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Currently, only available for Charon-SSP.

When a cloud instance is launched from an AWS Charon-SSP Amazon Linux marketplace image, this instance requires a license to run emulated SPARC systems. This license is created automatically upon first launch of the Charon-SSP instance. By default, such an instance uses public, Stromasys-operated AutoVE servers.

Please note the following points:

• Metered billing. You will be billed by AWS for your use of the Charon-SSP instance. Stromasys will not bill you directly. The billing is metered and depends on the sizing of the Charon host system.
• By default, this option requires that Charon instances have Internet access (via their own public IP address or NAT) for the license mechanism to work. If NAT is used, the gateway must be an instance in the same cloud (i.e., the source IP address must be from the address range of the same cloud provider in which the Charon host instance runs). The public, Stromasys-operated AutoVE license servers must be reachable on port 8083. Also, a DNS service must be reachable to resolve the host names of the license servers, or corresponding entries in /etc/hosts must exist. The license server details are provided below.
• Should you require a private AutoVE server (making the need of access to the public Internet obsolete), please contact your Stromasys representative.
• If you change the instance type after first launching the instance and thereby change the number of CPU cores (or if the number of CPU cores is changed by any other method), the license will be invalidated.
• Some licensing problems or other requirements (e.g., additional CPU cores needed) may make it necessary to move the emulator to a new instance. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to store all relevant emulator data on a separate disk volume that can easily be detached from the old instance and attached to a new instance.
• If you need to set up a new Charon host instance with using the public AutoVE servers, you must create it via launching a new instance from the appropriate marketplace image and (as necessary) copying/moving the emulator data and configuration to the new instance. Cloning the instance with will result in a system with an invalid license.
• Should access to the license be lost, there is a grace period of 24 hours. If license access is not restored within this period, the emulator will stop (if a guest system is running at the time, this is the equivalent of disconnecting the power without clean shutdown, i.e., it may lead to loss of data).

Currently, only available for Charon-SSP and only on selected clouds. Please contact Stromasys Sales should you be interested in this option.

When a cloud instance is launched from a Charon AL marketplace image, this instance requires a license to run emulated systems. This license is obtained automatically from a Stromasys-operated license server upon first launch of the Charon AL instance.

Please note the following points:

• Metered billing. You will be billed by the cloud provider for your use of the Charon-SSP AL instance. Stromasys will not bill you directly. The billing depends on the sizing of the Charon host system.
• Charon AL instances require Internet access (via their own public IP address or NAT) for the license mechanism to work. If NAT is used, the gateway must be an instance in the same cloud (i.e., the source IP address must be from the address range of the same cloud provider in which the Charon host instance runs). The public, Stromasys-operated license servers must be reachable on port 8080 (SSP before version 5.5.5) or port 8081 (SSP version 5.5.5 or higher). Also, a DNS service must be reachable to resolve the host names of the license servers, or corresponding entries in /etc/hosts must exist. The license server details are provided below.
• If you change the instance type after first launching the instance and thereby change the number of CPU cores (or if the number of CPU cores is changed by any other method), the license will be invalidated and you will have to create a new instance.
• Some licensing problems or other requirements (e.g., additional CPU cores needed) may make it necessary to move the emulator to a new instance. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to store all relevant emulator data on a separate disk volume that can easily be detached from the old instance and attached to a new instance.
• If you need to set up a new Charon host instance with AL licensing, you must create it via launching a new instance from the appropriate marketplace image and (as necessary) copying/moving the emulator data and configuration to the new instance. Cloning an instance with AL licensing will result in a system with an invalid license. 
• Should access to the license be lost, there is a grace period of 24 hours. If license access is not restored within this period, the emulator will stop (if a guest system is running at the time, this is the equivalent of disconnecting the power without clean shutdown, i.e., it may lead to loss of data).