Now that you know what to expect from your trial account, let’s learn about how things are structured on SAP Cloud Platform.
SAP Cloud Platform uses two levels of accounts: global accounts and subaccounts. Your global account and subaccounts in SAP Cloud Platform are the way in which all of your activities in SAP Cloud Platform are structured.
A global account is the realization of a contract you made with SAP (be it enterprise or trial). It’s region-independent, and it’s used to manage subaccounts, members, and quotas. You receive quotas to use platform resources per global account and then distribute the quotas to the subaccount for actual consumption. A global account can contain one or more subaccounts in which you deploy applications and use services.
Subaccounts let you structure a global account according to your project’s requirements with regards to members, authorizations, and quotas. Subaccounts in a global account are independent from each other. Each subaccount is associated with a region, which is the physical location where applications, data, or services are hosted. The region assigned to your subaccount doesn’t have to be directly related to your location. You could be located in the United States, for example, but operate your subaccount in Europe.
Cloud Foundry
When you register for a trial account on SAP Cloud Platform, your Cloud Foundry trial global account is not automatically created. You must create one yourself from the cockpit (more details on how to do that later).
In addition to global accounts and subaccounts, Cloud Foundry includes another hierarchical level represented by orgs and spaces.
Each Cloud Foundry subaccount contains exactly one Cloud Foundry org. They have a 1:1 relationship. When you create a Cloud Foundry trial account, you get a global account with one Cloud Foundry subaccount in it, where the org is created automatically. You have the option of creating additional Cloud Foundry subaccounts within your trial global account, however in those you must create an org yourself by clicking on the Enable Cloud Foundry button.
In your org you can then create one or more spaces, where you deploy apps and use services. Similar to subaccounts, spaces enable you to once again structure and sub-divide quota if you want to. When you create your Cloud Foundry trial global account in the cockpit, one space is also automatically created within your org. You also have the option of adding additional ones if you like.