Table of contents

Important note

This document applies to Charon-PAR Linux Toolkit version 1.3 and version 1.4.

• If Charon-AXP/VAX is installed on the same server as Charon-PAR, the Charon-AXP/VAX Linux Toolkit cannot be installed if the Charon-PAR Linux Toolkit is installed (not compatible).
• The toolkit is designed to work with HASP licenses only, VE license server installation is not supported

Kit download

To download the kit, you must issue a request via email to the Stromasys support team (support@stromasys.com) or ask your reseller

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Unix commands
  
  
• Basic knowledge of Charon products
  
  

• Charon qualified versions:

  • Charon-PAR 2.0
  • Charon-PAR 2.1
  • Charon-PAR 3.0.0
  • Charon-PAR 3.0.1 to 3.0.5 (maximum 3.0.3 for kit version 1.3)
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• Scripts have been tested and validated on the following Linux distributions/versions:

  • CentOS 7 & 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7 & 8
    

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• Some packages have to be installed on the Charon server:
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  • Mandatory packages:
    • glibc.i686
    • bc
    • ed
    • usbutils
    • perl
    • at
      
      
  • Recommended packages:
    • telnet : recommended for connection from the Charon server to the virtual machine console (text mode)
    • putty : recommended for connection from the Charon server to the virtual machine console (GUI)
    • expect : recommended if ssh cannot be used to execute shutdown commands from the console
    • rsh: recommended if rsh method is to be used for Charon instance clean shutdown
    • evince : recommended for reading online documentation
    • postfix : recommended, Mail Transport Agent used to send emails

    • firefox : recommended for checking and updating licenses, accessing online documentation
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• All described operations will have to be performed on the Charon server and logged in as 'root' (no other user supported). 
  
  • The 'menu' can be executed as a non root user but with limited possibilities. In this case "Not root!" will be displayed on the top left on the menu.
  • To run the 'menu' via a sudo command, so without the restrictions mentioned above, use: $ sudo /opt/charon/utils/charon_menu

  • It is also possible to allow non root users to run the 'menu' and other related command lines without being 'root'. This must be enabled first as root in the "12 - Preferences" menu option then "8 - Access 'menu' using 'sudo'"
    
  • The 'menu' must be used by one user at a time only
    
• Mail service must have been configured. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...

Note related to display/edit options

Some menu options will allow you to display or edit files using available editors (if installed) between:

Select the one you prefer or refer to 'man pages' for more information on available ones.

Note related to emails

There are 2 kinds of emails:

Do not use Stromasys email address to send results directly, for example to support@stromasys.com. The sender will be unknown to us, it is then recommended to send results to yourself first and to forward us the email you received.

Both use 'sendmail' command to send emails. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...