To manage Charon-SSP and the emulated SPARC systems, you must connect to the Charon-SSP AWS instance with the Charon-SSP Manager. The Charon-SSP Manager is the main interface to all important functions of the Charon-SSP software. Prerequisites: - The Charon-SSP Manager must be installed on your local system.
- For access via the public IP address of the instance:
- The Security Group on your local system must at least allow SSH access. This allows the built-in SSH tunneling of the Charon-SSP Manger to work. Should you not use SSH tunneling, you must open up additional ports (see Firewall and AWS Security Group Considerations). However, if the connection runs over the Internet, Stromasys recommends strongly to use SSH tunneling to protect your Charon-SSP cloud instance and any emulated systems running on it.
- You must have the public IP address of the Charon-SSP AWS instance. To determine this address refer to the instance information displayed on the AWS EC2 management console.
- To connect via the Charon Manager SSH integrated SSH tunnel, you need the private SSH key of the key-pair associated with your instance.
- For access via an SSH-based VPN:
To start the Charon-SSP Manager and to open the Charon Manager login window, use the following command: $ /opt/charon-manager/ssp-manager/ssp-manager |
| Login window: Login tab | Login window: SSH tab | | | On this tab perform the following steps: - Enter the public IP address or the private VPN IP address of your Charon-SSP instance.
- Enter the Charon-SSP management password (default: stromasys).
 You can change the default password in Charon Manager (Virtual Machine > Preferences). This is strongly recommended. - Enable the SSH tunnel configuration unless you use a connection across a secure VPN.
| If using the Manager's integrated SSH tunnel, perform the following steps on this tab: - Enter the Charon-SSP user (sshuser).
- Enter the path to the private key file (click on the three dots to open a file browser),
- In rare cases, you may need to add the path to the public key on the local system.
- Enter the passphrase for the private key if required.
- Adjust the server port (default 22) if required.
The public key of the AWS key-pair can copied from the .ssh/authorized_keys file of the sshuser of the instance. |
After entering all the required information, click on Connect to connect to the Charon-SSP AWS instance. If the information is correct, the Charon-SSP Manager welcome screen will be displayed. | 
