SAP BTP Cloud Platform

Related Skills

• sap-btp-best-practices: Use for architectural best practices, account setup guidance, and production deployment patterns
• sap-cap-capire: Use for CAP application development on BTP Cloud Foundry or Kyma environments
• sap-fiori-tools: Use for deploying Fiori applications to BTP or configuring BTP destinations
• sap-ai-core: Use when implementing AI/ML workloads on BTP or setting up AI services
• sap-abap: Use when working with ABAP Environment on BTP or extending S/4HANA Cloud
• sap-btp-connectivity: Use for setting up secure connections to on-premise systems via Cloud Connector
• sap-btp-service-manager: Use for programmatic service instance management on BTP

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when setting up or operating SAP BTP accounts, directories, subaccounts, Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP Environment, entitlements, quotas, role collections, CLI tooling, MTA deployments, connectivity, CI/CD, extensions, or platform troubleshooting.

Quick Start

1. Identify the target commercial account type, region, and subaccount.
2. Enable the runtime environment: Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP Environment, or trial/free tier.
3. Configure identity, roles, entitlements, and quotas before deploying workloads.
4. Use btp and cf CLI examples in Tools for repeatable setup.
5. Switch to related skills for implementation depth: sap-cap-capire, sap-fiori-tools, sap-btp-connectivity, or sap-btp-service-manager.

Comprehensive reference for SAP Business Technology Platform covering all runtime environments, account management, security, and operations.

Documentation Source: https://github.com/SAP-docs/sap-btp-cloud-platform SAP Help Portal: https://help.sap.com/docs/btp SAP Discovery Center: https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/

Table of Contents

• 1. Platform Overview
• 2. Account Model
• 3. Environments
• 4. Commercial Models
• 5. Entitlements and Quotas
• 6. Regions and Infrastructure
• 7. User Management
• 8. Tools
• 9. Security Essentials
• 10. Connectivity
• 11. Development Patterns
• 12. CI/CD
• 13. Extensions
• 14. High Availability and Resilience
• 15. Operations and Monitoring
• 16. Support
• Bundled Resources
• Source Documentation

1. Platform Overview

SAP BTP integrates five technology portfolios: Application Development, Process Automation, Integration, Data & Analytics, and AI. Provides suite qualities: SAP Fiori UX, Cloud Identity Services, Master Data Integration, embedded analytics, SAP Task Center, and SAP Cloud ALM.

2. Account Model

Hierarchy

Global Account → Directory (optional) → Subaccount (region-specific)
                                    ↓ CF: Org → Spaces
                                    ↓ Kyma: Cluster → Namespaces
                                    ↓ ABAP: System instance

Key Entities

• Global Account: Contract with SAP, region-independent, manages entitlements
• Directory: Organizational container, up to 7 levels, optional entitlement management
• Subaccount: Region-specific deployment target hosting apps and services
• Labels: Metadata tags (up to 10 values per label)

Account Types

• Trial: 90-day free exploration (4GB memory, 10 routes, 40 services, daily stops)
• Enterprise: Production use based on commercial contract
• Free Tier: Long-term testing with service-specific limits, no SLA

3. Environments

SAP BTP offers four runtime environments at the subaccount level:

Cloud Foundry Environment

Open PaaS with polyglot support. Features: multiple buildpacks (Java, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP), spaces for separation, auto-scaling, SAP HANA integration.

cf login -a https://api.cf.<region>.hana.ondemand.com
cf push my-app
cf bind-service my-app my-service-instance

Structure: Subaccount → Org (1:1) → Spaces

Kyma Environment

Managed Kubernetes runtime based on open-source Kyma.

• Default Modules: istio (service mesh), api-gateway, btp-operator
• Optional Modules: serverless, eventing, application-connector, telemetry, keda Structure: Subaccount → Cluster (1:1) → Namespaces

ABAP Environment

Cloud ABAP development with RAP, CDS, SAP Fiori integration, ADT, 1:1 SAP HANA database per system. Use Cases: Extend S/4HANA Cloud, build new cloud applications, transform ABAP custom code

Neo Environment

Status: Sunsetting December 31, 2028. Recommendation: Migrate to CF/Kyma.

4. Commercial Models

Consumption-Based

Access all eligible services with flexible usage. Flavors: SAP BTPEA, CPEA, Pay-As-You-Go. Benefits: Switch services on/off, access current and future services.

Subscription-Based

Fixed cost for selected services, pay irrespective of consumption. Additional services require contract modification.

Best Practice: Use consumption-based for pilots, subscription for stable workloads.

5. Entitlements and Quotas

Definitions

• Entitlement: Right to provision and consume a service plan
• Quota: Numeric quantity of consumption allowed
• Service Plan: Variant of a service (e.g., t-shirt sizes)

Quota Types

• Fixed: Upper limit (subscription model)
• Unlimited: No limit, billed by usage (consumption model)

Distribution Flow

Global Account → Directory (reserves) → Subaccount (consumes) → CF Space (optional)

6. Regions and Infrastructure

Region Providers

Key Considerations

• Each subaccount assigned to exactly one region
• Multi-region requires separate deployments
• EU Access available in specific regions for compliance
• API endpoints vary by region instance

Availability Zones

Multi-AZ deployment for high availability:

• Isolated power, network, cooling
• Automatic failover within region
• Both CF and Kyma support multi-AZ

7. User Management

User Types

Identity Providers

Authorization Flow

Identity Provider
    ↓
SAP BTP (Shadow Users)
    ↓
Role Collections
    ↓
Application/Service Access

