SAP NetWeaver ABAP running on vagrant

SAP NetWeaver ABAP running on vagrant.

This automates the steps listed on the SAP post.

Prerequisites

• 50GB hard disk space for installation and setup files.
• 8GB RAM (16GB recommended).
• A motherboard which allows Virtualization.
• VirtualBox (6.0.14+).
• Vagrant (2.2.6+).
• SAP NetWeaver trial (7.52 SP04+).
• Windows 10 (It probably works on Linux, but this guide focus on Windows).
• Time. Downloading and installing takes a few minutes.

See detailed setup below.

Setup

1 - Install virtualbox

• Download and install VirtualBox.

2 - Install vagrant

Before installing vagrant, you will need to make sure Virtualization and Hyper-V are enabled in your computer. You can follow this guide to enable it. Then:

• Install vagrant.

• Check You will probably need to restart your computer.

• Install disk size plugin by opening your terminal (in Windows Win+X then I):

  • vagrant plugin install vagrant-disksize

3 - Download ABAP on vagrant latest release

• Download ABAP on vagrant latest release and download latest zip.
• Extract the zip (recommended: C:/vagrant-netweaver).

4 - Download and extract NetWeaver trial

• SAP allows you to download trials at developers.sap.com.
• I recommend you download the same version I used: SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Developer Edition 7.52 SP04.
• Extract from zip (11 parts, as of 7.52 SP04).
• Move extracted content to a NW folder where you downloaded ABAP on vagrant latest release (e.g.:C:/vagrant-netweaver/NW)

5 - Start your Virtual Machine with vagrant

• Open the terminal and go to your folder (e.g. cd C:\git\sap-nw-abap-vagrant\).
• Run vagrant up. This will download an Ubuntu VM (bionic64).
• Run vagrant ssh to connect to Vagrant VM.
• Run sudo su to get root priviliges.
• Run cd /vagrant to go to the mounted folder.
• Run ./prepare.sh. This will install necessary dependencies and enable automation of installation.

6 - Install Netweaver

• Run ./nw_install.sh. This may take a few minutes. It will automatically accept SAP license and programatically install SAP NetWeaver.

If the screen stops output in PowerShell, click Enter to resume.

• The last message you should see is Installation of NPL successful.

7 - Connect to your SAP system via SAP Logon

• Open SAP Logon

  If you don't have SAP logon, you need an S-User to download it: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/softwarecenter. Alternatively, connect with Abap Development Tools.

• Click to add a new system:

  • Connection type: Custom application server
  • Description: NPL
  • Application server: localhost
  • Instance Number: 00
  • System ID: NPL
  • SAPRouter String: empty

• You can find the user list at /NW/readme.html:

Username	Client(s)	Password	Description
DEVELOPER	001	Down1oad	Developer User
BWDEVELOPER	001	Down1oad	Developer User
DDIC	000/001	Down1oad	Data Dictionary User
SAP*	000/001	Down1oad	SAP Administrator

• Follow the items 3 to 6 in post-installation steps. Start at "ABAP License Key". Note that the password to login is Down1oad.

Running again

In case you stopped your VM or rebooted your computer. Start again by:

• Run vagrant up.
• Connect using vagrant ssh.
• Run sudo su.
• Run cd /vagrant.
• Run ./run.sh.

Stopping

• Run ./stop.sh

Credits

Based on Tobias Hofmann's sap-nw-abap-docker.