All Stromasys CHARON virtual machine software products are licensed using a Sentinel HASP (Hardware Against Software Piracy) key. To use these products you must have both the physical key and a valid license file loaded on to it. The following CHARON-SSP products require this license key to operate:

CHARON-SSP/4M for Linux
CHARON-SSP/4U for Linux
CHARON-SSP Virtual Environment

The following products work with the licensed products, but do not require the HASP a license themselves:

CHARON-SSP Manager for Linux
CHARON-SSP Manager for Windows
CHARON-SSP Agent for Linux

Licensing CHARON-SSP for Linux

It is possible to gather license information and apply license keys using a collection of tools. These different tools provide both command line and GUI interfaces to managing the licenses for CHARON-SSP products. They also allow for licenses to be managed either locally on the host system or remotely from a client (running either GNU/Linux or Microsoft Windows).

All licensing techniques follow the same basic four steps:

Generate a C2V (customer to vendor) key information file;
Submit the C2V information to Stromasys Orders Administration;
Receive one or more V2C (vendor to customer) license key files; and
Apply the V2C files to the local system.

The following sections describe how to apply each of these steps using the different tools available.

For customers licensed with USB HASP keys; please note these keys contain a built-in battery, which must not be completely discharged. It is recommended that unused keys are connected to spare USB ports from time to time for charging. In the event that a key fails, do not discard the key. Please contact Stromasys Customer Support immediately.