ABAP RFC connectivity from BTP to ABAP systems is supported by SAP Cloud Connector, for Java runtime only. This blog describes the RFC connectivity configuration for BTP Node.JS runtime, so that Node.JS BTP applications can consume ABAP RFCs, as described in Deployment options section of Powerful web applications with old and new ABAP systems and related blogs.
Our "hello world" example is BTP Node.JS buildpack, with Express server, SAP/node-rfc and SAP NW RFC SDK.
The example source code: SAP-samples/node-rfc-samples//integration/noderfc_btp can be deployed on BTP or tested locally inside SAP/fundamental-tools/docker/btp_cflinuxfs4.Dockerfile docker container.
ABAP RFC connectivity from Node.JS on Kyma works practically out of the box, using SAP/node-rfc and SAP NW RFC SDK inside docker container. Try SAP/fundamental-tools/docker/cflinuxfs4.Dockerfile for example.
ABAP RFC connectivity from Node.JS is provided by SAP/node-rfc open source, which provides interface to SAP proprietary SAP NW RFC SDK
SAP NW RFC SDK is not included in SAP/node-rfc because of licensing and SAP Support Portal is the only allowed public distribution channel for SAP NW RFC SDK.
Shared SO libraries are required in runtime and must be registered at operating system level, using LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable on Linux systems for example. Include files and shared libraries are both required for SAP/node-rfc build and re-build. The node-rfc rebuild can be triggered during BTP deployment, just like for other native Node.JS modules.
Express and SAP/node-rfc are standard NPM packages and BTP deployment is straightforward.
We use this btp_cflinuxfs4 docker container and standard buildpack structure, with application in app folder. To make SAP NW RFC SDK available for SAP/node-rfc in cloud application, it shall be copied to app root folder for example:
During deployment, native NPM modules like node-rfc may be or must be rebuilt. The re-build process requires SAP NW RFC SDK includes and binaries and SAPNWRFC_HOME_CLOUD environment vaiable shell therefore point to SAP NW RFC SDK root folder, just like SAPNWRFC_HOME in on-premise case.
For run-time enablement, the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable shall point to RFC SDK "lib" folder, like in manifest.yaml:
That's all, we are ready for testing.
When all works fine, let deploy
The app test route https://rfcapp.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/ shows the same result as on premise test:
With RFC connectivity enabled in Node.JS on BTP, WS-RFC connection parameters and SAP Business Connector or Cloud Connector can be used for RFC connections to ABAP systems.
Our "hello world" example is BTP Node.JS buildpack, with Express server, SAP/node-rfc and SAP NW RFC SDK.
The example source code: SAP-samples/node-rfc-samples//integration/noderfc_btp can be deployed on BTP or tested locally inside SAP/fundamental-tools/docker/btp_cflinuxfs4.Dockerfile docker container.
ABAP RFC connectivity from Node.JS on Kyma works practically out of the box, using SAP/node-rfc and SAP NW RFC SDK inside docker container. Try SAP/fundamental-tools/docker/cflinuxfs4.Dockerfile for example.
SAP NW RFC SDK on BTP
ABAP RFC connectivity from Node.JS is provided by SAP/node-rfc open source, which provides interface to SAP proprietary SAP NW RFC SDK
SAP NW RFC SDK
SAP NW RFC SDK is not included in SAP/node-rfc because of licensing and SAP Support Portal is the only allowed public distribution channel for SAP NW RFC SDK.
Shared SO libraries are required in runtime and must be registered at operating system level, using LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable on Linux systems for example. Include files and shared libraries are both required for SAP/node-rfc build and re-build. The node-rfc rebuild can be triggered during BTP deployment, just like for other native Node.JS modules.
Express and SAP/node-rfc are standard NPM packages and BTP deployment is straightforward.
Preparation
We use this btp_cflinuxfs4 docker container and standard buildpack structure, with application in app folder. To make SAP NW RFC SDK available for SAP/node-rfc in cloud application, it shall be copied to app root folder for example:
Buildpack
During deployment, native NPM modules like node-rfc may be or must be rebuilt. The re-build process requires SAP NW RFC SDK includes and binaries and SAPNWRFC_HOME_CLOUD environment vaiable shell therefore point to SAP NW RFC SDK root folder, just like SAPNWRFC_HOME in on-premise case.
