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Sap Hana Cloud Connector

The SAP HANA Cloud Connector serves as a link between on-demand applications in SAP HANA Cloud Platform and existing on-premise systems. It runs as an on-premise agent in a secured network and acts as a reverse invoke proxy between the on-premise network and SAP HANA Cloud Platform. The cloud connector provides fine-grained control over on-premise systems and resources accessible by cloud applications. It has advantages over traditional firewall approaches like not requiring open inbound ports or firewall modifications.

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Sap Hana Cloud Connector

The SAP HANA Cloud Connector serves as a link between on-demand applications in SAP HANA Cloud Platform and existing on-premise systems. It runs as an on-premise agent in a secured network and acts as a reverse invoke proxy between the on-premise network and SAP HANA Cloud Platform. The cloud connector provides fine-grained control over on-premise systems and resources accessible by cloud applications. It has advantages over traditional firewall approaches like not requiring open inbound ports or firewall modifications.

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SAP HANA Cloud Connector

Caution
The cloud connector must not be used with products other than SAP HANA Cloud Pla
tform.
Context
The cloud connector serves as the link between on-demand applications in SAP HAN
A Cloud Platform and existing on-premise systems. It combines an easy setup with
a clear configuration of the systems that are exposed to SAP HANA Cloud Platfor
m. In addition, you can control the resources available for the cloud applicatio
ns in those systems. Thus, you can benefit from your existing assets without exp
osing the whole internal landscape.
The cloud connector runs as on-premise agent in a secured network and acts as a
reverse invoke proxy between the on-premise network and SAP HANA Cloud Platform.
Due to its reverse invoke support, you don't need to configure the on-premise f
irewall to allow external access from the cloud to internal systems. The cloud c
onnector provides fine-grained control over:
On-premise systems and resources that shall be accessible by cloud applications;
Cloud applications that shall make use of the cloud connector.
You can use the cloud connector in business critical enterprise scenarios. The t
ool takes care to automatically re-establish broken connections, provides audit
logging of the inbound traffic and configuration changes, and can be run in a hi
gh-availability setup.
In the Scenarios section below, follow the steps according to the protocol you n
eed to use (HTTP or RFC).
Advantages
Compared to the approach of opening ports in the firewall and using reverse prox
ies in the DMZ to establish access to on-premise systems, the cloud connector ha
s the following advantages:
The firewall of the on-premise network does not have to open an inbound port to e
stablish connectivity from SAP HANA Cloud Platform to an on-premise system. In t
he case of allowed outbound connections, no modifications are required.
The cloud connector supports additional protocols, apart from HTTP. For example,
the RFC protocol supports native access to ABAP systems by invoking function mod
ules.
The cloud connector can be used to connect on-premise database, or BI tools to SA
P HANA databases in the cloud. That means, it also supports the opposite connect
ion direction (from the on-premise system to the cloud).
The cloud connector allows propagating identity of cloud users to on-premise syst
ems in a secure way.
The cloud connector is easy to install and configure, that is, it comes with a lo
w TCO and fits well to cloud scenarios. SAP provides standard support for it.
Scenarios
Connecting Cloud Applications to On-Premise Systems

Note
Depending on the type of installation setup, the cloud connector can also be ins
talled in an environment managed by SAP or a 3rd party provider. In this case, s
pecial procedures may apply for configuration. If so, they are mentioned in the
corresponding configuration steps.

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