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Step 1: the Charon Manager Login tab

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If the management password has not yet been set, perform the following steps:

  • Enter the public IP address of your Charon-SSP instance.
  • Enter a random string into the password field.
  • Enable the SSH tunnel configuration.
  • Change to the SSH tab to fill in the required information there.


If the management password has already been set, 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.
  • Enable the SSH tunnel configuration unless you use a connection across a secure VPN.
  • If enabled, change to the SSH tab to fill in the required information there.


Step 2: the Charon Manager SSH tab

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If you use the integrated SSH tunnel, perform the following steps:

  • Enter the Charon-SSP user (charon or 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.


(info) The public key of the AWS key-pair can copied from the .ssh/authorized_keys file of the sshuser of the instance.


Step 3: connecting to the Charon host system

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If the management password needs to be set, you will receive a prompt to enter the new password:

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  • Enter the desired password and confirm it.
  • Then click on Save.
  • This will take you back to the Login tab. 
  • Enter the new password.
  • Click on Connect again.




After a connection has been successfully created, the Charon Manager welcome screen opens. Example of the Charon Manager welcome page:

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