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Please note: this guide is focused on an implementation on the Charon emulator products for Linux. Therefore, it will not deal with the PDP emulator which is only available on Microsoft Windows.
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- Installation using RPM packages. This option is available for all products. The 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. The license server is Public license servers for this option are operated by Stromasys , or if AutoVE mode is selected, by the customer(private AutoVE licensing with customer-operated license server is possible as an alternative).
- 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. The license server is operated by the customer.
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| Marketplace image availability at the time of writing | |
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| AWS | Charon-SSP: VEAmazon Linux (AL) Charon-PARSSP: VE Charon-AXP/VAXPAR: VE - planned |
| Azure | Charon-SSP: VE Charon-PAR: VE |
| OCI | Charon-SSP: VE Charon-PAR: VE |
| GCP | Charon-SSP: VE - planned |
For up-to-date availability information of marketplace images (in particular for AL marketplace images), please check the respective cloud marketplace or contact your Stromasys representatives.
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 | |
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| Cloud platforms | AWS |
| Other platforms | VMware |
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VE licensing availability for Charon emulator products 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
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