Contents
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, or manage the Stromasys Charon-SSP Virtual Environment (VE) license server. A general working knowledge of PC operating systems and their conventions is expected.
VE stands for "Virtual Environment". At the time of writing, this term refers to supported cloud environments only. For Charon-SSP products using such licenses, customers must purchase their license from Stromasys. This is different from the cloud-specific Charon-SSP Automatic Licensing (AL) images where licensing is configured automatically when the cloud instance is launched.
This guide covers the Charon-SSP VE License Server software. This package contains a license server application that can be installed in customer-specific AWS, OCI, GCP and Azure environments (the list of supported platforms may be extended in the future). This licensing option is adapted to the special requirements of a cloud environment and simplifies the process of running Charon-SSP in customer-specific cloud environments. The license server is managed by the customer.
VE licenses provided by a VE license server require a specific variant of the Charon-SSP software (available starting with Charon-SSP version 4.2.x). The tests in this guide were partially performed with a pre-release of version 4.2. For a full description of Charon-SSP version 4.2 aspects that are not related to the specifics of the VE license application, please refer to the Charon-SSP user's guide.
For additional information about this product, please contact Stromasys at the regional addresses below or contact your Stromasys VAR.
Structure of this Document
The document contains the following sections:
- Charon-SSP Cloud-based VE License Server Overview: brief overview of license server topologies.
- Installing the VE License Server and the Charon-SSP Packages: installation of the license server software in cloud environments, and installation of the VE-enabled Charon-SSP emulator software.
- Installing a License on the VE License Server: steps for requesting and installing a Charon-SSP product license on the license server.
- Configuring Charon-SSP to Use a VE License Server: steps for configuring Charon-SSP to use the VE license server.
- Operational Information and Logging: information that may be helpful when operating a VE license server. For example, log file locations and samples.
- Updating a VE License: steps for updating a license, for example, when the expiration date approaches.
- Additional Information: supplemental information about installing a Linux cloud instance, about installing and starting the Charon Manager on a Linux or Windows management system, and about cloud-specific firewall considerations.
Please note:
- Cloud providers may change their management GUI without prior warning. Hence, the screenshots in this document may not always reflect the latest GUI appearance of the cloud provider. However, they will still provide an illustration of the described configuration steps.
In general, the sample outputs in this document may show different versions than the one documented in this manual, but they are still representative of what a user will see.
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 |