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Please note: this guide is focused on an implementation on Linux.

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General Installation Options for Emulators on Linux Cloud Instances

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  • Installation using RPM packages. This option is available for all products. However, unless the product was tested on a specific cloud by Stromasys, not every cloud environment may be suited Charon emulator products and the requirements of the legacy guest operating systemsThe products were tested on AWS, GCP, Azure, Nutanix, and OCI. However, there may still be requirements of a legacy operating system that cloud environments cannot provide. Please contact your Stromasys representative for more information to discuss potential limitations, and if you would like to run Charon in a different Cloud environment.
  • Installation based on Stromasys-provided marketplace images in selected clouds (not available for all products and all clouds). Such marketplace images include the Linux host operating system and the Charon emulator product. They can be provided for two different types of product licensing:
    • Automatic Licensing (AL) for which billing of cloud instance and Charon product is handled by the cloud provider.
    • Virtual Environment Licensing (VE) for which the billing of the cloud instance is handled by the cloud provider, the billing for the Charon product is handled by Stromasys or its partners.


Marketplace image availability at the time of writing

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AWS

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Charon-SSP: AL, VE

Charon-PAR: VE - planned

Charon-AXP/VAX: VE - planned

Azure

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Charon-SSP: VE
OCICharon-SSP: AL (US-only)
GCPCharon-SSP: VE - planned

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At the time of writing the VE license server provided by Stromasys was available for Linux systems running on the following platforms:

VE license server availability at the time of writing
Cloud platforms
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • OCI
  • IBM
  • Nutanix
Other platforms
  • VMware
  • Physical servers


VE licensing availability for Charon emulator products at the time of writing:

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