Automating SAP deployments on Google Cloud with Terraform

You can automate the deployment of Google Cloud infrastructure by using Terraform, an open source tool that lets you automate the creation and management of Google Cloud resources. For information about Terraform, see Terraform with Google Cloud.

For select SAP solutions and supporting databases, such as SAP HANA, Google Cloud provides predefined Terraform configuration files that you can use to deploy Google Cloud infrastructure that meets SAP supportability requirements and best practices.

Supported SAP solutions

Google Cloud provides Terraform configuration files for the following SAP solutions:

• SAP NetWeaver
  • On Linux
  • High-availability cluster configuration on SLES
  • High-availability cluster configuration on RHEL
• SAP HANA
  • Scale-up system
  • Scale-out system without standby nodes
  • Scale-out with host auto-failover
  • Scale-up system in a Linux high-availability cluster
  • Scale-out system in a Linux high-availability cluster
• SAP ASE
  • On Linux
• IBM Db2 for SAP
  • On Linux

What the configuration files deploy

All of the Terraform configuration files that Google Cloud provides for SAP deployments configure or deploy the following elements:

• One or more Compute Engine virtual machines (VMs)
• An OS image that you specify
• One or more Persistent Disk or Hyperdisk volumes