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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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Warning
titleWARNING
  • If you plan to install CHARON-VAX on the same server, both products, CHARON-AXP and CHARON-VAX, will have to be the same build number.
  • If you upgrade from a previous version of CHARON-AXP, please stop all running CHARON virtual machines and , uninstall CHARON products and reboot the Linux server (recommended) before proceeding with the installation steps described below.

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As a result, the new directory "charon-axp-<VER>-<BN>.<ZZ>" will be created.

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Switch to that directory:

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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:

# mkdir -p $HOME/.config/putty/sessions (if it does not already exist)
cp /opt/charon/putty/sessions/CHTERM-VT100 $HOME/.config/putty/sessions

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usermod -G disk,tape,cdrom,dialout,lock -g tommy tommy


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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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(info) 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.

ProblemAction
No license is displayedMake sure that all the recommendations above about remote access to the host are fulfilled (if remote access takes place), that the HASP USB key is not broken and its LED indicator is lit (meaning that it is used by the host).
Only one License key / SL is seen and its content is incorrectContact STROMASYS to request a new license update.
Several License keys / SLs are displayedRemove all of them except the one provided by STROMASYS for the just installed version of CHARON.

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# ncu
CHARON Network Configuration Utility, 
STROMASYS (c) 2020 Version 1.6. Copyright (C) 2014-2019 STROMASYS SA.7


Interfaces Dedicated to State
---------- ------------ ------------
eth0         host         connected to host
eth1         host         disconnected from host
lo           host         unmanaged by host
virbr0-nic   bridge       unmanaged by bridge

==================================================================
bridge name bridge id          STP enabled   interfaces
==================================================================
virbr0     8000.5254004608c0  yes            virbr0-nic

==================================================================

select action:
1 - Dedicate to CHARON
2 - Release to host
3 - Create Bridge with TAPs
4 - Remove Bridge
5 - Add VLAN
6 - Remove VLAN
7 - Print status
8 - Exit
:> 1

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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 "Installation695402677" section.Install the license for the
  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.
Note

If you did not reboot your Linux server at step 6, you may experience issues with 'aksusbd' service installation and then license detection.

Example:

  Installing : aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64 1/5
Failed to execute operation: Access denied
Failed to restart aksusbd.service: Access denied

To solve this problem, remove all Charon installed product and restart from step 6 above.

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