/sap-btp-cloud-platform

name: sap-btp-cloud-platform
description: "Comprehensive SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) reference for cloud development, deployment, and operations. Use when setting up BTP accounts, working with Cloud Foundry environment, deploying to Kyma (Kubernetes, serverless), developing in ABAP environment (RAP, CDS), managing entitlements and quotas, configuring identity providers (XSUAA), using btp CLI or CF CLI, deploying multi-target applications (MTA), setting up connectivity (destinations, Cloud Connector), implementing CI/CD pipelines, extending SAP solutions, or troubleshooting BTP services. Covers all three runtime environments."
license: GPL-3.0
metadata:
  maintainer: "Eduard Jiglau"
  maintainer_email: "hello@sap-ai-skills.com"
  website: "https://sap-ai-skills.com"
  version: "2.4.1"
  last_verified: "2025-11-27"
  source: "https://github.com/SAP-docs/sap-btp-cloud-platform"
  keywords: [SAP BTP, Business Technology Platform, Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP environment, subaccount, global account, entitlements, btp CLI, CF CLI, MTA, multi-target application, XSUAA, Cloud Identity Services, destinations, Cloud Connector, service binding, Kubernetes, serverless, RAP, CDS, CAP, CI/CD, extensions, trial account, free tier, enterprise account, CPEA, BTPEA, role collections, Neo environment, Helm, Docker, Istio, API Gateway, Eventing]

SAP BTP Cloud Platform

Related Skills

• **sap-btp-best-practices**: Use for architectural best practices, account setup guidance, and production deployment patterns
• **sap-cap-capire**: Use for CAP application development on BTP Cloud Foundry or Kyma environments
• **sap-fiori-tools**: Use for deploying Fiori applications to BTP or configuring BTP destinations
• **sap-ai-core**: Use when implementing AI/ML workloads on BTP or setting up AI services
• **sap-abap**: Use when working with ABAP Environment on BTP or extending S/4HANA Cloud
• **sap-btp-connectivity**: Use for setting up secure connections to on-premise systems via Cloud Connector
• **sap-btp-service-manager**: Use for programmatic service instance management on BTP

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when setting up or operating SAP BTP accounts, directories, subaccounts, Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP Environment, entitlements, quotas, role collections, CLI tooling, MTA deployments, connectivity, CI/CD, extensions, or platform troubleshooting.

Quick Start

1. Identify the target commercial account type, region, and subaccount. 2. Enable the runtime environment: Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP Environment, or trial/free tier. 3. Configure identity, roles, entitlements, and quotas before deploying workloads. 4. Use `btp` and `cf` CLI examples in [Tools](#8-tools) for repeatable setup. 5. Switch to related skills for implementation depth: `sap-cap-capire`, `sap-fiori-tools`, `sap-btp-connectivity`, or `sap-btp-service-manager`.

Comprehensive reference for SAP Business Technology Platform covering all runtime environments, account management, security, and operations.

**Documentation Source**: [https://github.com/SAP-docs/sap-btp-cloud-platform](https://github.com/SAP-docs/sap-btp-cloud-platform) **SAP Help Portal**: [https://help.sap.com/docs/btp](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp) **SAP Discovery Center**: [https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/](https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/)

Table of Contents

• [1. Platform Overview](#1-platform-overview)
• [2. Account Model](#2-account-model)
• [3. Environments](#3-environments)
• [4. Commercial Models](#4-commercial-models)
• [5. Entitlements and Quotas](#5-entitlements-and-quotas)
• [6. Regions and Infrastructure](#6-regions-and-infrastructure)
• [7. User Management](#7-user-management)
• [8. Tools](#8-tools)
• [9. Security Essentials](#9-security-essentials)
• [10. Connectivity](#10-connectivity)
• [11. Development Patterns](#11-development-patterns)
• [12. CI/CD](#12-cicd)
• [13. Extensions](#13-extensions)
• [14. High Availability and Resilience](#14-high-availability-and-resilience)
• [15. Operations and Monitoring](#15-operations-and-monitoring)
• [16. Support](#16-support)
• [Bundled Resources](#bundled-resources)
• [Source Documentation](#source-documentation)

1. Platform Overview

SAP BTP integrates five technology portfolios: Application Development, Process Automation, Integration, Data & Analytics, and AI. Provides suite qualities: SAP Fiori UX, Cloud Identity Services, Master Data Integration, embedded analytics, SAP Task Center, and SAP Cloud ALM.

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2. Account Model

Hierarchy

Global Account → Directory (optional) → Subaccount (region-specific)
                                    ↓ CF: Org → Spaces
                                    ↓ Kyma: Cluster → Namespaces
                                    ↓ ABAP: System instance

Key Entities

• **Global Account**: Contract with SAP, region-independent, manages entitlements
• **Directory**: Organizational container, up to 7 levels, optional entitlement management
• **Subaccount**: Region-specific deployment target hosting apps and services
• **Labels**: Metadata tags (up to 10 values per label)

Account Types

• **Trial**: 90-day free exploration (4GB memory, 10 routes, 40 services, daily stops)
• **Enterprise**: Production use based on commercial contract
• **Free Tier**: Long-term testing with service-specific limits, no SLA

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3. Environments

SAP BTP offers four runtime environments at the subaccount level:

Cloud Foundry Environment

Open PaaS with polyglot support. Features: multiple buildpacks (Java, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP), spaces for separation, auto-scaling, SAP HANA integration.

cf login -a https://api.cf.<region>.hana.ondemand.com
cf push my-app
cf bind-service my-app my-service-instance

**Structure**: Subaccount → Org (1:1) → Spaces

Kyma Environment

Managed Kubernetes runtime based on open-source Kyma.

• **Default Modules**: istio (service mesh), api-gateway, btp-operator
• **Optional Modules**: serverless, eventi