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Menu launcher

Execute the following command:

to display the Toolkit menu:

Configuration

If the menu does not correctly display line drawing, change the terminal settings. If set to vt100 for example, you will see lowercase characters in place of menu borders.

To correct this, enter the following commands:

Notes:

• New TERM value can also be set to xterm
• Starting with version 1.48, it is possible to disable line drawing from the preferences menu

• If you’re using putty, you'll maybe have to force the Terminal-type string:
  
  
  
  and maybe Remote character set parameter:
  

  If you have issues with some characters that are not displayed correctly, please see this article: Cannot get correct line drawing on Linux/UNIX with Putty
  Recommended color scheme for 'putty' is (all other values can remain as they are by default):

  Color to adjust	Red	Green	Blue
  Default Foreground	0	0	0
  Default Foreground Bold	0	0	160
  Default Background	255	255	255
  Default Background Bold	192	192	192
  ANSI White	223	223	223

  
  

Menu Options

• Install/Upgrade/Remove CHARON
• Network Configuration Utility
• HASP license details
• License driver management (aksusbd)
• Request for New or Update license (send C2V file)
• License update tool (apply V2C file)
• License expiration check
• VM Management (add/remove VM, start, stop, console connection, ...)
  • VM management - Update guests list
  • VM management - Start/stop guests
  • VM management - View guest log file
  • VM management - Install, update or manage service
  • VM management - Create/Edit guest stop script
  • VM management - Connect to guest console
  • VM management - Edit configuration files
  • VM management - Create/Edit guest pre-start script
• Manage monitored guests logs
• Send configuration and log files via mail
• Preferences
• Manage recurring jobs: license expiration check, log events (cron)
• Alerts management
• Show host information (OS, HW, Charon version, utils and services)
• Documentation