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This option will allow you to edit the stop script that will be executed at service shutdown.The script is unique and uses the configuration file (full name) to select commands to be executed at guest shutdown (selected by "case").
If the script does not exist, it will be generated automatically based on existing guests and will by default do nothing . Note that guests except preparing the script skeleton. 
Guests added after script creation will have to be inserted manually.
You To be able to perform a clean shutdown of your Tru64 or VMS virtual machine, you will have either to add your own shutdown scripts or to get examples provided in the "charon_gstart.stop.example" script located in the "/opt/charon/utils" folder.
Examples In this script, examples are provided for clean shutdown using "ssh" or "expect" thanks to the "guest_shutdown.exp" script given (provided as an example). See Tips and Tricks - Shutdown guests with Expect tool for more.
Notes:
"ssh" will require a trust to be created between the Linux server and the Tru64 or OpenVMS guest.
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"expect" will require you pass user and password to the script to enable it to connect to the OPA0 console via 'telnet' and execute the shutdown commands. The "guest_shutdown.exp" script can perform operations to log off a user connected on the console (if the prompt is detected), enter a username/password to login (if "login:" or "username:" is detected), execute the shutdown command (if the prompt is detected) and detect the SRM prompt (>>>) to issue the "power off" command (AXP) or send the F6 key (VAX) if enabled.- Note any local existing connection to the console will be killed before executing the expect script.
- If the console is locked from an external connection or if the prompt is not detected after sending a carriage return, the expect script will fail.
When editing this script (/opt/charon/utils/charon_gstart.stop) you will be proposed to edit the example file at the same time to facilitate copy/paste operations if needed.
Explanation on the example file
Example with SSH
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Example below is for Tru64. The only difference with OpenVMS is the username and shutdown command to be passed
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, Tru64 guest
An ssh trust between the CHARON Linux server and the Tru64 guest must have been previously configured in order to use this option.
- Update the configuration file name
- Replace the existing hostname "
pluto" with your Tru64 guest hostname
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- Check the guest can be accessed via "
ssh" (adapt the ConnectTimeout to your needs) - Issue the
shutdowncommand - Wait a few seconds
- Check if the guest can be "pinged" and repeat with an interval of 5 seconds. If the guest cannot be pinged, assume the shutdown procedure is complete
- Kill the emulator process (the . The shutdown commands does not power off nor stop the emulator process)
- Report the stop information within the guest log file
Example with Expect tool, Tru64 guest
You will have here to replace Replace the user (1), password (2) and shell prompt (3) with the ones corresponding to your guest (shell prompt is used to determine if a user is logged on the console)
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Example with Expect tool, Tru64 guest, variant for systemd
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This example is quite the same as the one above except the "expect" script messages will be made available to the service status.
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