1 Charon-PAR Software Packaging and Installation
- 1.1 Installing Charon-PAR from RPM Installation Packages
  - 1.1.1 Charon-PAR RPM Software Packages Overview
    - 1.1.1.1 Charon-PAR Versions 3.0.10 and Later
    - 1.1.1.2 Charon-PAR Versions 3.0.9 and Older
    - 1.1.1.3 Additional Information
  - 1.1.2 Charon-PAR RPM Installation Command Overview
  - 1.1.3 Sentinel Runtime RPM Installation
  - 1.1.4 Installing the Charon-PAR RPM Packages
  - 1.1.5 Location of Charon-PAR Files
  - 1.1.6 Post-Installation Tasks
  - 1.1.7 Installing PuTTY
- 1.2 Charon-PAR Cloud-specific Marketplace Image Overview
2 Installing the Linux Toolkit (Optional)
3 Sentinel HASP License Driver Post-Installation Tasks

Important information for Charon-PAR software upgrades:

Upgrading to this Charon-PAR from an older version requires a license update (independent of license type used). Please contact your VAR or Stromasys representative to plan the update.
Applicable to HASP licenses only: Charon-PAR version 3.0 and higher is incompatible with licenses of earlier versions. Earlier product versions are incompatible with licenses for Charon-PAR 3.0 and higher. Charon-PAR/PA3 licenses for version 3.0 are not backward compatible for emulators running with version 2.x.

Charon-PAR Software Packaging and Installation

The Charon-PAR software can be provided in different formats. At the time of writing, the following software packaging was available:

A set of RPM packages for installations on all supported platforms and environments.
A marketplace AMI containing the base operating system and the preinstalled Charon-PAR software. At the time of writing, this format was planned for AWS and Azure. Please contact your Stromasys representative for details about availability on AWS and other cloud platforms. The Appendix of this document contains basic information about setting up a cloud instance.

Installing Charon-PAR from RPM Installation Packages

Charon-PAR RPM Software Packages Overview

Charon-PAR is provided as a set of RPM-packages. This set is different for versions before 3.0.10 and version 3.0.10 and later.

Charon-PAR Versions 3.0.10 and Later

In version 3.0.10, Charon-PAR is provided as one self-extracting archive containing all the RPM packages:

charon-par-<version>.sh

Starting with version 3.0.11, Charon-PAR is provided as one self-extracting archive per Linux major version: one archive each for Linux 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x.

charon-par-<version>.el7.sh
charon-par-<version>.el8.sh
charon-par-<version>.el9.sh

To unpack the archive, perform the following steps:

Go to the directory where the package is stored.
Run the archive shell script: # sh <archive-name>
Accept the EULA. To successfully unpack the archive, the end-user license agreement must be accepted.
After this, the software packages making up the Charon-PAR kit will be extracted into a version-specific sub-directory of the current working directory of the user.

Example:

$ sh charon-par-3.0.11-22700-54a67939.el8.sh
Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing Stromasys product packages installer  100%  
End User License Agreement for : STROMASYS SOFTWARE.

NOTICE TO USER ("LICENSEE", “YOU” or “YOUR”): THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS

<lines removed>

Please confirm EULA (yes/no) > yes
EULA accepted
gpg: AES256.CFB encrypted data
gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase

$ ls charon-par-3.0.11-22700-54a67939
aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm
aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64.rpm
Charon_Idle_0.02.depot
charon-license-1.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
charon-license-certs-1.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
charon-license-hasp-1.2.0-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
charon-mtd-4.11-20406.el8.x86_64.rpm
charon-par-3.0.11-22700.54a67939.el8.x86_64.rpm
EULA.txt
xhpterm-free-3.0.11-22700.54a67939.el8.x86_64.rpm

Please note that gzip, md5sum, cksum, gpg, tar, and openssl are required to successfully unpack the RPMs.

The following table lists the installation packages available in the archives.

Placeholders:

<version> - version of the package, e.g. 3.0.11-22700.54a67939
<linux-version> - major version of the Linux host operating system, i.e., el7, el8, or el9

Package	Description

Package	Description
Charon-PAR legal end-user license agreement
`charon-license-<version>.x86_64.rpm`	Mandatory package. End-user license agreement text will be installed in /opt/charon/doc.
Sentinel runtime environment and utilities. Required for licensing the Charon-PAR software using Sentinel HASP licenses.
`aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm`	32-bit package for CentOS/RHEL/Oracle Linux 7.x; requires 32-bit glibc package
`aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64.rpm`	64-bit package for RHEL 7.7 and higher; RHEL/CentOS/Oracle/Rocky LInux 8. (see also https://docs.sentinel.thalesgroup.com/ldk/LDKdocs/rte/linux-rh-suse-centos.html)
`charon-license-hasp-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpm`	HASP license management utilities and libraries.
Charon-PAR emulator
`charon-par-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpm`	Charon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc.
Charon-PAR utilities
`charon-mtd-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpm`	Charon-PAR tape utility for Linux
`xhpterm-free-<version>.<linux-version>.x86_64.rpm`	Terminal emulation for block mode applications
Additional Packages
`charon-license-certs-<version>.x86_64.rpm`	Sample certificates for the new custom certificate feature of the VE license server. Support planned for Charon-PAR 3.0.11 and later.
`Charon_Idle_0.02.depot`	Optional HP-UX package to enable the power save feature in HP-UX running in an emulator.

Please note: the VE license server RPM package is not part of the Charon-PAR set of RPM packages. Stromasys or your Stromasys VAR will provide you with the software or a download link. Prepackaged cloud marketplace images include the VE license server RPM (in /charon/storage).

Charon-PAR Versions 3.0.9 and Older

The following table lists the available installation packages.
Support for RHEL 9.x and derivatives was added in Charon-PAR version 3.0.8.