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This chapter describes the basic licensing options available for Charon instances in cloud environments. Not all options may be available in all clouds or for all products. Please refer to the User's Guide and the Release Notes of your product for detailed information.

Charon emulator products require a license to run. There are different licensing models. As availability may differ depending on cloud environment and product, please contact your Stromasys representative for any questions about product availability and licensing options.

The following options that are typically used in a cloud environment are described briefly in the sections below:

1. The cloud-specific, prepackaged Charon AL (Automatic Licensing) marketplace image utilizing either

• a public, Stromasys-operated cloud-specific license server, or
• a private customer-operated VE license server operating in AutoVE mode.

This licensing option offers pay-as-you-go billing for Charon-SSP. Please contact Stromasys Sales should you be interested in this option.

2. Charon VE Licensing (Virtual Environment) utilizing a customer-operated, private VE license server in a supported cloud environment. The license server can operate in general VE mode or in AutoVE mode. Charon emulators using general VE licensing are available as a

• prepackaged marketplace image on some cloud platforms, and
• in RPM package format for a conventional installation.

Please note: the Guest operating system licensing requirements:

The user is responsible for any licensing obligations imposed by the legacy operating system running as a guest system inside the emulator, and has to provide the appropriate licenses.

This chapter describes the basic licensing options available for Charon instances in cloud environments. Please note that even though other solutions may be possible the ones listed here represent the recommended solutions for Charon cloud-based solutions.

Charon emulators require a license to run emulated SPARC systems. For a typical cloud-based installation, there are different Charon product variants with different licensing models. As availability may differ depending on cloud environment, please contact your Stromasys representative for any questions about product availability and licensing options.

The following options that are typically used in a cloud environment are described briefly in the sections below.

Charon-SSP only:

1. Old Original Charon-SSP AL marketplace image: the cloud-specific, prepackaged Charon-SSP AL (Automatic Licensing) marketplace image offers pay-as-you-go billing for Charon-SSP. Please contact Stromasys Sales should you be interested in this option. It utilizes either

• a public, Stromasys-operated cloud-specific license server, or
• a private customer-operated VE license server operating in AutoVE mode.

2. New Charon-SSP Amazon Linux marketplace image: the cloud-specific, prepackaged Charon-SSP Amazon Linux marketplace image offers image also offers pay-as-you-go billing for Charon-SSP. It utilizes a public, Stromasys-operated cloud-specific AutoVE license server. Please contact your Stromasys representative should you require your own private AutoVE license server.

All Charon products:

3.Charon VE Licensing (Virtual Environment) utilizing a customer-operated, private VE license server in a supported cloud environment. The license server, in this case, operates in general VE mode. Charon emulators using general VE licensing are available as a

• prepackaged marketplace image on some cloud platforms, and
• in RPM package format for a conventional installation.

These licensing options are briefly described below.

Please note: the Guest operating system licensing requirements:

The user is responsible for any Solaris licensing obligations imposed by the legacy operating system running as a guest system inside the emulator, and has to provide the appropriate licenses.