For run-time enablement, the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable shall point to RFC SDK "lib" folder, like in manifest.yaml:
---
applications:
- name: rfcapp
stack: cflinuxfs4
env:
SAPNWRFC_HOME_CLOUD: /tmp/app/nwrfcsdk
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /home/vcap/app/nwrfcsdk/libThat's all, we are ready for testing.
Local test
$ cd buildpack/app
$ export SAPNWRFC_HOME=`pwd`/nwrfcsdk
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SAPNWRFC_HOME/lib
$ npm install
$ node .
node .
HOME
/home/www-admin
SAPNWRFC_HOME
/home/www-admin/src/sap/node-rfc-samples/integration/noderfc_with_nwrfcsdk/buildpack/app/nwrfcsdk
SAPNWRFC_HOME files:
["include","lib","package.json"]
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
node-rfc
{
"platform": {
"name": "linux",
"arch": "x64",
"release": "6.4.16-linuxkit"
},
"env": {
"SAPNWRFC_HOME": "/home/www-admin/src/sap/node-rfc-samples/integration/noderfc_with_nwrfcsdk/buildpack/app/nwrfcsdk",
"RFC_INI": ""
},
"versions": {
"node": "18.18.2",
"acorn": "8.10.0",
"ada": "2.6.0",
"ares": "1.19.1",
"brotli": "1.0.9",
"cldr": "43.1",
"icu": "73.2",
"llhttp": "6.0.11",
"modules": "108",
"napi": "9",
"nghttp2": "1.57.0",
"nghttp3": "0.7.0",
"ngtcp2": "0.8.1",
"openssl": "3.0.10+quic",
"simdutf": "3.2.14",
"tz": "2023c",
"undici": "5.26.3",
"unicode": "15.0",
"uv": "1.44.2",
"uvwasi": "0.0.18",
"v8": "10.2.154.26-node.26",
"zlib": "1.2.13.1-motley"
},
"noderfc": {
"version": "3.3.0",
"nwrfcsdk": {
"major": 7500,
"minor": 0,
"patchLevel": 12
}
}
}BTP Deployment
When all works fine, let deploy
$ cd buildpack
$ cf push
Pushing app rfcapp to ...
Uploading files...
Instances starting....
Instances starting...
name: rfcapp
requested state: started
routes: rfcapp.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com
last uploaded: Thu 26 Oct 15:46:54 CEST 2023
stack: cflinuxfs4
buildpacks:
name version detect output buildpack name
https://github.com/cloudfoundry/nodejs-buildpack#v1.8.18 1.8.18 nodejs nodejs
type: web
sidecars:
instances: 1/1
memory usage: 128M
start command: npm run start:btp
state since cpu memory disk logging details
#0 running 2023-10-26T13:47:09Z 0.0% 54.9M of 128M 231.8M of 1G 0/s of unlimited The app test route https://rfcapp.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/ shows the same result as on premise test:
HOME /home/vcap/app SAPNWRFC_HOME /home/vcap/app/node_modules/nwrfcsdk
SAPNWRFC_HOME files: ["include","lib","package.json"]
LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/vcap/app/node_modules/nwrfcsdk/lib
node-rfc { "platform": { "name": "linux", "arch": "x64", "release": "6.2.0-33-generic" }, "env": { "SAPNWRFC_HOME": "/home/vcap/app/node_modules/nwrfcsdk", "RFC_INI": "" }, "versions": { "node": "18.18.2", "acorn": "8.10.0", "ada": "2.6.0", "ares": "1.19.1", "brotli": "1.0.9", "cldr": "43.1", "icu": "73.2", "llhttp": "6.0.11", "modules": "108", "napi": "9", "nghttp2": "1.57.0", "nghttp3": "0.7.0", "ngtcp2": "0.8.1", "openssl": "3.0.10+quic", "simdutf": "3.2.14", "tz": "2023c", "undici": "5.26.3", "unicode": "15.0", "uv": "1.44.2", "uvwasi": "0.0.18", "v8": "10.2.154.26-node.26", "zlib": "1.2.13.1-motley" }, "noderfc": { "version": "3.3.0", "nwrfcsdk": { "major": 7500, "minor": 0, "patchLevel": 12 } } }Connectivity
With RFC connectivity enabled in Node.JS on BTP, WS-RFC connection parameters and SAP Business Connector or Cloud Connector can be used for RFC connections to ABAP systems.
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