btp-edge-integration-cell-on-azure

Deploy SAP Integration Suite - Edge Integration Cell on Microsoft Azure

Description

SAP Edge Integration Cell is a hybrid integration runtime offered as part of SAP Integration Suite, which enables you to manage APIs and run integration scenarios within your private landscape.

This repository provides comprehensive instructions for deploying SAP Edge Integration Cell on Microsoft Azure. By following the guidelines provided, you can configure the necessary Azure resources and deploy SAP Edge Integration Cell.

For more information on Edge Integration Cell, refer to SAP Help page.

Requirements

Following infrastructure are required to deploy Edge Integration Cell on Azure.

• SAP Prerequisites

  • SAP BTP Global Account & Subaccount.
  • SAP Integration Suite (Standard Edition or Premium Edition) Service Entitlement & Subscription.
  • (Optional) SAP Integration Suite - Edge Integration Cell service plan entitlement.

• External Prerequisites

  • (Required) Azure Virtual Network (VNet)

    • At least 2 Availability Zones are needed for a quick start, or 3 Availability Zones with both public and private subnets for high availability.

  • (Required) Kubernetes cluster on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

    • Kubernetes 1.29 - 1.33 are currently supported by Edge Integration Cell on AKS.

    • Minimum sizing per setup:

      	CPU / Memory	Persistent Volumes
      non-HA	10 CPU / 32 GiB	101 GiB
      HA	20 CPU / 64 GiB	204 GiB

    • Agent / worker nodes with less than 4 CPUs should be avoided as the overhead gets quite high and pod scheduling gets more difficult.

    • A kubeconfig with cluster admin privileges is required for initializing the edge node, enabling CRUD operations on namespaces and CRDs.

    • Maximum number of pods per node depends on the chosen networking plugin and is configurable. Should be >= 50 when only a single node shall be used.

  • (Optional; Required for HA) A PostgreSQL database on Azure Database for PostgreSQL

    • PostgreSQL 15 is currently supported by Edge Integration Cell.

    • PostgreSQL authentication is only supported (Microsoft Entra ID Token authentication is not supported).

    • Minimum 1 CPU, 2 GiB memory is required for the PostgreSQL database server.

  • (Optional; Required for HA) A Redis data store on Azure Cache for Redis

    • Redis 6.x and 7.x are currently supported by Edge Integration Cell.

    • Access Keys authentication is only supported (Microsoft Entra ID Token authentication is not supported).

    • Minimum 1 CPU, 1 GiB memory is required for the Redis server.

  • (Optional; Required for HA) A Load Balancer integrated with AKS cluster

    • A load balancer integrated with your Kubernetes infrastructure to expose Edge Integration Cell endpoints and load balance traffic across K8s nodes and services.

For more information, please refer to SAP Notes 3247839

Required Infrastructure Sizing Guidelines

Understand the key components of Edge Integration Cell, the factors that influence its performance, and the methods to calculate the size for the hardware resources required.

For detailed sizing guidelines, please refer to Sizing Guide for Edge Integration Cell

Deploy SAP Edge Integration Cell on Azure

Disclaimer: The networking setup, database, and datastore configuration illustrated in this repository are currently intended as a starting point for developers. Please adhere to your organization's specific guidelines on security and network configuration. More detailed guidelines and an enhanced, secure architecture are being developed and will be made available soon.

Ready to get started? Follow the steps for either a quick setup or a high availability setup below.

Quick Setup: Simplified steps to deploy EIC on Azure

High Availability Setup: Comprehensive guide for robust EIC deployment

Known Issues

No known issues.

How to obtain support

Create an issue in this repository if you find a bug or have questions about the content.

For additional support, ask a question in SAP Community.

Contributing

If you wish to contribute code, offer fixes or improvements, please send a pull request. Due to legal reasons, contributors will be asked to accept a DCO when they create the first pull request to this project. This happens in an automated fashion during the submission process. SAP uses the standard DCO text of the Linux Foundation.

License

Copyright (c) 2026 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. This project is licensed under the Apache Software License, version 2.0 except as noted otherwise in the LICENSE file.