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• Software licenses only.
• Developed by Stromasys.
• Installed on the Charon host or a separate license server.
• Require the Charon VE license server software.
• Require matching Charon emulator software.
• The For general VE mode, the customer is billed by Stromasys depending on the number and type of the emulated systems allowed by the installed license(s). The license server software itself is free of charge.
• AutoVE mode is an extension of automatic licensing and introduces metered billing for VE licenses on AWS.
• Support at the time of writing:
  • VE license server availability: supported clouds (at the time of writing: AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP, and IBM) and , supported VMware environments, and physical servers
  • Charon emulator product support: Charon-SSP products.

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When installing a Charon-SSP Automatic Licensing (AL) image from a supported cloud marketplace (at the time of writing AWS and OCI US), the cloud instance automatically receives a license at first launch. The license server must be reachable via a cloud-specific public IP address. The license server is operated by Stromasys. The customer is billed by the cloud provider depending on the type, configuration, and active use of the Charon host instance. See also AutoVE mode which allows a customer to run their own license server for an instance launched from such a marketplace image.

Rationale for VE Licenses

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