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  • Upgrading to this Charon-PAR from an older version requires a license update (independent of license type used). Please contact your VAR or Stromasys representative to plan the update.
  • Applicable to HASP licenses only: Charon-PAR version 3.0 and higher is incompatible with licenses of earlier versions. Earlier product versions are incompatible with licenses for Charon-PAR 3.0 and higher. Charon-PAR/PA3 licenses for version 3.0 are not backward compatible for emulators running with version 2.x.

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  • A set of RPM packages for installations on all supported platforms and environments.
  • A marketplace AMI containing the base operating system and the preinstalled Charon-PAR software. At the time of writing, this format was planned for AWS (starting with Charon-PAR 3.0.6). Please contact your Stromasys representative for details about availability on AWS and other cloud platforms. The Appendix of this document contains basic information about setting up a cloud instance.
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Installing Charon-PAR from RPM Installation Packages

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  • For the installation of a Charon-PAR/PA3 emulated system, a preinstalled MPE/iX 7.5 disk image (mpe75a.dsk.bz2) is required. This will be provided by Stromasys.
  • For the installation of a Charon-PAR/PA9 emulated system, a HP-UX ISO is required. It must be provided by the customer.

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  • The underlying Linux operating system.
  • The preinstalled Charon emulator product.
  • Utilities required by the emulator product.
  • Additional management utilities (Linux Toolkit).

For further information, please refer to the cloud-specific Getting Started Guide of your productthe Appendix, the Virtual Environment (VE) License Server Documentation, and the documentation of your cloud provider for additional information.

At the time of writing, such a marketplace image was planned for AWS. Please contact your Stromasys representative with any questions regarding availability.

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Installing the Linux Toolkit (Optional)

This is not a mandatory, but a recommended step. The toolkit is included in Charon-PAR cloud marketplace images.

The Linux Toolkit support the management of emulator related tasks, such as

  • License Management
  • Starting and stopping the emulator
  • Log file monitoring
  • Alert management
  • Information collection to facilitate product support

Stromasys will provide you with a download link for the Linux Toolkit.

Please refer to Charon-PAR Linux Toolkit for further information.

Sentinel HASP License Driver Post-Installation Tasks

Not required for VE licenses.

The following post-installation tasks are strongly recommended to improve security and to enable additional trouble-shooting options:


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