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This guide is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, or manage the Stromasys Charon-SSP cloud BYOL Virtual Environment (VE) license server. A general working knowledge of PC operating systems Linux and their its conventions is expected. BYOL

VE stands for "Bring your own licenseVirtual Environment". This means that for the cloud-specific Charon-SSP emulator software that uses such a license server, customers have to At the time of writing, this term refers to supported cloud environments only. For Charon-SSP products using such licenses, customers must purchase their license from Stromasys. This is different from the cloud-specific marketplace Charon-SSP Automatic Licensing (AL) images where licensing happens is configured automatically when the cloud instance is launched.

This getting-started guide covers the Charon-SSP Cloud BYOL VE License Server software. This package contains a license server application that can be installed in customer-specific AWS, OCI, GCP and Azure environments . Extension of the feature to VMware environments is planned for the future. This license feature enables customers to run, for example, (the list of supported platforms may be extended in the future). This licensing option is adapted to the special requirements of a cloud environment and simplifies the process of running Charon-SSP in a customer-specific cloud environment without requiring Internet access to reach a license serverenvironments. The license server is managed by the customer.

BYOL VE licenses provided by a cloud BYOL VE license server require a specific variant of the Charon-SSP software (available starting with Charon-SSP available starting with version 4.2.x). The tests examples in this guide were performed partially created with a pre-release of version 4.2. For a full description of Charon-SSP version 4.2 aspects that are not related to the specifics of the cloud BYOL VE license application, please refer to the full your Charon-SSP user's guide of your product variant.

For additional information about this product, please contact Stromasys at the regional addresses below or contact your Stromasys VAR. 

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The document contains the following sections:

• Charon-SSP Cloud BYOL -based VE License Server Overview: brief overview of license server topologies.
• Installing the VE License Server and the Charon-SSP Packages in the Cloud: installation of the license server software in cloud environments, and installation of the VE-enabled Charon-SSP emulator software.
• Installing a License on the Cloud BYOL VE License Server: steps for requesting and installing a Charon-SSP product license on the license server.
• Configuring the Cloud BYOL License Server on Charon-SSP to Use a VE License Server: steps for configuring Charon-SSP to use the cloud BYOL VE license server.
• Operational Information and Logging: information that may be helpful when operating a cloud BYOL VE license server. For example, log file locations and samples.
• Updating a Cloud BYOL VE License: steps for updating a license, for example, when the expiration date approaches.
• Additional Information: supplemental information about installing a Linux cloud instance, about installing and starting the Charon Manager on a Linux or Windows management system, and about cloud-specific firewall considerations.

Please note:

• Cloud providers may change their management GUI without prior warning. Hence, the screenshots in this document may not always reflect the latest GUI appearance of the cloud provider. However, they will still provide an illustration of the described configuration steps.

• In general, the sample outputs in this document may show different versions than the one documented in this manual, but they are still representative of what a user will see.

Related Documents

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• Charon-SSP User's Guides and Release Notes