SAP Cloud Connector with BTP Step by Step (2022)

What is SAP Cloud Connector ?

SAP Cloud Connector is an application that can be installed on Windows, Linux or Mac OS. It creates a secure connection to the SAP cloud, so SAP cloud products can communicate safely with systems in a customer's on-premise or private cloud landscape.

Prerequisites

1. SAP Cloud Connector access
2. SAP BTP account access

Step-by-Step Configuration

1

Log in to SAP Cloud Connector

Open your Cloud Connector administration URL and sign in with your user name and password.

2

Add a Subaccount

Click the Connector tab, then click the + Add Subaccount button.

3

Open your BTP subaccount

Go to your BTP cockpit and click the subaccount you want to connect to SAPCC. Under Connectivity > Cloud Connectors you will see that no cloud connector is connected yet.

4

Note the Subaccount ID and Region

Click the Overview tab and note down the Subaccount ID and Region. You will need both in Cloud Connector.

5

Fill in the subaccount details in Cloud Connector

Go back to Cloud Connector and complete the form:

• Region: the region where your BTP subaccount exists
• Subaccount: your BTP Subaccount ID
• Login E-Mail / Password: your BTP login credentials
• Description: any short description

Then click Save.

6

Verify the subaccount was added

Your BTP subaccount now appears in the dashboard.

The Status column shows orange because no resources have been allowed yet.

7

Map your S/4 HANA system

Open the Cloud To On-Premise tab and click the + button to add a virtual mapping.

a) Back-end type

Select ABAP System and click Next.

b) Protocol

Select your desired protocol (HTTP, HTTPS, RFC, etc.) and click Next.

c) Internal host and port

Enter your SAP S/4HANA address.

Enter the Internal Host without http:// or https://, because the protocol was already selected in the previous step.

d) Virtual host and port

The virtual host masks your real system address. In BTP it acts as the local address, so choose a name that follows your Basis guidelines (for example dev.virtual.host with port 8000).

e) Principal type

Select the principal type. In this tutorial we choose None.

f) Host in request header

Select Use Virtual Host, since we will use the virtual host in BTP to access S/4.

g) Description

Enter an optional description and click Next.

h) Summary

On the summary page, uncheck Check Internal Host and click Finish.

8

Check availability

Your mapping is now listed. Click the Check Availability icon.

If everything is correct, the Check Result shows Reachable in green.

9

Add resources

Click the + button above Resources of dev.virtual.host:8000. Add the paths you want to expose (OData, web services, etc.). To expose everything, enter / as the URL Path.

Set the following:

• Active: checked
• Access Policy: Path And All Sub-Paths

In this example the following paths were added:

• /plugins/pluginrepository
• /sap/bc/adt
• /sap/bc/ui5_ui5
• /sap/opu/odata

Exposing / makes the whole system reachable. For production, add only the specific paths you need.

10

Confirm the tunnel is connected

Click your created connection in the left panel and go to Tunnel Information. The status should be Connected.

In the Connector tab, the orange mark is gone and a green status is shown.

11

Verify in the BTP cockpit

Go to your BTP subaccount and refresh the browser. Your Cloud Connector now appears in the Cloud Connectors tab, with the exposed back-end system listed as Available.

Done! Your SAP Cloud Connector is now linked to your BTP subaccount.