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SAP on Azure Deployment Automation Framework DevOps - Hands-on lab

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This tutorial shows how to perform the deployment activities of the SAP on Azure Deployment Automation Framework using Azure DevOps Services.

You'll perform the following tasks during this lab:

  • Deploy the Control Plane (Deployer Infrastructure & Library)
  • Deploy the Workload Zone (Landscape, System)
  • Deploy the SAP Infrastructure
  • Install HANA Database
  • Install SCS server
  • Load HANA Database
  • Install Primary Application Server
  • Download the SAP software
  • Install SAP

Prerequisites

Note

The free Azure account may not be sufficient to run the deployment.

Note

The self hosted agent virtual machine will be deployed as part of the control plane deployment.

Overview

These steps reference and use the default naming convention for the automation framework. Example values are also used for naming throughout the configurations. In this tutorial, the following names are used:

  • Azure DevOps Services project name is SAP-Deployment

  • Azure DevOps Services repository name is sap-automation

  • The control plane environment is named MGMT, in the region West Europe (WEEU) and installed in the virtual network DEP00, giving a deployer configuration name: MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-INFRASTRUCTURE

  • The SAP workload zone has the environment name DEV and is in the same region as the control plane using the virtual network SAP01, giving the SAP workload zone configuration name: DEV-WEEU-SAP01-INFRASTRUCTURE

  • The SAP System with SID X00 will be installed in this SAP workload zone. The configuration name for the SAP System: DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X00

Artifact type Configuration name Location
Control Plane MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-INFRASTRUCTURE westeurope
Workload Zone DEP-WEEU-SAP01-INFRASTRUCTURE westeurope
SAP System DEP-WEEU-SAP01-X00 westeurope

The deployed infrastructure is shown in the diagram below.

Picture showing the DevOps tutorial infrastructure design

Note

In this tutorial the X00 SAP system will be deployed with the following configuration:

  • Standalone deployment
  • HANA DB VM SKU: Standard_M32ts
  • ASCS VM SKU: Standard_D4s_v3
  • APP VM SKU: Standard_D4s_v3

Deploy the Control Plane

The deployment will use the configuration defined in the Terraform variable files located in the 'samples/WORKSPACES/DEPLOYER/MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-INFRASTRUCTURE' and 'samples/WORKSPACES/LIBRARY/MGMT-WEEU-SAP_LIBRARY' folders.

Ensure that the 'Deployment_Configuration_Path' variable in the 'SDAF-General' variable group is set to 'samples/WORKSPACES'

Run the pipeline by selecting the Deploy control plane pipeline from the Pipelines section. Enter 'MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-INFRASTRUCTURE' as the Deployer configuration name and 'MGMT-WEEU-SAP_LIBRARY' as the SAP Library configuration name.

Screenshot of the DevOps tutorial run pipeline dialog.

You can track the progress in the Azure DevOps Services portal. Once the deployment is complete, you can see the Control Plane details in the Extensions tab.

Screenshot of the DevOps run pipeline results.

Deploy the Workload zone

The deployment will use the configuration defined in the Terraform variable file located in the 'samples/WORKSPACES/LANDSCAPE/DEV-WEEU-SAP01-INFRASTRUCTURE' folder.

Run the pipeline by selecting the Deploy workload zone pipeline from the Pipelines section. Enter 'DEV-WEEU-SAP01-INFRASTRUCTURE' as the Workload zone configuration name and 'MGMT' as the Deployer Environment Name.

You can track the progress in the Azure DevOps Services portal. Once the deployment is complete, you can see the Workload Zone details in the Extensions tab.

Deploy the SAP System

The deployment will use the configuration defined in the Terraform variable file located in the 'samples/WORKSPACES/SYSTEM/DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X00' folder.

Run the pipeline by selecting the SAP system deployment pipeline from the Pipelines section. Enter 'DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X00' as the SAP System configuration name.

You can track the progress in the Azure DevOps Services portal. Once the deployment is complete, you can see the SAP System details in the Extensions tab.

Download the SAP Software

Run the pipeline by selecting the SAP software acquisition pipeline from the Pipelines section. Enter 'S41909SPS03_v0011ms' as the Name of Bill of Materials (BoM), 'MGMT' as the Control Plane Environment name: MGMT and 'WEEU' as the Control Plane (SAP Library) location code.

You can track the progress in the Azure DevOps portal.

Run the Configuration and SAP Installation pipeline

Run the pipeline by selecting the Configuration and SAP installation pipeline from the Pipelines section. Enter 'DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X00' as the SAP System configuration name and 'S41909SPS03_v0010ms' as the Bill of Materials name.

Choose the playbooks to execute.

Screenshot showing the DevOps tutorial, OS and SAP configuration.

You can track the progress in the Azure DevOps Services portal.

Run the Repository update pipeline

Run the pipeline by selecting the Repository updater pipeline from the Pipelines section. Enter 'https://github.com/Azure/sap-automation.git' as the Source repository and 'main' as the source branch to update from.

Only choose 'Force the update' if the update fails.

Run the removal pipeline

Run the pipeline by selecting the Deployment removal pipeline from the Pipelines section.

SAP System removal

Enter 'DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X00' as the SAP System configuration name.

SAP Workload Zone removal

Enter 'DEV-WEEU-SAP01-INFRASTRUCTURE' as the SAP workload zone configuration name.

Control Plane removal

Enter 'MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-INFRASTRUCTURE' as the Deployer configuration name and 'MGMT-WEEU-SAP_LIBRARY' as the SAP Library configuration name.

Next steps

Configure Control Plane