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Each Charon emulator product requires a valid license to run. This license can be a HASP or a VE license. Different steps are required to configure the emulator to use the license depending on the license type.
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Licensing Options Overview
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Please note: when configuring the emulator, VE licenses and HASP licenses are mutually exclusive. If a configuration file contains the definition of a VE license, any HASP license definition is ignored (that is, the VE configuration takes precedence). |
Sentinel/Gemalto HASP Licenses
Sentinel HASP licenses are the "traditional" licensing method for Charon emulator products. Main characteristics:
Software and hardware (dongle) licenses.
Based on third-party vendor solution.
Require special third-party license driver software (provided as part of the Charon product kits).
Installed on Charon host or separate license server.
Problematic in cloud environments.
USB dongles are a flexible and host-hardware independent solution for on-premises installations.
The customer is billed for the license by Stromasys.
Please refer to the section License Management Overview for Charon-PAR for details about managing such licenses.
Charon Automatic Licensing for Cloud Environments
When installing Charon AL from a supported cloud marketplace, the cloud instance automatically receives a license at first launch. The license server must be reachable via a cloud-specific public IP address. The license server is operated by Stromasys. The customer is billed by the cloud provider.
This option is currently not available for Charon-PAR.
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Virtual Environment (VE) Licenses
Other license types have drawbacks that prompted the development of VE licenses:
USB dongles are not suitable for cloud environments. Their use in VMware environments is complex.
Sentinel software licenses are easy to install in a cloud or VMware environment. However, their ties to real hardware characteristics also make it easy to inadvertently invalidate them in such environments. Hence, they are not suited for use in cloud environments and difficult to use on VMware. Other Sentinel software license types do not provide the same level of license security.
Charon automatic licensing does not allow a customer-specific environment in the cloud without Internet access. This is not suitable for many customers who require a private cloud network environment complying with their own security and management policies.
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Software licenses only.
Developed by Stromasys.
Installed on the Charon host or separate license server.
Require the Charon VE license server software.
Require matching Charon VE emulator software.
The customer is billed for the license by Stromasys.
Support at the time of writing:
VE license server availability: supported clouds (at the time of writing: AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP, Nutanix, and IBM), VMware environments, and physical servers.
Charon emulator product support: Charon-SSP products, Charon-PAR (starting with version 3.0.6).
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Initial License Configuration for VE Licenses
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