*2023* Install an SAP ABAP Trial System The EASY Way | ABAP Platform Trial 1909
Summary
TLDRThis tutorial guides viewers on installing SAP's new trial platform for testing basic technical activities in an SAP system. It covers the installation of Docker Desktop, setting up WSL for Windows users, and downloading the SAP image. The video also details the system requirements, steps to run the SAP system via Docker, and how to use SAP GUI to log in. Additionally, it explains how to manage the Docker container and renew the license.
Takeaways
- đ The tutorial focuses on installing SAP's new trial platform for testing basic technical activities in an SAP system.
- đ« The trial system does not include functional areas or business modules like finance, sales, or logistics.
- đ» The tutorial is aimed at providing an orientation on navigating and working with SAP systems for educational purposes.
- đŠ Docker is used to deploy the SAP system, simplifying the installation process compared to past methods.
- đ„ïž Docker Desktop is required and available for both Windows and Mac OS.
- đ Windows users need the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Docker Desktop.
- đ A Docker account is necessary to download the SAP image from the Docker Marketplace.
- đŸ The system requires a significant amount of resources: 32GB RAM recommended, quad-core CPU, and 170GB of free disk space.
- đ The tutorial includes a step-by-step guide on how to download and run the SAP image using Docker commands.
- đ ïž SAP GUI is needed to log in and interact with the SAP system, with instructions provided for downloading and installing it.
- đ The tutorial explains how to adjust the hosts file to enable connection to the SAP system.
- â° The license for the trial system will expire and needs renewal, with instructions for this process to be provided in a future video.
Q & A
What is the purpose of the SAP trial system mentioned in the script?
-The SAP trial system allows users to try out basic technical activities within an SAP system, such as development, programming, and some SAP security-related activities without access to functional areas or business modules like finance and controlling.
Why is Docker used for deploying the SAP trial system?
-Docker is used because it simplifies the deployment process, making it more accessible for newcomers. It allows the SAP system to be deployed as a Docker container, which runs on a Linux operating system.
What are the system requirements for running the SAP trial system on Docker?
-The requirements include at least 16GB of RAM (though 32GB is recommended), a quad-core CPU, and about 170GB of free disk space. For Windows users, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is also needed.
How can one obtain the SAP trial system image from Docker?
-One must register an account on Docker Hub and then log in to Docker Desktop to download the SAP trial system image from the Docker Marketplace.
What is the significance of the 'agree to SAP license' directive when running the SAP trial system?
-The 'agree to SAP license' directive is necessary to legally deploy and run the SAP trial system image within a Docker container, indicating that the user agrees to the terms of the SAP license.
How does the SAP GUI fit into the process of using the SAP trial system?
-The SAP GUI is required to log in and interact with the SAP trial system. It is downloaded separately and installed on the user's machine to connect to the SAP system running in the Docker container.
What is the pre-configured hostname for the SAP trial system in the Docker image?
-The pre-configured hostname for the SAP trial system in the Docker image is 'vhcalh.dummy.nodomain'.
How can one adjust the hosts file to allow the SAP GUI to connect to the SAP trial system?
-The hosts file needs to be edited (running as administrator on Windows or locating the correct path on Mac OS) to add a new line with '127.0.0.1' followed by the hostname 'vhcalh.dummy.nodomain' to map the Docker container's hostname to the local machine.
What are the default login credentials for the 'developer' user in the SAP trial system?
-The default login credentials for the 'developer' user are 'developer' as the username and 'HTOds70334' as the password.
How can one start and stop the SAP trial system after it has been deployed?
-The SAP trial system can be started and stopped through Docker Desktop by using the 'Start' and 'Stop' buttons in the Containers section or by using command line commands provided in the video description.
When does the license for the SAP trial system expire, and what is required to continue using it?
-In the case mentioned in the script, the license expires on October 19th. Users need to renew the license to continue using the system, which is expected to remain free but requires the user to perform the renewal process.
Outlines
đ» Introduction to SAP Platform Trial Installation
The video begins with a greeting and an introduction to the tutorial's objective, which is to install the SAP platform trial. This trial provides access to an SAP test system for users to explore basic technical activities such as development and programming within an SAP environment. The presenter clarifies that the trial does not include functional areas or business modules like finance or logistics, but it offers an orientation on navigating and understanding SAP systems. The process has been simplified with Docker deployment, and the tutorial is aimed at educational purposes. The presenter then instructs viewers to download Docker Desktop for their respective operating systems, Windows or Mac OS, and for Windows users, to also install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
đ§ Post-Installation and Docker Desktop Setup
After Docker Desktop installation, the presenter guides viewers through potential issues, such as errors that may arise for Windows users who have installed WSL prior to Docker. The solution involves running an update command in PowerShell. The tutorial then proceeds to the requirement of creating a Docker account for downloading the SAP image from the Docker Marketplace. The presenter outlines the system requirements needed to run the SAP system, emphasizing the need for at least 16GB of RAM, a quad-core CPU, and 170GB of free disk space. The process of downloading the SAP image via command line is detailed, noting that the download may take time due to the large size of the image.
