Connection Establishment Using Destination (SM59) (SAP Library

Connection Establishment Using Destination (SM59)

For the system to be able to establish a connection using a destination by means of the method CL_HTTP_CLIENT=>CREATE_BY_DESTINATION, the appropriate entries must be made for the HTTP connection in transaction SM59.

There are two types of HTTP connection in SM59:

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The HTTP connection to the external server and the HTTP connection to the R/3 system are different only in their logon procedures. Their technical settings are the same.

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You can make the following entries:

Target host This is the destination of the connection.

Caution

Note that if you are using HTTPS as a protocol, you have to specify the full host name (with domain).

Service No. Here, you specify the port. The destination host must of course be configured in such a way that the specified port "understands" the corresponding protocol (HTTP or HTTPS). See Parameterizing the ICM and the ICM Server Cache.

PathPrefix At the time when the connection to this destination is initiated, the system inserts this sub-path before ~request_uri.

HTTP Proxy Options Here you can configure a proxy for HTTP connections: You can determine the proxy host and service, as well as users and passwords for the HTTP connection.

The tabstrip Logon/Security is different, depending on whether you choose HTTP Connection to ext. Server or HTTP Connection to an R/3 System.

HTTP Connection to Ext. Server

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Here, you can activate SSL to ensure that HTTPS is the protocol used (if you select SSL, make sure that the correct port is entered under Technical settings). In the security transaction you can determine which type of SSL client is used.

You can also set permissions for using the destination and specify a user name and password.

HTTP Connection to an R/3 System

Here, you can specify more settings for authentication on the destination system.

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As with an external server, SSL can be activated or deactivated, and permissions can be set for it.

Because the destination system is an SAP System, you can set the client and language for the logon as well as the user name and password. If you check Current User, you have to specify the password.

The following authentication procedures are available: Basic Authentication, SAP Standard, and SAP Trusted System.

HTTP Basic Authentication: Standard HTTP 410 logon

SAP Standard: This procedure uses an RFC logon procedure. The RFC Single Sign-On (SSO) procedure is valid within the one system. The same SAP user (client, language, and user name) is used for logon.

SAP Trusted System: Trusted RFC logon to a different SAP System