Installing the VE License Server Software

Please note: this section is only applicable to Charon-SSP VE cloud images where the included Charon-SSP VE License Server kit is to be installed on the Charon host system itself. For more information, and if you installed your host system using the Charon-SSP VE RPM packages, please refer to the Charon-SSP VE License Server Guide.

Charon-SSP for Virtual Environments (VE) requires at least one VE license server on the Charon host system itself or an a separate license server. The VE license server must run in a supported cloud environment. The software package is included in the Charon-SSP VE cloud image. The installation of the VE License Server package on the Charon host system is described below:

Step Description

1

Log into your cloud instance and become the root user on the Charon host in the cloud using the following commands:

$ ssh -i <path-to-private-key> sshuser@<ip-address-of-cloud-instance>
$ sudo -i

2

Go to the directory where the package has been stored (this location is applicable to the prepackaged Charon-SSP VE marketplace image):
# cd /charon/storage/

3

Install the package:
# yum install license-server-<version>.rpm

Sample installation:

# cd /charon/storage/

# yum install license-server-1.0.35.rpm 
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Examining license-server-1.0.35.rpm: license-server-1.0.35-1.x86_64
Marking license-server-1.0.35.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package license-server.x86_64 0:1.0.35-1 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package            Arch       Version         Repository                  Size
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Installing:
 license-server     x86_64     1.0.35-1        /license-server-1.0.35      79 M

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package

Total size: 79 M
Installed size: 79 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : license-server-1.0.35-1.x86_64                               1/1 
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/licensed.service to /etc/systemd/system/licensed.service.
  Verifying  : license-server-1.0.35-1.x86_64                               1/1 

Installed:
  license-server.x86_64 0:1.0.35-1                                              

Complete!