Containerization by IBM for SAP S/4HANA with Red Hat OpenShift

Build container images from existing SAP® NetWeaver® and SAP® S/4HANA® systems deployed on Linux®, and run them on a Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster. Options for the build process allow to invoke it either from command line, or automated using Red Hat Ansible® or Red Hat Ansible Tower®.

Contents

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Important Note
• Documentation
• Contributors
• License
• Acknowledgments

Introduction

This project provides assets for building container images of existing SAP® systems and for deploying containers based on the created images in Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform running on IBM® Power Systems™.

Important Note

This release targets test and other non-production landscapes. The created deliverables are not supported by SAP nor agreed to a roadmap for official support in current state (see also SAP Note 1122387 - Linux: SAP Support in virtualized environments)

Documentation

The various aspects of this project are described in the following documents:

• Architecture

• Customer Scenarios

• Quickstart

• Prerequisites

  • Setup Red Hat OpenShift on IBM PowerVM servers managed using HMC

    • Complete automated setup, see external project Red Hat OpenShift on IBM PowerVM servers managed using HMC or

    • Complete setup with some manual steps, see external project Helper Node Quickstart Install

  • Containerization for SAP S/4HANA with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers

• Build and deployment options

  • Building Images and Starting Deployments from the Command Line

    In addition, see Tools about the available tools and their options.

  • Building Images and Starting Deployments with Red Hat® Ansible®

  • Building Images and Starting Deployments with Red Hat® Ansible Tower®

• Verifying and Managing the Deployment

• How To

  • Introducing Options for End-User GUI Access to the Containerized Systems.

  • Connecting to the SAP® S/4HANA® Database using SAP HANA Studio®

  • Cleaning up the Environment

• Please refer also to this IBM® Redpaper™ for more information on how to setup the required environment.

Contributors

See the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to all the people who contributed to all the amazing open source tools that made this project possible.