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Overview

The Charon-SSP Manager is the main interface for managing the emulated SPARC systems running on a Charon-SSP AWS EC2 host. Therefore, the Charon-SSP Manager must be installed on every local system that will be used to manage the Charon instances running on the Charon-SSP cloud host.

Stromasys provides Charon-SSP Manager installation packages for the following Linux distributions and versions:

• Versions 7.x or higher of Oracle Linux (64 bit) version, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (64 bit), or CentOS (64 bit).
• Ubuntu 17 or higher

Stromasys provides Charon-SSP Manager installation packages for the following versions of Microsoft Windows:

• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Installation Packages and Installation Steps

Installation Packages

Installation packages are available in RPM or Debian package formats or as a ZIP file containing the Windows installer files:

• RPM package: charon-manager-ssp-<version>.rpm
• Debian package: charon-manager-ssp-<version>.deb
• Microsoft Windows package: charon-manager-ssp-<version>.zip

Obtaining the installation packages:

The packages are included in the Charon-SSP AWS AMI. Once a new instance has been launched, you can download the Charon-SSP Manager packages from the running instance:

• Connect to the public IP address of the instance via SFTP using the private key assigned during launch and the user charon:
  $ sftp -i <path-to-private-key> charon@<public-ip-of-aws-instance>
  
• Download the required package:
  sftp> get charon-manager-ssp-<version>.[rpm | deb | zip]

Installation Steps on Linux

The following table describes the installation steps for Charon-SSP Manager:

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Go to the directory where the package has been stored:

# cd <package-location>

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For systems with RPM package management (Red Hat, CentOS):
    # yum install <package-name>

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For systems with Debian package management (Debian, Ubuntu):
    # dpkg -i <package-name>

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Example (RPM):

# yum install /media/sf_vmshare/charon-manager-ssp-3.1.8.rpm 
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Examining /media/sf_vmshare/charon-manager-ssp-3.1.8.rpm: charon-manager-ssp-3.1.8-1.x86_64
Marking /media/sf_vmshare/charon-manager-ssp-3.1.8.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package charon-manager-ssp.x86_64 0:3.1.8-1 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
charon-manager-ssp x86_64 3.1.8-1 /charon-manager-ssp-3.1.8 4.2 M

Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package

Total size: 4.2 M
Installed size: 4.2 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
Installing : charon-manager-ssp-3.1.8-1.x86_64 1/1 
Verifying : charon-manager-ssp-3.1.8-1.x86_64 1/1

Installed:
charon-manager-ssp.x86_64 0:3.1.8-1

Complete!

Installation Steps on Microsoft Windows

The following table describes the installation steps for Charon-SSP Manager:

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A window titled Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders opens. In this window:

• Click on the Show extracted files when complete checkbox.
• Click on the Extract button.

A new Windows Explorer window opens showing the extracted packages.

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You should now see the Charon-SSP Manager Setup Wizard. To proceed with the installation, click on the Next button. 

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To accept the default installation options, simply click on Next without modifying any options.
Alternatively, the following installation options can be adjusted:

• Click on Browse to select an alternative installation target.
• Click the appropriate radio button, Everyone or Just for Me, to specify system-wide or private
  installation respectively (the system-wide installation will prompt for the administrator password
  if you are not using the administrator account).

Once all options have been set, click on Next.

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The installation process creates:

• A Charon Manager icon on the desktop
• A Charon Manager entry in the Start menu

 Starting with Charon-SSP version 2, it is supported to have several versions of the Charon-SSP Manager on a system to manage remote systems with versions different from the local system. The Charon-SSP Manager installation preserves older versions. Later, you can use these versions to manage remote systems with matching versions.