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Menu launcher

Execute the following command:

to display the Toolkit menu:

Putty configuration

Colors

Recommended color scheme for 'putty' is (all other values can remain as they are by default):

Hint: in case the background color is black, the blue color used for some output could be difficult to read. It is possible to switch to an alternate color from the 'Preferences' menu option. This requires the terminal emulator to support 256 colors (xterm).

Line drawing

If the menu does not correctly display line drawing, you can change some parameters in putty.

Putty version 0.71 and above

Set the new parameter "UTF8linedraw=1"

• on Linux, add a line in .putty/sessions/yoursession containing this parameter (above)
• on Windows, change settings from "Window" → "Translation" pane and check the button "Enable VT100 line drawing even in UTF-8 mode"

You can keep your locale / codepage as UTF-8.

Putty version 0.70 and below

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:

• Starting with kit version 1.48, it is possible to disable line drawing (semi-graphics) 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

Menu Options

• Install/Upgrade/Remove Charon
• Network Configuration Utility
• HASP license details
• Sentinel Admin Control Center
• 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 - Connect to guest console
  • VM management - Connect to Remote Management Console
  • VM management - Edit configuration files
  • VM management - Manage 'systemd' services
  • VM management - View latest guest log file
  • VM management - Create/Edit guest stop script
  • VM management - Create/Edit guest pre-start script
  • VM management - Create/Edit guest check/run 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