager on a Linux or Windows management system, and about cloud-specific firewall considerations.
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