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Guidance for Automating SAP Configuration Health Checks on AWS

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Overview

This Guidance shows how to automate health checks for customers who are running SAP on AWS using the traditional licensing model. Many customers are choosing RISE with SAP, where SAP handles infrastructure and technical services. For customers using the traditional licensing model with SAP on AWS, this Guidance demonstrates how to automate evaluation of the SAP landscape on AWS against 100+ health checks and architecture best practices aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. It shows how to scan SAP systems automatically for configuration compliance, providing a summary view, detailed views for individual systems, and the capability to compare two systems side-by-side through an Amazon QuickSight dashboard. This empowers customers to proactively identify and remediate potential issues, confirming the SAP landscape adheres to AWS architectural best practices.

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This architecture diagram demonstrates how to automate health checks based on the AWS Well-Architected Pillars to identify configuration drifts and monitor infrastructure health.

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Well-Architected Pillars

The architecture diagram above is an example of a Solution created with Well-Architected best practices in mind. To be fully Well-Architected, you should follow as many Well-Architected best practices as possible.

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