Regarding http port of ECC

[Former Member]

Hi All,

We are on ESS 1.0, EP 7.0, ECC 6.0.

Developed few custom applications in ABAP Webdynpro and integrated into Portal.

Webdynpro ABAP iviews only works if the http port of ECC (8001) is opened.

Now the ESS is supposed to accessed from internet - here the problem comes in.

We do not want to expose the http port 8001 of ECC to internet.

If the 8001 port is blocked it shows "Page cannot be displayed". Is there any way to make the applications without opening the port ?

Please share your experience......Appreciate your help greatfully.

Regards,

Anil Kumar

[Former Member]

You do not normaly expose your ECC directly to the internet.

Instead you can use WebDispatcher in the DMZ of your firewall.

The firewall is then configured:

Allow port 80 access from Internet to WebDispatcher

Allow all SAP ports from Webdispatcher to ECC.

The Webdispatcher then re-directs the requests to ECC.

You can even let the Webdispatcher truncate https so the internet user working with https and the communication betwen Webdispatcher and ECC is done via http.

Read more about the Webdispatcher at

[SAP Webdispatcher|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/b4/9aa8862e714e6db8e74e48e5d3283b/frameset.htm]