Contents

Intended Audience

This user's guide is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, or manage the Stromasys Charon-SSP processor/platform virtualization software. The content of this manual is targeted at general users (not just system managers and administrators). However, a general working knowledge of PC operating systems and their conventions is expected.

The user's guide covers the Charon-SSP AWS EC2 AMI distribution. This appliance package contains the full software set including the underlying Linux host operating system. Interactive host operating system access is limited to a subset of commands. If you need to install the non-cloud version of Charon-SSP please refer to the Charon-SSP User's Guides for these product variants.

Document Structure

The document contains the following main sections:

• Virtual Hardware and Guest OS Supported by Charon-SSP AWS: list of supported virtual hardware and supported guest operating systems.
• Charon-SSP Product Variant Comparison: overview of differenced between the different Charon-SSP products (conventional, Baremetal, AWS AMI).
• Setting up a Charon-SSP AWS Cloud Instance: basic steps to create and launch a Charon-SSP AWS EC2 instance.
• Charon-SSP Manager Installation: the Charon-SSP Manager must be installed on a local system to access and manage the Charon-SSP AWS EC2 host and the emulated systems running on it.
• Accessing the Charon-SSP AWS Instance: explains how to use SSH, SFTP, and the Charon-SSP Manager to access the instance, and how to set the initial management password.
• Additional Charon-SSP AWS Instance Configuration: steps to add additional storage and network interfaces.
• Configuring and Managing the System Using the Charon-SSP Manager: shows how to configure and run emulated SPARC systems.
• User Access to the Virtual SPARC System: shows the different methods of how a user can access the console of the emulated SPARC system and the guest operating system.
• AWS Networking and Charon-SSP: overview of networking functionality that is specific to the AWS environment, and detailed steps to configure two specific network configurations.
  • SSH VPN - Connecting Charon Host and Guest to Customer Network: describes how to create a VPN tunnel between a remote Linux system and the Charon-SSP AWS instance to enable communication between host, guest, and customer network.
  • Example of a More Complex Network Configuration: example involving two Charon-SSP AWS instances with one acting as router and NAT gateway.
• Data Transfer Options: information about how data can be transferred to/from the host and guest.
• Firewall and AWS Security Group Considerations: information about ports used by the different applications.
• Upgrading Charon-SSP AWS: ways to upgrade Charon-SSP AWS to a higher version.
• OpenBoot Console: OpenBoot console command overview

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