Deploy SAP Build App to SAP BTP

1. Open the Launch tab.

2. Select Open Build Service.

   

   The following is displayed, where you can create a build configuration (a set of properties to describe how you want your app to be built) and to deploy it.

   

3. Click Create Configuration.

   Select SAP Build Work Zone.

   

4. Enter StandardWZ for the configuration name, and click Create.

   

   This creates a build configuration.

   

1. Click the 3 dots on the configuration, and select Build.

   

2. Enter 1.0.0 for the version number, and click Build.

   

   The build will start.

   

   After about 5 minutes, the status will change from Building to Delivered.

   

Before deploying, you must have a build that completed successfully, showing a status of Delivered.

IMPORTANT: In order to deploy, you must be a member of Cloud Foundry in your SAP BTP tenant, and a member of the space to which you want to deploy.

An admin can add you to the org and space, starting from the SAP BTP cockpit.

1. Click the > symbol for the build you want to deploy.

   

2. Click Deploy.

   

3. In the dialog, you have to specify to which Cloud Foundry environment you want to deploy it, as well as your credentials.

   

   For API Endpoint, go to the Overview page of your SAP BTP subaccount, and check which API endpoint is used by your subaccount.

   

   Then select it in the dropdown.

   

4. Once you select your API endpoint, you need to log into Cloud Foundry.

   Click Login with BTP.

   

   A dialog opens, and lets you by default sign in with your default SAP BTP user (using the default IDP, not the custom one for SAP Build Apps). Select the default user.

   

   This will log you in and populate the Organization dropdown list with the ones you have permission to.

5. Here, I have rights to several SAP BTP subaccounts. I’ll choose the one for my SAP BTP trial account.

   

   Once you select an organization, you will get a list of spaces to which you belong. Select the one you want to deploy to. Most users doing this tutorial will only have one, and it will be named dev.

   

   Click Continue.

   The app will start to deploy.

   

6. Once the deployment ends successfully, you will get a link to the deployed app. Click the link to open the app.

   

   Once deployed, you can go back to the cockpit and see the app under HTML5 Applications, with the same number as in the URL you got above.

   

You can click the link returned when you deployed the app. But you may get the following unless you have set up SAP Build Apps to work with SAP Build Work Zone, which is the component that runs your deployed apps.

You must configure your SAP BTP according to the instructions here: Integration with the App Editor - Deployed Applications.

Here is a summary of what needs to be done as of the time of publishing this tutorial.

The screenshots and instructions below are based on using a SAP BTP trial account. If you have a productive SAP BTP account, the steps may be different but the basics would be the same.

1. Go to the SAP BTP cockpit, navigate to Instances and Subscriptions.

   Open the SAP Build Work Zone, standard edition application.

   

   On the left navigation, click Settings, then select the Identity Authentication tab.

   Select the checkbox, and click Enable.

   

   After a few seconds, you should see a success message.

   

2. Go to the SAP BTP cockpit, navigate to Instances and Subscriptions.

   Open Cloud Identity Services.

   

   This opens an admin dashboard. Select the Applications & Resources > Applications.

   Then on the left, select the SAP Build Work Zone application.

   

   Scroll down and select Dependencies.

   

   Add a dependency with the following properties:

   Field	Value
   Dependency Name	Enter sap-build-apps-api
   Application	Select the application for SAP Build Apps on your subaccount
   API	Select SAP Build Apps backend projects

   Click Save.

   

Now run your app again by clicking the link you received when you deployed the app.