Creating Provider HTTP Post

You configure an HTTP Post provider that executes an HTTP Post call to a specified URL. This URL is filled with context parameters specific to the entity type that currently has the focus in SAP Landscape Management.

Prerequisites

Optional: You have created custom properties.

For more information, see Creating Custom Properties.

Context

The SAP Landscape Management software calls a specified URL and passes the parameters as POST parameters.

Procedure

Choose Automation Studio Provider Definitions.
Choose Create HTTP Post.
Enter the name for the provider definition.
Enter the URL of the provider definition.
Optional: Enter a user name and password for testing the connection.

If you have specified a user name or password, SAP Landscape Management uses the basic authentication method.
Optional: Adjust the timeout in seconds.

The call is a synchronous call. The service provider implementation can provide a text/plain MIME type response that is recorded in the operations log.
Choose Test Connection.
Optional: To modify the script for updating custom properties of the current host, instance, or its parent system, select the Updates Custom Properties checkbox.
The script returns the following line:
- [RESULT]:Property:<property name>=<property value>
- For system properties:
  
  [RESULT]:SystemProperty:<property name>=<property value>
- For secure properties:
  
  [RESULT]:PropertySecure:<property name>=<property value> or [RESULT]:SystemPropertySecure:<property name>=<property value>
Optional: To allow the HTML output of custom scripts, select the Allow HTML Output checkbox.
You use HTML output for example, to display operation results with different colors or in table format. To use HTML output, use the following format:
```
HtmlSectionBegin
<HTML markup>
HtmlSectionEnd
```
Within a HTML section, you can use HTML markup, javascript will be filtered out.
Define what your provider definition can be used for:
- To use your provider definition for custom operations, select required entities in the Operation Uses section.
- To use your provider definition for custom hooks, select the required entities in the Hook Uses section.
- To use your provider definition for custom provisioning processes, select the Provisioning Replacement checkbox.
  The following additional parameters are also available:
  - SAP_LVM_TARGET_SID
    SAPSYSTEMNAME of the target system
  - SAP_LVM_TARGET_SYSTEM_ID
    SAP Landscape Management system ID of the target system
  - SAP_LVM_SRC_SID
    SAPSYSTEMNAME of the source system
  - SAP_LVM_SRC_SYSTEM_ID
    SAP Landscape Management system ID of the source system
  If you execute the operation on a source instance, you can access the parameters of the corresponding target instance, including custom properties, with the LVM_TARGET_ prefix.
  
  If you execute the operation on a target instance, you can access the parameters of the corresponding source instance, including custom properties, with the LVM_SRC_ prefix.
- To use your provider definition for a custom notification, select the Notification checkbox.
- To execute your provider definition to retrieve all possible values for a custom parameter, select the Parameter Supplier checkbox.
  The following output format is expected, each value in a new line:
  - [ID]: <Value ID>
  - [DESC]: <Description of the preceding ID>
  Only the ID of the selected value is passed as a custom parameter.
  
  For an example, see SAP Note 1936615 Dynamic Values for custom operations in SAP Landscape Management.
  
  Note A mass operation can only be executed if all parameter suppliers for its custom parameters are configured to be executed on a central host.
- To execute your provider definition to receive all possible values for a custom parameter, select the Default Value Supplier checkbox.
  The following output format is expected, each value in a new line:
  - [DEFAULT_ID]: <ID of the value as used in the custom operation default replacement>
  - [DEFAULT_VALUE]: <Default value that should be used>
  For an example, see SAP Note 1936615 Dynamic Values for custom operations in SAP Landscape Management.
Choose Create Provider.

Results

You can now configure custom operations, hooks, and notifications.

Next Steps

Adding Parameters

Adding Properties