getting started

Basic setup

See installation for detailed configuration information

1. find your server's base URL.
   An easy way to do it is starting any UI5/BSP/webdynpro application. I will use SOAMANAGER In my case the URL is https://vhcalnplci:44300/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/appl_soap_management, and the bit required for the configuration is https://vhcalnplci:44300 . Note that chrome marked the URL as not secure, so I will need to set option "allowSelfSigned": true
2. in transaction SICF, make sure that node /default_host/sap/bc/adt is active
3. Go to in your visual studio code settings, select abap-fs configuration and press Edit in settings.json You will end up in an editor showing settings.json, and will need at least one entry for abapfs.remote
   A basic configuration will look like this: \

{
  "abapfs.remote":{
    "NPL": {
      "url": "http://vhcalnplci.bti.local:8000",
      "username": "developer",
      "password": "whatever"
    }
  }
}

In my case will have to add "allowSelfSigned": true because I'm using a self signed certificate

4. connect to your ABAP server
   1. start the command palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P
   2. run command
   3. select your connection Ignore the hotkey, it's my personal setting
   4. after a few seconds you should get an error or success message, and you will see your ABAP system in the explorer pane, which you'll navigate as if it was a folder on your hard drive:

SAPGUI integration

To connect with a SAPGUI the configuration above would need to be extended. If this is my configuration entry in SAPLOGON:

{
  "abapfs.remote":{
    "NPL": {
      "url": "http://vhcalnplci.bti.local:8000",
      "username": "developer",
      "password": "whatever",
      "client": "001",
      "sapGui": {
        "server": "172.18.0.3",
        "systemNumber": "00"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note that if vhcalnplci.bti.local maps to 172.18.0.3 adding the client would be enough
Also note you might need different settings for load balancing configurations