Purpose of this document

The Toolkit provides the following features:

• Manage start/stop virtual (emulated) machines, also named "guests" with services and customized shutdown commands:

  • Automatic start of the guests at Charon Linux server boot

  • Clean shutdown of the guests at Charon Linux server shutdown

  • Clean shutdown of one guest at will using customized shutdown scripts (using 'ssh', 'expect' or any customized tool)

• Monitor the Charon guests log file

  • Alert on removal of the license dongle

  • Send alerts for all :warn: and :err: messages found (depending on the error level setting)
    
    

• Alert on license approaching termination

  • Number of days before expiration alert is sent can be customized
    
    

• Provide menu driven options and command lines to:

  • Start/stop guests

  • Connect to guests console

  • Display license contents, gather license content and update (send C2V and apply V2C files)

  • Send configuration and log files by email

  • Edit configuration files

  • Gather Charon server information: Hardware, Operating System, Storage, Network interfaces, Charon version, Utilities version