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Deployment

Getting an application onto a runtime and keeping it there: build descriptors, deployment topology, service bindings and lifecycle operations. The target runtime determines how the application is packaged and configured.

Overview

InCAPassessed

Getting an application onto a runtime and keeping it there — build descriptors, deployment topology and lifecycle on Cloud Foundry or Kubernetes. Cloud Foundry is buildpacks, a manifest and services bound by name; Kyma is Kubernetes with SAP's modules, containers and Helm. Which of the two a subaccount runs decides how every service is bound, how logs are shipped and which tooling applies: an MTA targets one, a Helm chart the other.

SAP SHIPSby design
Node.js →

@cap-js/cap-operator-plugin Generates Helm charts for deploying CAP applications with the CAP Operator on Kubernetes.

@sap/cds-dk The command line client and development toolkit for CAP projects, with the commands cds build, cds deploy, cds watch and cds add among them.

Not covered: It stops at generating descriptors. Pipelines, environment promotion, and the operational shape of a landscape are left to you and to the platform you chose.

Sourcecds buildchecked
THE COMMUNITY ADDS

@rizing/cds-customer-stepbystep-tool
InBTP/BAIPassessed

On BTP deployment is the runtime's half of the question: an MTA for Cloud Foundry or Kubernetes objects for Kyma, then routes and autoscaling once the application runs. What cds build generates for either is read on the CAP door.

SAP SHIPS

Cloud Foundry deploys a multitarget application from its descriptor through the MultiApps CF CLI plugin and SAP Cloud Deployment service, and Application Autoscaler adds or removes instances by policy. Kyma runs an OCI image described as Kubernetes objects.

Not covered: At the runtime. An MTA descriptor targets Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes objects target Kyma, each written per application. Moving MTA archives across subaccounts is done by SAP Cloud Transport Management, or by a pipeline, which the XP265 workshop gives to SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery.

Application Autoscaler scales instances, SAP Cloud Transport Management and Content Agent move MTA archives and content between accounts, and Solution Lifecycle Management manages MTA-based Solutions in the Neo environment. Core-only rests on these services and on the runtimes' own tooling as SAP's tutorials describe it.

SourceDeploy Your First Multitarget Application — SAP Tutorialschecked
THE COMMUNITY ADDS

No community artifact is documented here.

Licence1

LicenceSAP Developer License Agreement 3.2 CAP§ 1, 2AlwaysA productive CAP customer application is deployed using materials covered by this agreement.
  • § 1 License. Productive customer applications are limited to SAP BTP or another SAP-licensed platform, and mass extraction to a non-SAP product is restricted except where solely required for SAP interoperability.
  • § 2 Intellectual Property. The agreement retains SAP's rights in the covered materials and limits making APIs, tools or software available to third parties, while preserving ownership of customer applications subject to SAP's underlying rights.

The CAP-specific agreement makes the deployment platform part of the permitted productive-use condition, so deployment choices need the applicable agreement checked rather than treated as purely technical.

SAP Developer License Agreement 3.2 CAP →
SourceSAP Developer License Agreement 3.2 CAPchecked

Artifacts7

Group by7 of 7 artifacts
ArtifactSignals
CLI tools1
@sap/cds-dkCommand line client and development toolkit for CAP
Signals
none
Generators2
@cap-js/cap-operator-pluginGenerates Helm charts for the CAP Operator on Kubernetes
Signals
none
@rizing/cds-customer-stepbystep-toolTool completing a CAP project's deployment configuration
Signals
Functional boundary
Services4
Application AutoscalerScales Cloud Foundry app instances by policy rules and schedules
Signals
none
SAP Cloud Transport ManagementMoves MTA archives and content between SAP BTP accounts
Signals
none
SAP Content Agent ServiceAssembles BTP service content into an MTAR for transport
Signals
none
SAP Solution Lifecycle Management service for SAP BTPDeploys and manages MTA-based Solutions in the Neo environment
Signals
none

