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Naming conventions for SAP automation framework

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The SAP on Azure Deployment Automation Framework uses standard naming conventions. Consistent naming helps the automation framework run correctly with Terraform. Standard naming helps you deploy the automation framework smoothly. For example, consistent naming helps you to:

  • Deploy the SAP virtual network infrastructure into any supported Azure region.

  • Do multiple deployments with partitioned virtual networks.

  • Deploy the SAP system into any SAP workload zone.

  • Run regular and high availability (HA) instances

  • Do disaster recovery and fall forward behavior.

Review the standard terms, area paths, variable names before you begin your deployment. If necessary, you can also configure custom naming.

Placeholder values

The naming convention's example formats use the following placeholder values.

Placeholder Concept Character limit Example
{ENVIRONMENT} Environment 5 DEV, PROTO, NP, PROD
{REGION_MAP} Region map 4 weus for westus
{SAP_VNET} SAP virtual network (VNet) 7 SAP0
{SID} SAP system identifier 3 X01
{PREFIX} SAP resource prefix DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01
{DEPLOY_VNET} Deployer VNet 7
{REMOTE_VNET} Remote VNet 7
{LOCAL_VNET} Local VNet 7
{CODENAME} Logical name for version version1, beta
{VM_NAME} VM name
{SUBNET} Subnet
{DBSID} Database system identifier
{DIAG} 5
{RND} 3
{USER} 12
{COMPUTER_NAME} 14

Deployer names

For an explanation of the Format column, see the definitions for placeholder values.

Concept Character limit Format Example
Resource Group 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}-INFRASTRUCTURE MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-INFRASTRUCTURE
Virtual network 38 (64) {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}-vnet MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-vnet
Subnet 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}_deployment-subnet MGMT-WEEU-DEP00_deployment-subnet
Storage account 24 {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}{SAP_VNET}{DIAG}{RND} mgmtweeudep00diagxxx
Network security group (NSG) 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}_deployment-nsg MGMT-WEEU-DEP00_deployment-nsg
Route table {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}_routeTable MGMT-WEEU-DEP00_route-table
Network interface component 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}_{COMPUTER_NAME}-nic -ipconfig1 (None required for the block ip_configuration.)
Disk {vm.name}-deploy00 PROTO-WUS2-DEPLOY_deploy00-disk00
VM {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_deploy## MGMT-WEEU-DEP00_permweeudep00deploy00
Operating system (OS) disk {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}_deploy##-OsDisk PERM-WEEU-DEP00_permweeudep00deploy00-OsDisk
Computer name {environment[_map]}{DEPLOY_VNET}{region_map}deploy## MGMT-WEEU-DEP00_permweeudep00deploy00
Key vault 24 {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}{DEPLOY_VNET}{USER}{RND} (deployment credentials) MGMTWEEUDEP00userxxx
Public IP address {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{DEPLOY_VNET}_{COMPUTER_NAME}-pip MGMT-WEEU-DEP00_permweeudep00deploy00-pip

SAP Library names

For an explanation of the Format column, see the definitions for placeholder values.

Concept Character limit Format Example
Resource group 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-SAP_LIBRARY MGMT-WEEU-SAP_LIBRARY
Storage account 24 {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}saplib(12CHAR){RND} mgmtweeusaplibxxx
Storage account 24 {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}tfstate(12CHAR){RND} mgmtweeutfstatexxx

SAP Workload zone names

For an explanation of the Format column, see the definitions for placeholder values.

