Contents

Intended Audience

This user's guide is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, or manage the Stromasys Charon-SSP processor/platform virtualization software. The content of this manual is targeted at general users (not just system managers and administrators). However, a general working knowledge of PC operating systems and their conventions is expected.

The user's guide covers the Charon-SSP AWS EC2 AMI distribution. This appliance package contains the full software set including the underlying Linux host operating system. Interactive host operating system access is limited to a subset of commands. If you need to install the non-cloud version of Charon-SSP please refer to the Charon-SSP User's Guides for these product variants.

Document Structure

The document contains the following main sections:

• Charon-SSP Manager installation: the Charon-SSP Manager must be installed on a local system to access and manage the Charon-SSP AWS EC2 host and the emulated systems running on it.
• Setting up the AWS cloud instance: steps to set up an EC2 instance on AWS using the Charon-SSP AMI.
• Accessing the AWS instance: explains how to use SSH, SFTP, and the Charon-SSP Manager to access the instance.
• Additional AWS configuration for the Charon-SSP host: steps to add additional storage and network interfaces.
• SSH VPN operation: describes how to create a VPN tunnel between a remote Linux system and the Charon-SSP AWS instance.
• Configuring and managing the system using the Charon-SSP Manager: shows how to configure and run emulated SPARC systems.
• Firewall considerations
• User access to Solaris guest system
• Network configuration example
• OpenBoot console command overview

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