Business Server Pages Administration

Use

When Web applications are created as BSP applications there are various administration settings, especially from the layers below the BSP programming model of the Internet Communication Manager (ICM) and the

Internet Communication Framework (ICF).

Prerequisites

For ICF, the following configuration prerequisites must be met:

The required ICF services must be activated

Following installation of the Web Application server, all ICF services are initially inactive for security reasons. When a subsequent major configuration is performed in the system, all required services are generally activated.

If one or more services required for BSP are not activated by default, you can activate them using the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG). In transaction SPRO, choose Display SAP Reference IMG. The path in the Implementation Guide for SAP NetWeaver is: Application Server Internet Communication Framework Activate HTTP Services Individually or Activate HTTP Services for Each Application .

You can also activate individual services in transaction SICF.

To allow development and use of business server pages, the following ICF services must be active in the system:

/default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap

/default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/system

/default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/public/bc

/default_host/sap/public/bc (Available for 620 with support package 34)

/default_host/sap/public/bc/ur (Available for 620 with support package 34)

/default_host/sap/public/bsp/sap/public

/default_host/sap/public/bsp/sap/public/bc

/default_host/sap/public/bsp/sap/system

/default_host/sap/public/bsp/sap/htmlb (as of release 620 SP SAPKB62026)

As well as these Basis services, a number of special services need to be activated too:
- For the BSP logon procedure:
  
  /default_host/sap/public/bsp/sap
  
  /default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/system
  
  /default_host/sap/public/bsp/sap/public
  
  /default_host/sap/public/bsp/sap/system
- BSP test applications for troubleshooting:
  
  /default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/it00
  
  /default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/sbspext_htmlb
  
  /default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/sbspext_xhtmlb
  
  /default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/htmlb_samples
  
  Release 6.30 and higher:
  
  /default_host/sap/bc/bsp/sap/bsp_verificatio
Administration of (ICF) server functions (authorization assignment): Server Function Administration
Administration of (ICF) Client Functions (creating RFC destinations and so on): Client Function Administration

HTTP/HTTPS must be set in the ICM (see also Displaying and Changing Services).

Settings for the Area:	Links	Description
ICM	ICM Server Cache	To optimize performance, the HTTP request handler can use the ICM server cache (or Internet server cache) when reusing response pages
Monitoring the Status of the ICM	Monitoring and administrating the ICM in the SAP system
ICM Parameters	Profile parameters for configuring the ICM and the Internet server cache to enable HTTP or SMTP communication with your AS system.
ICF	Troubleshooting and Monitoring	Analysis of ICF error messages, error handling, and monitoring (ICF recorder, and so on)
Security	Configuring the AS ABAP for Supporting SSL	Configuration for SSL support
Logon Ticket Cache	Function for improving performance with multiple logons
For more information, see BSP Security Issues.
Tracing	ICM Tracing HTTP Browser Tracing	For problems that you cannot solve using the debugger, you can create a trace for HTTP requests with the ICM or using external tools
FQHN/FQDN		Make sure that the fully-qualified domain and host names (FQDN, FQHN) are always specified in the URL

More Information

For information about the concepts and functions contained in the BSP programming model, see the BSP Documentation.