đ Running the SAP System with Docker
The presenter explains how to run the downloaded SAP image using a command that includes agreeing to the SAP license. They address potential firewall prompts and the necessity of waiting for the Hana database to start within the Docker container. Once the system is up, the viewer is instructed to download the SAP GUI, the tool required to log into the SAP system. The presenter provides a step-by-step guide on how to adjust the hosts file to ensure the SAP system can be accessed with the correct hostname.
đ Logging into SAP and Managing the Docker Container
The tutorial concludes with instructions on how to log into the SAP system using the pre-configured user 'developer' and the provided password. The presenter highlights the different pre-configured users for various functionalities and emphasizes the trial's limited duration, advising viewers to renew the license when it expires. Lastly, the video demonstrates how to start and stop the Docker container to manage the SAP system, providing both the Docker Desktop interface method and command line instructions.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄSAP
đĄSAP Foundation
đĄSAP S/4HANA
đĄDocker
đĄWindows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
đĄDocker Desktop
đĄDocker Container
đĄSAP GUI
đĄHostname
đĄHANA Database
đĄSAP Logon
Highlights
Introduction to SAP Consulting and SAP Foundation tutorials.
Installation of the SAP Cloud Platform trial for accessing an SAP test system.
The trial system allows for basic technical activities but excludes functional modules.
SAP does not provide easy access to an S/4HANA system without initial investment.
The trial system helps in understanding how an SAP system operates.
SAP NetWeaver installation has been improved for easier access.
Docker Desktop is required for the installation and is available for Windows and Mac OS.
Windows users need the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Docker.
Demonstration of installing Docker Desktop and potential need for a system reboot.
Accepting the Docker license agreement for educational or personal use.
Fixing potential errors when launching Docker Desktop for the first time on Windows.
Registering an account on Docker Hub to download the SAP image.
System requirements for running the SAP image include 16GB RAM and 170GB of free disk space.
Downloading the SAP image via command line, which may take time due to its size.
Running the downloaded image on a Docker container.
Adjusting the Windows Firewall to allow the Docker container.
Downloading and installing SAP Logon to access the SAP system.
Adjusting the hosts file to correctly route to the SAP system.
Logging into the SAP system using pre-configured users like 'developer'.
License renewal reminder for the SAP trial system.
Instructions on starting and stopping the Docker container to manage the SAP system.
Invitation to subscribe for more SAP content and tutorials.
Transcripts
I wish you a wonderful day dear friends
of sap Consulting and sap Foundation
tutorials today what we are gonna do is
we are going to install the newly
launched above platform trial which
gives you access to an sap test system
exercise system however you want to call
it on the up-up platform this system
will enable you to try out basic
technical activities within an sap up
system meaning for example it will
enable you to try out up development and
other programming it will enable you to
try out some basic basis activities
basis functionalities of the system and
also some sap security related activity
um what is not part of this system is we
there are no functional area or line of
business modules on the system meaning
that you will not be able to use the uh
finance and controlling or sales and
distribution or material management
slash Logistics functionality of s4hana
so there is no business functionality in
this system unfortunately sap does not
provide easy access to a
um s4hana system that comes without an
initial investment of money but this
system will give you an initial
orientation of how to navigate an sap
system how to work with it and it will
help you in understanding how an sap
system operates so if you're interested
in that this is the right video for you
this is probably Lee the easiest way to
install an sap up system for educational
purposes if you have ever tried
installing an sap netweaver up-up system
in the past it was a huge mess sap has
greatly improved this process and made
it much more accessible for newcomers by
the making it available to deploy this
system via Docker and that is the first
activity that we're gonna do we are
going to download Docker desktop
a Docker desktop is available for both
Windows and Mac OS so choose whatever
operating system you are running on your
local desktop PC or laptop for example
and download the
required Docker desktop binary another
requirement for Windows users is you are
going to need what is called the windows
subsystem for Linux
because Docker desktop will deploy the
sap system as a Docker container that is
running on a Linux operating system and
the best way of running Linux systems on
top of a Windows root system is using
WSL windows subsystem for Linux it is
easily installable via the Microsoft
store so if you have not yet installed
Windows subsystem for Linux on your
Windows machine please do it now by
using the Microsoft store now a quick
demonstration of the installation of
Docker desktop you can just leave The
checkbox Marked for creating a desktop
shortcut and the installer should run
through relatively easily after the
installer has finished there will be a
pop-up prompting you to restart or
reboot your machine
