Connecting with the Charon-SSP ManagerTo manage Charon-SSP and the emulated SPARC systems, you must connect to the Charon-SSP AWS instance with the Charon-SSP Manager. The Charon-SSP Manager is the main interface to all important functions of the Charon-SSP software. Prerequisites: - The Charon-SSP Manager must be installed on your local system.
- For access via the public IP address of the instance:
- The Security Group on your local system must at least allow SSH access. This allows the built-in SSH tunneling of the Charon-SSP Manger to work. Should you not use SSH tunneling, you must open up additional ports (9091 for the Manager communication, any ports used for the emulated system serial console ports, and ports used for the graphical emulation). However, if the connection runs over the Internet, Stromasys recommends strongly to use SSH tunneling. Otherwise, your Charon-SSP cloud instance and any emulated systems running on it can easily be compromised.
- Public IP address of the Charon-SSP AWS instance.
- For access via an SSH-based VPN:
Start the Charon-SSP ManagerStart the Charon-SSP Manager using the following command: $ /opt/charon-manager/ssp-manager/ssp-manager |
This will open the login window of the Charon-SSP Manager. | Login tab of the login window: | SSH tab of the login window: | | | On this tab perform the following steps: - Enter the public IP address or the private VPN IP address of your Charon-SSP instance.
- Enter the Charon-SSP management password (default: stromasys).
- Enable the SSH tunnel configuration unless you use a connection across a secure VPN.
| If using the Manager's integrated SSH tunnel: On this tab perform the following steps: - Enter the Charon-SSP user (sshuser).
- Enter the path to the private key file (click on the three dots to open a file browser),
- In rare cases, you may need to add the path to the public key on the local system.
- Enter the passphrase for the private key if required.
- Adjust the server port (default 22) if required.
 The public key of the AWS keypair can copied from the .ssh/authorized_keys file of the sshuser of the instance
| After entering all the required information, click on Connect to connect to the Charon-SSP AWS instance. If the information is correct, the Charon-SSP Manager welcome screen will be displayed. |
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