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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x - 64bit
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x - 64bit
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 to 6.10 - 64bit
• Linux Centos 8.x - 64bit
• Linux Centos 7.x - 64bit
• VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 up to 6.7 (requires a supported Linux operating system on top of a ESXi virtual machine)
  

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1. Login as the superuser ("root") on the host system. Because Sentinel HASP runtime relies on 32-bit compatibility libraries to run on Linux, the 32-bit compatibility libraries must be installed before continuing. If the emulator host has access to a package repository, either local or remote, use the following command:

   # yum install glibc.i686

   Sometimes it is not possible to use an online repository for the installation of 32-bit glibc package. In this case the procedure described in the appendixes has to be used: glibc.i686 installation without Internet connection

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2. Create a directory for the CHARON-AXP distribution as shown in the following example:

   # mkdir /charon_dist

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3. On RHEL/CentOS 7 and 8, the "libev" package is required. If it is reported as missing during CHARON installation on RHEL 7/8, check that the repository "extras" is included and enabled, if not, include and enable it. Please refer to your Linux distribution administrator's guide.
   Example for RHEL 7.x:

   # yum-config-manager --enable rhel-7-server-extras-rpms

   
   

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Copy the download kit (in /tmp for example) to the folder created in the previous chapter:

where:

Extract the contents of the distribution .tar.gz file to the current directory:

Example:

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The distribution directory contains the following RPM files:

Example:

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If "putty" terminal emulator is going to be used as an additional option copy the following file to your home directory:

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Re-login to apply changes.

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1. Invoke the system default web browser and enter the URL http://localhost:1947 to display the "Sentinel Admin Control Center" (ACC) web interface.
2. Click on "Sentinel Keys" link to open the corresponding page.
3. Make sure that one and only one CHARON HASP or SL license is present.

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To facilitate troubleshooting, Stromasys recommends to enable logging from the Sentinel Admin Control Center as described in this article: Enabling logging in Sentinel Admin Control Center.

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To choose an interface to be used for CHARON networking, do the following:

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Determine what additional parameters are currently set to "on" on the host network adapter to be used by CHARON using the following command:

Example:

Use "ethtool" to switch off all the offload parameters:

Example:

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Let's suppose the name of the file is "offload_off_eth1.txt". To execute it on system startup, execute the following command (example):

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Upgrade

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from previous version

To upgrade an already installed CHARON-AXP kit to a more recent one:

1. Ensure your license allows you to upgrade to that version. If not, please generate a C2V file and send it to STROMASYS for update. See CHARON-AXP for Linux utilities - 'hasp_srm_view' utility
2. Prepare the new kit RPM files as it is described in "Before installation695402677" and "Distribution preparation695402677" sections.
3. Stop all running CHARON-AXP instances.
4. Make sure that no template files (i.e. "es40.cfg.template") have been used for your specific configuration otherwise copy those files to a dedicated folder.
5. Login as "root" user.
6. Remove the old CHARON-AXP version as described in the "CHARON-AXP for Linux deinstallation" chapter and reboot the Linux server (recommended).
7. Proceed with the instructions on the new kit installation as described in the "695402677" section.Install
8. Once installation is completed, it is recommended to reboot the Linux server (possible issues with licenses detection could occur).

9. Install the license for the new CHARON-AXP as described in the "License installation695402677" section.

10. Start all the CHARON-AXP services stopped at step #3.