Configure systems in SAP Cloud Connector

February 6, 2023 · View on GitHub

Introduction

In this section you are going to configure the SAP Cloud Connector to connect your SAP S/4HANA on-premise system with your SAP Business Technology Platform subaccount.

Find more details about the installation of the SAP Cloud Connector on help.sap.com

Configure Systems in SAP Cloud Connector for access with technical user

  1. If you don't have an SAP Cloud Connector installed yet (for example, because you have set up the SAP S/4HANA system via the SAP Cloud Appliance library), please go through the installation steps described on help.sap.com.

  2. In a Web browser, enter: https://<hostname> : <port>.

    • <hostname> refers to the machine on which the Cloud Connector is installed. If installed on your machine, you can simply enter localhost.
    • <port> is the Cloud Connector port specified during installation (the default port is 8443).

    On the logon screen, enter Administrator / manage (case sensitive) for User Name / Password.

    Hint: adjust the port if you specified another one during the installation. Potentially you might have to use the external IP of your system.

  3. Choose Add Subaccount and enter the following data. The required information can be found in your SAP BTP subaccount overview.

    • Region
    • Subaccount
    • Display Name
    • Subaccount User
    • Password Select Region from the list with values from subaccount Copy Subaccount ID from SAP BTP subaccount overview Continue with Save.

  4. Navigate to Cloud to On-Premise.

  5. To add a new system mapping click on the + icon on the right site. System Mapping

  6. In the pop-up window select ABAP System as a Backend Type and then choose Next. Select Backend Type

  7. Select HTTPS as a Protocol and then choose Next.

    Select Protocol

  8. Enter your values for the fields: Internal Host and Internal Port then choose Next.

    Provide Internal Host and port of your SAP S/4HANA on-premise system

    Provide the actual hostname and port of your S/4HANA on-premise system!

  9. Provide a virtual hostname and port that will later on be used in Destinations to reach your on S/4HANA on-premise system using the SAP Cloud Connector. Those values don't exist yet - choose a name for the virtual host yourself. Select Virtual Hostname and port

  10. Choose Principal Type None and press Next.

  11. Select Use Virtual Host for Host in header and choose Next.

    Select Use Virtual Host for Host in header

  12. Add a Description for your system mapping.

  13. Don´t forget to check the Internal Host checkmark and double-check if all values are correct and finish the setup with Finish.

    Check internal host checkbox

  14. Click on Button + to add a resource. Button

  15. Provide the resource configuration as shown in the screenshot to give SAP BTP access to certain paths in the S/4HANA on-premise system.

    • URL Path
    • Check Path and all sub-paths
    • Description

    Enter data

Create SAP BTP Destination

  1. Open your SAP BTP Account in the SAP BTP Cockpit and navigate to your subaccount

  2. Choose Connectivity in the menu on the left then choose Cloud Connectors to check the host details.
    Check Connectivity

  3. Go back to Connectivity in the menu on the left, navigate to Destinations and create a New Destination. Create a new destination

  4. Enter the following information for the destination configuration:

    • Name: BusinessPartner
    • Url: http://myvirtualhost:44300 (or in general http://virtualhost:virtualport)
    • Proxy Type: OnPremise
    • Authentication: 'Basic Authentication'
    • Username: technical user of the SAP S/4HANA on-premie system you have created in one of the previous steps
    • Password: password of the technical user
    • Optional: Add location Id (In case of multiple SAP Cloud Connector instances)

  5. Additionally, provide the following properties using the New Property button:

    • WebIDEEnabled: true
    • WebIDEUsage: odata_abap
    • sap-client: 100 (or the client you want to connect to)
    • HTML5.DynamicDestination: true Configure Destination

  6. Save the destination.

optionally you can also check the connection.