FPN between two NW 7.31 SP16 PO Systems

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

We have a requirement that, the UI5 Content and the BPM deployed on one PO box should be available to the user on another PO Box. For this, we thought using FPN would be a better option. However, we would like to check with the experts if this is a best approach. Request your valuable suggestions on the same.

Scenario is:

PO Box1: POB1,

Would be sitting with in the secured network and is only accessible to the intranet users of the company. All the UI5 applications, BPM Processes and the connectivity to backend (Like ECM Repository, ECC Connectivity, CAF etc) would be deployed and maintained on this POB1.

PO Box2: POB2,

Would be sitting with in the DMZ of the company and is accessible to both the external users and the internal users. Main purpose for the external users to login to the POB2 is to complete their BPM Human Activities.

So, Approach we are thinking of is:

Deploy all the code on the POB1, then establish a FPN between POB1 and POB2. Use a WebDispatcher to handle the routing.

We have done a similar architecture (way back in 2011) using CE 7.3 and Portal 7.0. However, things have changed a lot during these days and would like to hear from the experts if this is still the better way of achieving the solution or is there a better way of achieving the same.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

I have gone through a blog by,

which was posted in 2013 and I am a bit unsure, if it is still the suggested way of doing.

Regards,

Venkat.

[michal_zilcha-lang]

Dear Venkat,

Basically there are few options – in FPN you have the Remote Delta Link (RDL) for remote content that is not iView nor a role, and Remote Role Assignment (RRA) to assign remote roles.

In case you want to consume remote iViews, then you can use the iView from Remote Source, without the overhead of FPN.

Regarding using remote content differently –

It is done by creating iView from remote source from the Portal Content of the Content Administration.

There are 4 options in the wizard, and one of them is creating iView from remote portal.

The remote portal is configured by creating just a system landscape object, with the host and portal of the producer.

Please refer to the relevant documentation that explains it:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw74/helpdata/en/4b/8d080d231e2b5fe10000000a42189c/frameset.htm

The relevant part is "iView based on a remote portal component".

This option requires to create a system landscape object, with the WAS parameters (like host & port) of the remote portal.

As written in the documentation:

·        It is necessary to create a portal system object on the local portal that points to the application (remote) portal. No specific system type is recommended but the system must have Web Application Server (Web AS) properties, such as an SAP system with load balancing or an SAP system using a dedicated application server.

The following system properties must be configured:

o   Web AS host and port

o   Web AS protocol

o   System alias

A wiki page that explains how to extract those parameters:

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=316769602

There is also a troubleshooting guide for this wizard:

http://scn.sap.com/community/enterprise-portal/blog/2014/01/02/creating-iviews-from-remote-sources-t...

Again, using the above approach is relevant when consuming remote iViews.

It is recommended many times because of the overhead of using FPN (performance, configuration, TCO, etc.).

Examples for overhead: the maintenance of connections, the need to synchronize when remote content changes, etc.

More information can be found here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7179

Please refer also to SAP note 1398273 - Federated Portal Network (FPN) - Specific Component Note.

In includes all the relevant information about the different usage types, and their prerequisites and limitations.

Thanks & regards,

Michal Zilcha-Lang