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Please note: this guide is focused on an implementation on Linux.
General Installation Options for Emulators on Linux Cloud Instances
In general there are the following installation options for emulator products on Linux hosts in the cloud:
- Installation using RPM packages (. This option is available for all products)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 systems.
- 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.
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- AWS:
- Charon-SSP: AL, VE
- Charon-PAR: VE - planned
- Charon-AXP/VAX: VE - planned
- Azure:
- Charon-SSP: VE
- OCI
- Charon-SSP: AL (US-only)
- GCP
- Charon-SSP: VE - planned
VE license server availability at the time of writing:
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- Charon-SSP
- Charon-PAR
- Charon-AXP/VAX (planned, Linux only)
Management Options for Charon Emulator Instances in the Cloud
All Charon emulators running on a Linux host can be managed from the command-line.
Stromasys provides additional management tools for the different products. Availability of these products in cloud environments:
- Charon-SSP: the Charon Manager and the Charon Director fully support cloud-based Charon instances.
- Charon-PAR and Charon-AXP/VAX: at the time of writing, the Linux toolkit was not fully cloud-enabled yet. It will be included as an experimental addition in the planned marketplace images for AWS. A new version supporting cloud-relevant features is planned (no release date known at the time of writing) and will be made available by Stromasys via the normal software distribution channels.