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• In order to activate the ‘menu’ command, execute the following command:

  # ./menusetup

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• The setup will check first your terminal settings
  • if set to VT100 you will not be able to continue until you set the TERM value to VT200, dtterm or xterm (see how to here: Configuration)
    
    
• Mandatory packages installation will be checked (telnet, screen, etc..): if one package is missing you will not be able to continue.
  
  
• If telnet is installed, you will be prompted to force the mode to character to avoid some input issues while connected to the guests console
  
  
• Recommended packages installation will be checked (expect, evince, etc...): if one package is missing you will be able to continue, installation of these packages can be done later if needed
  
  
• The 'menu' alias will be created, this will be the command you'll use to access the menu
  
  
• Recursive jobs will be added in the crontab file:
  • if the crontab file does not exist, it will be automatically filled
  • if it already exists, you will be prompted to update it via the selected editor: a check will be performed and the missing entries will be added
    
    
• Alerts parameters will now have to be filled
  • Select between HTML or pure TEXT emails
  • Mail recipients list (used for alerts, not for sending files like log and configuration files for example)
  • Customize emails footer: you can add here your disclaimer, information on CHARON server or any information you think useful
  • Enable/disable wall alert messages
  • Install or update the alert script (can be customized later)

  • Select the alert level from guests log files: 0 = none, 1 = informational+warning+error entries, 2 = warning+error entries, 3 = error entries only.

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• When the setup is completed either log out to activate the 'menu' alias or execute the following command:

  # . /etc/profile.d/charon_menu*

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Upgrade

To upgrade the kit, you will need:

• to read the DRAFT - CHARON Linux Toolkit - Release notes for kit 41 document

• Copy and extract the files from the tar file to the CHARON installation directory, subdirectory ‘utils'

  # cd /opt/charon/utils # tar –xf charon_linux_toolkit.kit<newkit>.tar .

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• You can then run the 'menu' command as usual
  
  

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