which will enable Docker to you know
install some windows services or demons
if you're running on Mac OS and get
everything up and running so prepare for
rebooting your machines save any unsafe
data on your machine and close any
applications that you might want to
close properly before attempting the
reboot and then you will basically be
ready to do that and after the reboot we
are going to basically continue with the
tutorial
Here Comes The Prompt for the reboot
it will
pop up and now you can click on close
and restart and do the actual reboot
after the reboot you will see this
pop-up here about the license agreement
don't be too much confused about the
term subscription Docker is free for
small businesses educational purposes
and personal use so it is very likely
that you fall under one of these
categories
so basically you can just accept the
license agreement at this point and
continue with the tutorial when you try
to launch Docker desktop the first time
on Windows you may end up on this error
message this is especially the case if
you installed WSL a long time before
installing Docker desktop I will quickly
show you how to fix this you just need a
Powershell that you run as administrator
and then you just execute WSL minus
minus update which will update your
windows subsystem for Linux
and which will then get rid of this
error message
after the actual update you can relaunch
Docker desktop and the corresponding UI
should come up which is an indicator
that the installation worked properly as
a Next Step you need to register an
account at Docker because the image
provided by sap that we're going to
download from the docker Marketplace so
to speak it can only be downloaded as a
registered user so you go to this page
here from Docker click on sign up
create a username you need an email
address Etc the standard procedure
basically and after you have created
your user on the docker Hub website then
you need to actually go to Docker
desktop and log in which is on the top
right of Docker desktop the button
called sign in after this we are ready
to actually download the image but
before we do that I'm gonna quickly go
over the pre-requirements before for
running the system
so they say uh for Windows you need 16
gigabytes of RAM however they recommend
installing it on a machine with 32
gigabytes of RAM you're gonna need a
quad-core CPU on the machine where
you're gonna run the docker container
and they say the minimum requirement is
16 gigabytes of RAM however that is 16
gigabytes of RAM for running the darker
containers so you actually should have
more than 16 gigabytes of RAM because
your root operating system like Mac OS
or Windows will require its own Ram so
yeah more than 16 gigabytes of RAM and
you are going to need about
170 gigs of free disk space on your hard
drive for running this image now we are
ready to actually pull the image which
is done via this command and you can
just execute this on on the command line
for Windows users it's gonna be the
Powershell and it is going to start
downloading the image it will take a
while because the image is tens of
gigabytes in size so grab a coffee real
quick and I'm gonna pull you in again
once this is complete here you see how
it looks like once we're
pull or download of the image is
actually complete
after you have downloaded the image it
is time to run it there are two comments
provided by the sap page the top one is
for normal Linux operating systems the
bottom one labeled other is for Mac OS
and windows
and in addition to the command listed
here you are going to add another
directive which is called agree to sap
license which I'm gonna do myself real
quick by opening a notepad and at the at
the end of the provided command I'm
gonna add minus agree to sap license
actually it's only one minus at the
front and with that command we are able
to deploy the image on a Docker
container run the docker container and
then the sap system inside of that will
automatically start this Windows
Firewall prompt if you're at home in
your own network you can just confirm
this message
um it's basically enough to do that if
you want to expose your Docker container
in public Wi-Fi's you will also need to
select the lower version of the lower
checkbox this should be relatively
seldomly needed and now the Hana
database is starting inside of the
docker container which will take a while
so you have to wait a while until the
system is up I'm gonna show you in a
second how it looks once the sap system
is ready
um then the prompt will slightly change
here you can see how it looks once the
sap system is up you know at the bottom
it says all services have been started
have fun which means the sap system is
now operating the services are listening
and you can potentially log on to the
sap system however in order to do that
the classic way you're gonna need sap
logon or how it is classically called
sap GUI you can download it on this
webpage there is a Windows version in
the Java version for Windows obviously
we're gonna use the window Windows
version you you just gonna download it
from this sap page and it will require
you to create a user with sap in order
to be able to use the download
however don't be confused in the sap
login form where it says business email
you don't necessarily need to register
with your business email you can just
use a private email I'm gonna show you
in a second so here where it says
business email address just use your
normal private email address
um and it will be fine register with sap
and then afterwards you can download sap
GUI from this web page once that is done
sap GUI will come in a RAR file which
you can open with WinRAR or 7sip however
whatever tool you want to use
