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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 customer is billed for the license by Stromasysby 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.
• Support at the time of writing:
  • VE license server availability: supported clouds (at the time of writing: AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP, and IBM) and VMware environments
  • Charon emulator product support: Charon-SSP products.

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• Software and hardware (dongle) licenses.
• Based on third-party vendor solution.
• Require special third-party license driver software.
• Installed on Charon host or separate license server.
• Problematic in cloud environments and somewhat difficult to use in VMware environments.
• Dongles are a flexible and host-hardware independent solution for on-premises installations (as long as there is a free USB port).
• The customer is billed for the license by Stromasysby Stromasys depending on the number and type of the emulated systems allowed by the installed license(s). The license driver software itself is free of charge.

Please refer to  the Charon License Handbook (Handbooks) for details about these licenses.

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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.

Rationale for VE Licenses

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