Content60

Group by60 of 60 pieces
Piece, what it offers
Deployment60
Building a Pro-Code Agent on SAP BTP — Part 3: Joule Integration via A2A
SAP Community, rodfior, Blog
SAP BTP Account Architecture Best Practices: A Practitioner's Field Guide
SAP Community, basanireddy, Blog
Autonomous Diagnostics on Kyma Unplugged: Goose + LiteLLM + KRO + SAP AI Core in Production
SAP Community, quovadis, Blog
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From Concept to action: Hands-On with the CAP Operator and the Partner Reference Application
SAP Community, ChristianWeiss, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Fullstack CAP Application with HANA Cloud (Decoupled Architecture) [Part-6]
SAP Community, sanjucs, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
Fullstack CAP Application with HANA Cloud (Decoupled Architecture) [Part-4]
SAP Community, sanjucs, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
Core changed
Build BTP CAP App with Fiori Integration – Part 2: Implementing End to End App
SAP Community, SuryaRamesh, part 2 of 2, BlogThe reasoning
Part 2: Creating and Deploying a CAP Application with PostgreSQL, Hyperscaler Option
SAP Community, yashbhosle789, part 2 of 2, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
Core changed
Part 1: Creating and Deploying a SAP CAP Application with SAP HANA on SAP BTP (Cloud Foundry)
SAP Community, yashbhosle789, part 1 of 2, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
Core changed
Receive Events from Event Mesh of Integration Suite to CAP Node.js Applications
SAP Community, KevinWang_ST_Consultancy, Blog
Part 2: Runtime Architecture & Cost efficiency gains
SAP Community, ChristianWeiss, part 2 of 3, BlogThe reasoning
Kyma Evolution: Transforming SAP Kyma into a tailor-made SaaS Platform for sbs extensions
SAP Community, ChristianWeiss, part 1 of 3, BlogThe reasoning
Streamlined Kyma deployment for CAP applications
SAP Community, rupamaity, Blog
Event Driven SAP CAP on Kyma with Agentic AI and UI Auto Refresh
SAP Community, Shahid, BlogThe reasoning
Adding Shell Plugin to SAP Fiori CAP Application and Deploying to Cloud Portal Service
SAP Community, Abhinandan2, BlogThe reasoning
Create a CAP Application with SAP HANA Cloud from Scratch and Deploy to Cloud Foundry
SAP Community, MaheshSirsat1708, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
Core changed
Quickly Deploy a Sample CAP Application to BTP
SAP Community, AminAlmarsafy, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
Joule Studioがリリースされたので早速CAPアプリを自然言語で操作するカスタムスキルを構築してみた
SAP Community, takayuki_tanaka, Blog
Exploring Application Frontend Service: Deploying the UI of an MTA App
SAP Community, MioYasutake, BlogThe reasoningRunnable code
Deploying first CAP Project in SAP Cloud : A Step-by-Step Guide
SAP Community, satyanarayanpradhan, BlogThe reasoning
🚀 秒速で学ぶ SAP AI Core Agent 開発 🚀 - Part 8 CloudFoundry にデプロイ
SAP Community, Ryota_Ito, Blog
DevOps with SAP BTP
SAP Architecture Center, SAP Architecture Center, Reference architectureThe reasoningA reference
Build, Configure, and Deploy SAP CAP Projects to the Cloud
SAP Community, Dhanushwar, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
CAPM Basics - Part 4
SAP Community, archisman92, Blog
Deploying a CAP app with Fiori app standalone (HTML5 Repo Host)
SAP Community, Christopher_Ketzler, Blog
SAP CAP With Prostgres Serice in BTP
SAP Community, satya-dev, Blog
A 25x faster mta.yaml build for SAP CAP Node.js projects
SAP Community, Mauricio Lauffer, BlogThe reasoning
CAPM Basics - Part 2
SAP Community, archisman92, Blog
Architecting Multi-Region HA/DR resiliency patterns
SAP Architecture Center, SAP Architecture Center, Reference architectureThe reasoningA reference
The fastest way to a deployable CAP app on SAP BTP Cloud Foundry
SAP Community, Daniel Schlachter, BlogThe reasoning
SAP CAP Lessons Learned: Quick deployment with manifest and cf push
SAP Community, LucasMagriniRigo, Blog
SAP CAP Lessons Learned: Run a CAP app using SQLite on SAP BTP - Cloud Foundry
SAP Community, LucasMagriniRigo, BlogThe reasoning
Deploy and Run the Incident Management Application in the SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime with a Mock Server
SAP Developer Center, Grzegorz Karaluch, TutorialThe reasoningA recipe
Core changed
Speed up deployment for CAP using Turborepo
SAP Community, Jakob Marius Kjaer, BlogThe reasoningRunnable code
Core changed
Using Github Actions to Deploy a CAP App (MTA)
SAP Community, Christopher_Ketzler, Blog
SQLite as database for a multi-target (/productive) CAP Application
SAP Community, Christopher_Ketzler, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Core changed
SAP BTP - KYMA - SERVICE MESH
SAP Community, maxi1555, BlogThe reasoning
Simplifying SaaS Self-Onboarding Automation using Terraform in Kyma and Cloud Foundry
SAP Community, martinfrick, BlogThe reasoning
A modern workflow for SAP Cloud Integration with CAP and Azure DevOps
SAP Community, marcel_schork62, BlogThe reasoning
Tips for running CAP nodejs in SAP BTP
SAP Community, Mauricio Lauffer, BlogThe reasoningRunnable code
Core changed
从BTP Launchpad里的sapui5应用里调用部署的CPI IFLOW
SAP Community, Jacky_Liu1, Blog
#BTP #SAPCAP: Quirky Nuggets (N03-N04)
SAP Community, Ajit_K_Panda, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Core changed
SAP SuccessFactors extensibility easy with SAP BTP, Kyma runtime
SAP Community, quovadis, BlogThe reasoningRunnable code
Multitenant SaaS applications on SAP BTP using CAP? SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime!
SAP Community, martinfrick, BlogThe reasoning
Surviving and Thriving with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model: Deployment to SAP BTP, Kyma runtime
SAP Community, maxstreifeneder, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Core changed
HTML5.Timeout for CAP destinations in mta.yaml longer than default
SAP Community, NilsJanen, Blog
CAP on Kyma - Deploy your CAP apps to SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime
SAP Community, Uwe_Klinger, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Core changed
The new way to consume Service Bindings on Kyma Runtime
SAP Community, Uwe_Klinger, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
SAP CAP - Optimize your build MTA projects with several ui apps
SAP Community, maxi1555, BlogThe reasoningA recipe
Core changed
Extend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP - Deploy to SAP HANA Cloud
SAP Community, ale_biagi, BlogThe reasoning
Build and deploy a CAP Project Node.js API with a SAP Fiori Elements UI and a managed approuter configuration
SAP Community, jlong, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Core changed
Dynamic OData from "any" API through SAP BTP Kyma
SAP Community, Gunter, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Deploying CAP services with the in-memory SQLite database
SAP Community, liam_mischewski, BlogThe reasoning
From R/3 ABAP to CAP/Fiori Elements on SAP BTP- Deployment
SAP Community, former_member231477, BlogRunnable code
Core changed
Simple steps to deploy your CAP project to HANA cloud
SAP Community, OmPrakashJha, BlogThe reasoning
Deploying a CAP Application to SAP Cloud Platform, Kyma runtime & connecting an iOS app
SAP Community, KRiedelsheimer, BlogThe reasoning
The Future of Continuous Delivery for SAP Cloud SDK and SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
SAP Community, Florian Wilhelm, BlogThe reasoning
cf-create-app: Create End-to-End apps and deploy to Cloud Foundry in minutes
SAP Community, former_member604013, BlogThe reasoningA recipeRunnable code
Core changed
Deploy a Full-Stack CAP Application in SAP BTP
SAP Developer Center, SAP, WorkshopThe reasoningA recipe
SAP Sovereign Cloud: A path to the cloud for highly regulated businesses
SAP TechEd — session catalogue, TalkThe reasoning

