SAP NetWeaver Environment Setup for Linux on Amazon
SAP specialists, Amazon Web Services
Last updated: August 2022
This guide describes the prerequisites and procedures for setting up an environment on Amazon Web Services prior to installing and running SAP NetWeaver for Linux in the Amazon Cloud.
This guide is intended for SAP architects, SAP engineers, IT architects, and IT administrators who want to deploy SAP NetWeaver on Amazon.
About this Guide
This guide is part of a content series that provides detailed information about
hosting, configuring, and using SAP technologies in the Amazon Cloud. For the other
guides in the series, ranging from overviews to advanced topics, see the SAP on Amazon Technical Documentation home
page
Overview
Amazon Web Services provides various services and tools for deploying SAP products on the Amazon Cloud platform. This guide discusses the steps required to use the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) and Linux commands to set up and configure Amazon resources such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes to install a new SAP instance.
The guide also explains how to configure the SLES or RHEL operating systems for new SAP NetWeaver installations. By the end of this document, you will have the Amazon infrastructure ready to install an SAP NetWeaver instance.
Costs and Licenses
You are responsible for all costs related to your use of any Amazon services while following this guide. Prices are subject to change. For full details, see the pricing pages for the Amazon services that you intend to use.
You must already own a license for the SAP software and have access to download the
SAP software from the SAP Software Download Center (requires access to SAP Support