Concept Character limit Format Example
Resource group 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}-INFRASTRUCTURE DEV-WEEU-SAP01-INFRASTRUCTURE
Virtual network 38 (64) {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}-vnet DEV-WEEU-SAP01-vnet
Peering 80 {LOCAL_VNET}_to_{REMOTE_VNET} DEV-WEEU-SAP01-vnet_to_MGMT-WEEU-DEP00-vnet
Subnet 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_utility-subnet DEV-WEEU-SAP01_db-subnet
Network security group 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_utility-nsg DEV-WEEU-SAP01_dbSubnet-nsg
Route table {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_routeTable DEV-WEEU-SAP01_route-table
Storage account 80 {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}{SAP_VNET}diag(5CHAR){RND} devweeusap01diagxxx
User-defined route {remote_vnet}_Hub-udr
User-defined route (firewall) {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_firewall-route DEV-WEEU-SAP01_firewall-route
Availability set (AV set) {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_iscsi-avset
Network interface component 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_iscsi##-nic
Disk {vm.name}-iscsi00 or ${azurerm_virtual_machine.iscsi.*.name}-iscsi00 (code) DEV-WEEU-SAP01_iscsi00-iscsi00
VM {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_iscsi##
OS disk {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}_iscsi##-OsDisk
Computer name {ENVIRONMENT}_{REGION_MAP}{SAP_VNET}{region_map}iscsi##
Key vault 24 {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}{SAP_VNET}{USER}{RND} DEVWEEUSAP01userxxx
NetApp account {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}{SAP_VNET}_netapp_account DEV-WEEU-SAP01_netapp_account
NetApp capacity pool 24 {ENVIRONMENT}{REGION_MAP}{SAP_VNET}_netapp_pool DEV-WEEU-SAP01_netapp_pool

SAP System names

For an explanation of the Format column, see the definitions for placeholder values.

Concept Character limit Format Example
Resource prefix 80 {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP-VNET}-{SID} or {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP-VNET}_{CODENAME}-{SID} DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01
Resource group 80 {PREFIX} DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01
Azure proximity placement group (PPG) {PREFIX}_ppg
Availability set {PREFIX}_app-avset DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_app-avset
Subnet 80 {PREFIX}_utility-subnet DEV-WEEU-SAP01_X01_db-subnet
Network security group 80 {PREFIX}_utility-nsg DEV-WEEU-SAP01_X01_dbSubnet-nsg
Network interface component {PREFIX}_{VM_NAME}-{SUBNET}-nic -app-nic, -web-nic, -admin-nic, -db-nic
Computer name (database) 14 {SID}d{DBSID}##{OS flag l/w}{primary/secondary 0/1}{RND} DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_x01dxdb00l0xxx
Computer name (non-database) 14 {SID}{ROLE}##{OS flag l/w}{RND} DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_x01app01l538, DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_x01scs01l538
VM {PREFIX}_{COMPUTER-NAME}
Disk {PREFIX}_{VM_NAME}-{disk_type}{counter} {VM-NAME}-sap00, {VM-NAME}-data00, {VM-NAME}-log00, {VM-NAME}-backup00
OS disk {PREFIX}_{VM_NAME}-osDisk DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_x01scs00lxxx-OsDisk
Azure load balancer (utility) 80 {PREFIX}_db-alb DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_db-alb
Load balancer front-end IP address (utility) {PREFIX}_dbAlb-feip DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_dbAlb-feip
Load balancer backend pool (utility) {PREFIX}_dbAlb-bePool DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_dbAlb-bePool
Load balancer health probe (utility) {PREFIX}_dbAlb-hp DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_dbAlb-hp
Key vault (user) 24 {SHORTPREFIX}u{RND} DEVWEEUSAP01uX01xxx
NetApp volume (utility) 24 {PREFIX}-utility DEV-WEEU-SAP01-X01_sapmnt

Note

Disk numbering starts at zero. The naming convention uses a two-character format; for example, 00.

Azure region names

The automation framework uses short forms of Azure region names. The short Azure region names are mapped to the normal region names.

You can set the mapping under the variable _region_mapping in the name generator's configuration file, ../../../deploy/terraform/terraform-units/modules/sap_namegenerator/variables_local.tf.

Then, you can use the _region_mapping variable elsewhere, such as an area path. The format for an area path is {ENVIRONMENT}-{REGION_MAP}-{SAP_VNET}-{ARTIFACT} where:

  • {ENVIRONMENT} is the name of the environment, or workload zone.
  • {REGION_MAP} is the short form of the Azure region name.
  • {SAP_VNET} is the SAP virtual network within the environment.
  • {ARTIFACT} is the deployment artifact within the virtual network, such as INFRASTRUCTURE.

You can use the _region_mapping variable as follows:

"${upper(var.__environment)}-${upper(element(split(",", lookup(var.__region_mapping, var.__region, "-,unknown")),1))}-${upper(var.__SAP_VNET)}-INFRASTRUCTURE"

Next steps

Learn about configuring the custom naming module