Seen working13

ArtifactSignals
Samples13
blog-bookshopCAP bookshop with Fiori elements UI deployed whole to Cloud Foundry
No license
btp-kyma-helloworldGetting-started guide for a Hello-World function on SAP BTP, Kyma
none
cap-github-actionCAP project built and deployed to Cloud Foundry by GitHub Actions
none
cap-microservices-workshopreCAP 2025 workshop on cutting a CAP app into microservices
none
cap-redisApprouter session held in a bound Redis cache instance
No license+1
cap-uiMTA deploying CAP, HDI container and a Fiori elements app
none
cf-autoscaler-custom-metrics-mtlsGolang sample sending custom metrics to the CF Autoscaler over mTLS
none
cf-mta-examplesMTA examples for SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry, one per deployment topic
none
cf-routing-samplesCloud Foundry routing samples: HTTP/2, gRPC, IP allow-lists
none
SAP-samples/cloud-foundry-runtime-learning-journeyCompanion repo deploying a CAP app to Cloud Foundry two ways
none
shared-dbCAP sample sharing one domain model and database across apps
Functional boundary
shared-db-javaCAP Java sample sharing one domain model across several apps
Functional boundary
teched2025-XP265TechEd 2025 workshop on Day-2 operations for a CAP app on CF
none

Details

What changed — and what it makes stale1
@sap/cds-dk 8.9.0, CAP

Before this release, deploying to Cloud Foundry or Kyma meant running the build and deploy steps yourself: cds add mta (or cds add helm,containerize for Kubernetes), then npm i, mbt build, and cf deploy or its Kyma equivalent. cds up (beta) now runs that sequence as one command, defaulting to Cloud Foundry or targeting Kubernetes with --to k8s.

Makes stale:

Tutorials that present cds add mta, then mbt build, then cf deploy as the only path. That sequence still works, but since March 2025 cds up does it in one command, and is still beta.

SourceCAP release notes, March 2025 — deployment with cds upchecked
Coverage
statecore and community, CAP
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state in BTP/BAIPcore only, assessed
relationshipnarrow by design
domainOperations & Runtime
also inBTP/BAIP
Sourcecds buildchecked SourceDeploy to Kyma — capirechecked SourceDeploy to Kyma — capirechecked
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