Proxmox is for running VMs. It offers support for Linux Containers, but there is no build in support for Docker containers. This does not mean that you cannot run Docker on Proxmox. You won’t get native integration into Proxmox, which Read more…
Assume that you use SAP WebIDE for developing an application and that you have to consume an OData service from an on-premise NetWeaver ABAP system. In SCP, the destination is configured, and SAP Cloud Connector is working. For principal propagation, Read more…
SSO logon with an X.509 certificate offers some benefits. In this blog, I’ll cover the main benefits, problems and attention areas when using X.509 for SSO. As a practical example the X.509 logon with NetWeaver ABAP is shown. To access Read more…
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ICM in NetWeaver ABAP is not reading the HTTP header and accepting the transmitted X.509 certificate simply like that. I’ll show here a picture that shows what an intermediate server is sending to NetWeaver. You can see that two certificates Read more…
In many cases a proxy is placed between the end user and the SAP backend, like a Web Dispatcher. User –> Proxy (intermediate) –> SAP The proxy / intermediate receives the user certificate, extracts and adds it to HTTP header Read more…
After configuring your NW ABAP instance to support user logons with X.509 certificates, it is time to test the correct setup. The test is simple: access a HTTP service like Web Gui and log on by sending a user certificate. Read more…
For this configuration step, the same pre-requisites as for 4.2 apply. This option is like a technical user with X.509. The logon is done with a X.509 certificate, and a fix SAP user is assigned. That is, your user will Read more…
Besides mapping a X.509 user to a given user ID in an SAP system, you can also map the user by an alias or to a specific user. In step 4.3 I’ll show the configuration for alias mapping, and in Read more…
This configuration is about enabling the user to log on via X.509 and get a valid SAP user assigned by mapping a property from the certificate to an SAP user property. Mapping the user via a wizard is the recommended Read more…