Intended Audience
This user's guide is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, or manage the Stromasys Charon-SSP processor/platform virtualization software based on the Charon-SSP images available on the Google Cloud (GCP) marketplace. A general working knowledge of PC operating systems and their conventions is expected.
Overview of the relevant documentation for Charon-SSP for GCP:
- This Getting Started Guide covers the basic installation and setup of the Charon-SSP for Google Cloud product variants, These appliance packages contain the full software set including the underlying Linux host operating system.
- Product features, configuration, and management of the Charon-SSP products are covered in the general Charon-SSP User's Guide.
- VE (Virtual Environment) licenses are covered in the VE License Server User's Guide.
- The Release Notes of your product provide important information regarding known problems and possible workarounds.
If you require additional information about this product, please contact Stromasys at the regional addresses below or at Team.Support.GCP@Stromasys.com, or contact your Stromasys VAR.
Document Structure
The document contains the following main sections:
- Introduction to Charon-SSP: overview of emulator concepts.
- Virtual Hardware and Guest OS Supported by Charon-SSP for Cloud: list of supported virtual hardware and supported guest operating systems.
- Setting up a Charon-SSP GCP Cloud Instance: basic steps to create and launch a Charon-SSP AWS EC2 instance.
- Installing the Charon-SSP Manager: the Charon-SSP Manager must be installed on a local system to access and manage the Charon-SSP AWS EC2 host and the emulated systems running on it.
- Accessing the Charon-SSP GCP Instance: explains how to use SSH, SFTP, and the Charon-SSP Manager to access the instance, and how to set the initial management password.
- Additional Charon-SSP GCP Instance Configuration: steps to add additional storage and network interfaces.
Obtaining Documentation
The latest released version of this manual and other related documentation are available on the Stromasys support website at Product Documentation and Knowledge Base.
Obtaining Technical Assistance or General Product Information
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Several support channels are available to cover the Charon virtualization products.
If you have a support contract with Stromasys, please visit http://www.stromasys.com/support/ for up-to-date support telephone numbers and business hours. Alternatively, the support center is available via email at support@stromasys.com.
If you purchased a Charon product through a Value-Added Reseller (VAR), please contact them directly.
Obtaining General Product Information
If you require information in addition to what is available on the Stromasys Product Documentation and Knowledge Base and on the Stromasys web site you can contact the Stromasys team using https://www.stromasys.com/contact/, or by sending an email to info@stromasys.com.
For further information on purchases and the product best suited to your requirements, you can also contact your regional sales team by phone:
| Region | Phone | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Americas | +1 919 239 8450 | Stromasys LLC |
| Europe, Middle-East and Africa | +41 22 794 1070 | Avenue Louis-Casai 84 |
Conventions
Notation | Description |
$ | The dollar sign in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for VMS. The dollar sign can also indicate non superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
# | The number sign represents the superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
| > | The right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for Windows command (cmd.exe). |
| Bold monospace type in interactive examples indicates typed user input. |
| Bold monospace type enclosed by angle brackets indicates command parameters and parameter values. |
| Monospace type in interactive examples, indicates command response output. |
[ ] | In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional. |
... | In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times. |
| Italic monospace type, in interactive examples, indicates typed context dependent user input. |
Definitions
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | The system on which the emulator runs, also called the Charon server |
| Guest | The operating system running on a Charon instance, for example, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Solaris, MPE or HP-UX |