Cloud Connector and SAP CAL (ABAP Trial 7.40 with BW)

[Former Member]

Hi!

I'm trying to get access to an oData-service that exists on my CAL-Instance.

I've managed to set up Cloud Connector and have it running together with the HCP.

When I create a virtual system, it cannot be found when I try to create a destination in HCP.

However, if I use the real domain (http://abapci.dummy.nodomain:5000) I can create a destination.

But, when using that destination, I always receive a "Forbidden" answer in the WEB IDE when trying to consume the oData metadata.

I Followed the "Getting started with SAP Netweaver Application Server  for ABAP...." and opened up the ports on the ABAP Server instance, but still no go.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Regards,

Magnus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

OK, back to square one I guess...

This is what I have done so far:

Created a new instance of the ABAP AS 7.40 with BW on Hana DB SP08 DevEdt from SAP CAL.

Updated Cloud Connector to 2.6.1.1

In the Principal Propagation Tab I see following:

How do I create the certificates needed using XCA?

I'm a bit lost as to what is really needed here...

This is how my setup looks like:

HANA CLOUD PLATFORM (trial)

AWS Instance running an NW AS ABAP Server and a Front End Server

CC is installed on the same server running NW AS ABAP

I have done all initial configurations, and I'm able to see the Cloud Connector in the Cloud Cockpit.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

After a couple of hours banging my head against the wall and the keyboard, I managed to see this in the WEBIDE

This is how my destination looks like:

I created a connection where the Virtual and "Real" domain name were the same, and it seems to be the trick.

As for the Certificates... I just imported the same certificate that I'm using for SCN and everything else SAP-related.

Will try to create a new virtual host with a different name, but with the same settings as above in order to check if it might work

[MarkusTolksdorf · Accepted solution]

Hi Magnus,

do you really want to use Principal Propagation with the CAL system? This will require a trust setup as described in the respective documentation. Not a simple task. For the WebIDE setup you don't need it.

Best regards,

Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Sure Enough...

Gives

Error log in WEBIDE/HCP Cockpit:

2015-10-27T12:19:15,417+0000#4036112341#ERROR#HTTP protocol error occurred while connecting to remote host http://abap_server:50000. Reason: URI does not specify a valid host name: http:/sap/opu/odata/IWFND/CATALOGSERVICE;v=2/$metadata

Logging in HCC shows...Well... Nothing...

Which seems fair since we haven't the correct URI to begin with...

Any ideas why the Virtual Hostname is not picked up correctly?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Marcus

I changed to No Authorization (meaning that I will have to provide the password upon consumption of the service if I understand correctly).

I will try with Basic Authentication later on.

Do you know what might be causing the URI-error when using a Virtual host-name other than the Internal?

[MarkusTolksdorf · Accepted solution]

Hi Magnus,

this is a good question. As I don't know WebIDE internals I cannot comment on this.

Best regards,

Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I finally have an answer...

Since Underscore "_" is not a valid character in an URL,  the same constraints applies to the Virtual Hostname and thus it's throwing all kinds of errors.

Changed the "_" to a "." and it's working. YAY!