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This document relates to license expiration utility version 2.6 dated 05 Jun 2023 .

Installation

 All described operations have to be performed on the Charon server and logged in as 'root' (no other user supported).

Prerequisites

Path

Before installing the license expiration check utility, please verify the hasp_srm_view executable path is known.

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• check the $PATH value contains the path to the hasp_srm_view executable file (this can be done by running "echo $PATH") or
• execute the charon.sh file as mentioned above.

Mail Transport Agent

The Mail service must have been configured. The Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...

Download

To download the utility, you must issue a request via email to the Stromasys support team (support@stromasys.com) or ask your reseller.

Setup

The utility is provided in a tar file that must be extracted into the /opt/charon/utils folder. If this folder does not exist, you can create it this way then copy the tar file to this folder:

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• Add a footer to the email body when an alert is sent by adding any information you need in the the /optetc/charon.d/utils/charonCharonToolkit_check.mailfooter file (one line or more),
• Change the name of the email sender (name only, not email address) by adding a single line containing the name of the sender in the /optetc/charon.d/utils/charonCharonToolkit_check.mailfrom file
• Create a custom script in /opt/charon/utils folder, named charon_expchk.custom to send alerts to a monitoring utility
  • It needs to be set to executable (chmod u+x ...).
  • If this script is defined, it is recommended to add the "-nomail" parameter to the script execution in the crontab file to avoid sending a custom alert and the email at the same time
  • Parameter 1 passed to this script is the alert level. Possible values, case sensitive, are: Informational, Minor, MAJOR, CRITICAL and EXPIRED
  • Parameter 2 passed to this script is a description of the alert containing the expiration date, license number and product afffected

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