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This section describes some information that could become relevant during the operation of a VE license server and the corresponding Charon-SSP emulator products.
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Sentinel/Gemalto License Tools not Applicable to the VE License Server
In Charon-SSP, the Sentinel/Gemalto-specific license tools and configuration options are available when installing the management packages for the VE-capable Charon-SSP emulator packages. These tools and options are in particular the following:
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The above tools cannot be used for managing Charon-SSP VE licenses. Please ignore them if you have a VE license.
Actions that can Invalidate a VE License
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If supported by the cloud provider, the VE license server instance can be moved to a different subnet, as long as the original instance can be moved. It is also possible to backup and restore (to the same instance) the license server data. However, the following actions will invalidate the license:
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Starting and Stopping the License Server
Please note: In versions before 1.0.17, the license server can only be started if a valid license is installed.
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- Starting the license server:
# systemctl start licensed - Stopping the license server:
# systemctl stop licensed - Restarting the license server:
# systemctl restart licensed
Primary and Backup License Server
General Information
Charon-SSP for VE licenses supports a backup license server to ensure service continuity should the primary license server become temporarily unavailable. Backup licenses are typically limited to a certain number of emulator runtime hours.
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Note the parameters K_TYPE=COUNTDOWN and K_EXPIRED=100. They indicate that this is a backup license with 100 hours of emulator runtime.
Backup License Server Operation
Should the primary license server become unavailable, the emulator tries to connect to the backup license server. If this succeeds, the emulator continues to run without interruption. If no connection to a valid license can be established within 2 hours, the emulator will stop.
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If the primary license server becomes available again after the emulator has switched to the backup server, the emulator will automatically switch back to the primary server to avoid unnecessary depletion of the backup license runtime hours.
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Log Files
Log files provide important information about the operation of the license server and the Charon-SSP software. In case of problems, this is the first place to check.
License Server Log File
Log File Location
The license server log file is stored under /opt/license-server/license_log
The log file is called license.log. At every license server start, a new version of the log file is created and the previous file is rotated to license.log.1. Other existing versions are rotated accordingly.
Log File Samples
Normal startup:
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2020-01-16 09:00:43 INFO MAIN Build time: Jan 16 2020 10:54:15 2020-01-16 09:00:44 INFO MAIN License server is ready to serve. |
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2020-10-02 21:46:29 INFO MAIN License server is ready to serve. 2020-10-03 01:31:09 INFO Server CHARON-SSP/4U v4.1.32 has logged in from 127.0.0.1:40704. 2020-10-03 01:45:21 INFO Server CHARON-SSP/4U v4.1.32 from 127.0.0.1:40704 has been disconnected |
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Charon-SSP Emulator Log Files
Log File Location
The default emulator log file location is /opt/charon-agent/ssp-agent/ssp/<architecture/<vm-name>/.
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Please note: The log file path can be changed by the user to a non-default value.
Log File Samples
Working license found during emulator start:
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