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- Basic knowledge of Unix commands
- Basic knowledge of Charon products
Charon qualified versions:
Charon-AXP V4.8
to V4.
Charon-AXP V4.10
Charon-AXP V4.11
11 included
Charon-VAX V4.8
Charon-VAX V4.9
Charon-VAX V4.10
Charon-VAX V4.11to V4.11 included
Scripts have been tested and validated on the following Linux distributions/versions:
- CentOS 7.x CentOS and 8.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release and 8.x
Only Linux installations setup with English language are supported. It is however possible to use an experimental option if necessary for non English languages (see the Release Notes, chapter "Kit version V1.54")
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Div class pagebreak- Some packages have to be installed on the Charon server:
- Mandatory packages:
glibc.i686
bc
perl
at
- Recommended packages:
telnet
: recommended for connection from the Charon server to the virtual machine consoleputty
: recommended for connection from the Charon server to the virtual machine console (telnet or putty can be defined in the preferences)expect
: recommended ifssh
cannot be used to execute shutdown commands from the consolersh
: recommended if rsh method is to be used for Charon instance clean shutdownevince
: recommended for reading online documentationpostfix
: recommended, Mail Transport Agent used to send emailsfirefox
: recommended for checking and updating licenses, accessing online documentation
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- Mandatory packages:
- All described operations will have to be performed on the Charon server and logged in as 'root' (no other user supported).
Status colour Red title TODO- The 'menu' can be executed as a non root user but with limited possibilities. In this case "Not root!" will be displayed on the top left on the menu.
- To run the 'menu' via a sudo command, so without the restrictions mentioned above, use:
$ sudo /opt/charon/utils/charon_menu
- To use It is also possible to allow non root users to run the 'menu' alias as a non root user, it is possible to add this line:
alias menu='sudo /opt/charon/utils/charon_menu'
to the .bashrc script of the user. and other related command lines without being 'root'. This must be enabled first as root in the "12 - Preferences" menu option then "8 - Access 'menu' using 'sudo'" - The 'menu' must be used by one user at a time only
- Charon-AXP and Charon-VAX installations are supported when installed in
/opt/charon
folder only - Mail service must have been configured. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...
- Within the Charon virtual machines configuration files:
- do not use spaces or tabs between a parameter and its value as the toolkit does not handle this correctly for disks, tapes and network devices. That is:
parameter=value
is correct,parameter = value
is not correct. do not add devices parameters on the same line for disks, tapes and network devices, please split the line in 2 lines
Unsupported set PKA container[600]= "/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso" media_type[600]="RRD47"
Supported set PKA container[600]="/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso"
set PKA media_type[600]="RRD47"- For OPA0 console settings, the line defining OPA0 and the port name must not be split. Use either "
load virtual_serial_line OPA0 port=<port>
" (depending on Charon version) or the new syntax "set COM1 alias = OPA0 port = <port>
"
- do not use spaces or tabs between a parameter and its value as the toolkit does not handle this correctly for disks, tapes and network devices. That is:
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Type | Description |
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Results | Some menu options will allow you to send results via email.
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Alerts | By default, the alert script will send alerts via email (plus 'wall ' notifications if enabled). A recipients list can be defined in this case.
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Do Do not use Stromasys email address to send results directly, for example to support@stromasys.com. The sender will be unknown to us, it is then recommended to send results to yourself first and to forward us the email you received.
Both Both use 'sendmail
' command to send emails. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...
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