Important notes

This document applies to Charon-AXP/VAX Linux Toolkit versions 1.59 and 1.60
If Charon-PAR is installed on the same server as Charon-AXP/VAX, the Charon-PAR Linux Toolkit cannot be installed if the Charon-AXP/VAX Linux Toolkit is installed (not compatible)

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

Basic knowledge of Unix commands
Basic knowledge of Charon products
Charon qualified versions:
- Charon-AXP V4.8 to V4.12 included
- Charon-VAX V4.8 to V4.12 included
Scripts have been tested and validated on the following Linux distributions/versions:
- CentOS 7.x and 8.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.x and 8.x
Only Linux installations setup with English language are supported. It is however possible to use an experimental option if necessary for non English languages (see the Release Notes, chapter "Kit version V1.54")
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Some packages have to be installed on the Charon server:

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

Editor	Interface	Description

Editor	Interface	Description
`gedit`	Graphical	Windows notepad like
`emacs`	Graphical	Windows notepad like, advanced
`nano`	Text	Basic text editor
`vi`	Text	Advanced users
`vim`	Text	Advanced users with more features (colored & highlights)
`gvim`	Graphical	Advanced users with more features (colored & highlights)

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

There are 2 kinds of emails:

Type	Description

Type

Description

Results

Some menu options will allow you to send results via email.

Example: license display, log and configuration files.

The recipient will then be unique

Alerts

By default, the alert script will send alerts via email (plus 'wall' notifications if enabled). A recipients list can be defined in this case.

Wall notification can be enabled/disabled from the menu
The alert script can be customized. You can for example use command lines linked to your monitoring software and disable emails.

Please note:

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, ...