8. Tools

Key Tools Overview

• Administration: SAP BTP Cockpit (web), btp CLI (automation), REST APIs, Terraform, SAP Automation Pilot
• Development: SAP Business Application Studio (VS Code-based), SAP Build (low-code), SAP Cloud SDK (Java/JS), ADT for Eclipse (ABAP)
• Kubernetes/Kyma: kubectl, kubelogin (OIDC), Helm, Pack (buildpacks), Docker Desktop

Essential CLI Commands

# btp CLI
btp login --url https://cpcli.cf.<region>.hana.ondemand.com
btp list accounts/subaccount
btp create accounts/subaccount --display-name "Dev"
btp assign security/role-collection "Subaccount Administrator" --to-user user@example.com

# CF CLI
cf login -a https://api.cf.<region>.hana.ondemand.com
cf target -o my-org -s my-space
cf push my-app
cf bind-service my-app my-service

# kubectl
kubectl get pods -n my-namespace
kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml
kubectl logs -f deployment/my-app

9. Security Essentials

Authentication

Recommended: Corporate IdP → SAP Cloud Identity Services → SAP BTP

XSUAA provides OAuth 2.0 authorization, role-based access control, and application security descriptors (xs-security.json).

Trust Configuration

1. Configure Identity Authentication tenant
2. Establish trust in subaccount
3. Map role collections to IdP groups
4. Assign users via role collections

Best Practices

• Use TLS 1.2+ (mandatory)
• Enable MFA for administrators
• Maintain backup administrators in default IdP
• Use provisioning over federation for production
• Implement audit logging

10. Connectivity

Destinations

Connect to remote systems without hardcoding URLs. Key authentication methods:

• NoAuthentication (public APIs)
• OAuth2ClientCredentials (service-to-service)
• OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion (user propagation)
• PrincipalPropagation (on-premise with Cloud Connector)

Cloud Connector

Secure tunnel for on-premise connectivity with no inbound firewall ports, fine-grained access control, RFC/HTTP support, and principal propagation.

11. Development Patterns

Programming Models

• CAP: Java/Node.js/TypeScript for enterprise services, domain-driven development
• ABAP Cloud: Cloud-ready ABAP with RAP

Multi-Target Applications (MTA)

Package multiple modules for deployment. Core structure includes modules (app types: nodejs, html5) and resources (services like hana).

Application Router

Single entry point providing static content serving, user authentication, URL rewriting, and request forwarding to microservices.

12. CI/CD

SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery

Managed service supporting Cloud Foundry apps (Fiori, CAP), SAP Fiori for ABAP Platform, and SAP Integration Suite artifacts.

Pipeline Setup

1. Activate service in BTP cockpit
2. Assign Administrator/Developer roles
3. Configure repository credentials
4. Add code repository (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos)
5. Create and configure CI/CD jobs

Delivery Options

• CI/CD: Java/HTML5/CAP, Kyma apps (Cloud Integration in development)
• Cloud Transport Mgmt: Java/HTML5/CAP, Cloud Integration, SAP Build Work Zone

13. Extensions

Extension Architecture

Build loosely coupled extensions: SAP Solution → APIs & Events → SAP BTP Extension → Custom Business Logic

System Registration

1. Register systems in global account
2. Create formations (logical groupings)
3. Enable API/event exchange
4. Deploy extensions

Supported Solutions

• Cloud Foundry: S/4HANA Cloud, Marketing Cloud, SuccessFactors
• Kyma: Above + Commerce Cloud, Field Service Management

14. High Availability and Resilience

Resilience Strategies

• Multi-AZ: Deploy across availability zones
• Multi-Region: Deploy across geographic regions
• In-Metro DR: Synchronous replication within region

Failover Implementation

1. Deploy in two data centers
2. Keep applications synchronized (CI/CD)
3. Define failover detection (5xx errors, timeouts)
4. Plan failback procedure

SLAs

• RPO: Maximum 5 minutes data loss
• RTO: Service restoration within 2 hours

15. Operations and Monitoring

Key Tools

• SAP Cloud ALM: Real user and health monitoring
• SAP Cloud Logging: Observability across CF, Kyma
• SAP Alert Notification: Multi-channel notifications
• Audit Log Viewer: Activity tracking

Best Practices

• Deploy multiple application instances
• Implement Application Autoscaler
• Use blue-green deployment for updates
• Set up automated alerting
• Regular compliance verification

16. Support

Getting Support

• SAP for Me: https://me.sap.com/
• SAP Community: https://community.sap.com/
• Support Components: BC-CP-* (component codes)

Operating Model

• SAP manages: Platform software updates, infrastructure monitoring, BTP service monitoring, global account provisioning
• You manage: Account strategy, application development and security, role assignments and integrations, application monitoring

Bundled Resources

Reference Documentation

For detailed guidance, see the 13 reference files:

• references/glossary.md - Complete terminology (40+ terms)
• references/cloud-foundry.md - CF development and administration
• references/kyma.md - Kyma runtime and Kubernetes patterns
• references/abap.md - ABAP environment, RAP, CDS
• references/security.md - Authentication, authorization, identity
• references/connectivity.md - Destinations, Cloud Connector
• references/development.md - Development patterns, MTA, Application Router
• references/administration.md - Account management, btp CLI
• references/operations.md - Monitoring, alerting, logging
• references/extensions.md - SAP solution extensions, formations
• references/tools.md - CLI references, development tools
• references/troubleshooting.md - Common issues and solutions
• references/regions-endpoints.md - Region-specific API endpoints

Source Documentation

• https://github.com/SAP-docs/sap-btp-cloud-platform
• https://help.sap.com/docs/btp
• https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/

Last Verified: 2025-11-27