and inside the Rafael there is a folder
and inside the of a folder there is the
exe for the installation for at least
under Windows if you have installed a
prior version of sap logon I recommend
uninstalling that first so uninstall an
old version of sap logon first then
after uninstalling the old version if
you had one you just double click the
installer and the installer will then
kick off the installation of sap logon
8.0 don't worry about the beginning of
installer it will stay at zero percent
for quite a while it will take a while
for an initial script to kick off you
just choose the top check box and click
on next
and then you install sap logon after the
installer finishes you can just click on
finish you don't necessarily need to
restart your computer
because if you do you would also need to
restart the docker container if you do
that because right now the sap system is
already running
so before we can log on with sap logon
we need to do one last thing which is
adjusting the so-called hosts file
because the sap system is pre-configured
to run with a certain hostname so under
Windows you just open an editor of your
choice you can use the standard editor
you need to run it as administrator
though and once you do that you need to
open the hosts file
um so under Mac OS the host file is
located on a different path it is
located in under Etc hosts and the
windows it is located here system32
drivers Etc and then you click on all
files on the bottom right and you choose
the hosts file in this host file you
need to add a new line reflecting the
pre-configured hostname of the docker
image which is this one here
and you just create a new line on the
hosts file
and you the only thing you need to pay
attention to it cannot be commented
meaning make sure there is no pound sign
at the beginning of the line so that it
is not commented and then you type
127.001 then two times the hostname and
on the last entry you add dot dummy dot
no domain so
127.001 v h c a l h a for HCI and then
again with DOT dummy dot no domain and
Save
now you have adjusted the hosts file
successfully and now you're ready to log
into the system which is currently
should currently be running which you
can see here
once the system is running you open sap
logon on your machine which is now
called sap logon 64. good old Nintendo
64 times open it
and once it is open
we will create a new connection by
clicking on the paper icon at the top
left
and basically you click next in the
first screen as a description you can
choose whatever you like
um the system ID is a4h
and I will call the description a4h
upper test system 1909 the instance
number is zero zero
and the application server which is the
bottom field where you can type the
hostname for which the sap system is
configured click on next click next on
the next screen and finish now you can
double click and it will open the log on
screen of the sap system and here you
can log in with the pre-configured users
there are three different pre-configured
users
um for beginners the most important one
will be called developer the user
developer is a pre-configured user by
sap it is pre-configured to conduct up
development
um activities so with this user you will
be able to program your first upper
programs Etc
and the best client to log on is zero
zero one and so this is basically what
we're gonna do we're gonna log in as
developer
and the password is also visible in the
um Docker page uh uh capital h t o d s
small case and then
70334 log in confirm the copyright
message of sap and now you're logged
into the system congratulations you can
now use this up system to try out some
basic stuff the users sap star and dedic
are for more administrative
functionalities like if you want to try
out some sap basis stuff you can log on
with sap star or ditic at some point in
the system the license is going to run
out in my case this will be on October
19th and on this date you need to renew
the license which will still be free
um most likely but you need to do this
so just keep it in mind that a few
months from now you need to renew the
license and this will be a separate
video on this YouTube channel
now as a last step I will show you how
you can start and stop the docker
container and therefore how to start and
stop the sap system so the easiest way
to do this after you have initially run
the docker run command on your command
line is the docker container will show
up in Docker desktop so in Docker
desktop if you go to Containers you will
see your Docker container here and you
can basically start it by just pressing
this button it will then be shown as
running and here you can open it to see
when the actual sap system is being
available because you remember that
takes a while so right now the Hana
database is still starting so you need
to wait until this prompt shows again
the message you know all services are up
have fun and once that is the case you
can log in with sap love gone to stop
the container you simply press this
button again this stop button here there
is another way to do it on the command
line the commands to do it on the
command line level are in the
description of a YouTube video you just
open a new
um command prompt for example a new
Powershell on Windows and you enter the
command right
so yeah sure that's basically it I wish
you much fun with your entry into the
sap World
um there will be more videos about sap
on this YouTube channel it will be a mix
between German and English videos so you
know basically
um choose whatever language you prefer
or you can also use subtitles and if you
like to see more sap content if you want
to get into the sap Consulting space
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