How to install ABAP 1909 on Mac M1 (Apple Silicon)

[pawelwiejkut]

How to run ABAP 1909 on MacOs with M1? For me, the best idea was to use UTM. I also tried before with docker without success - in the end, there was always an error.

1. Install UTM

2. Download Ubuntu Server x64 bit version

3. Create a virtual machine on UTM (220 GB storage, 6-7 CPU’s, additional flags)

4. Install Ubuntu server on UTM

5. Install docker

sudo apt-get update



sudo apt-get install \

    ca-certificates \

    curl \

    gnupg \

    lsb-release



curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg



echo \

  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \

  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null



sudo apt-get update



sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

6. Install ABAP 1909. A good article also here

docker run --stop-timeout 3600 -i --name a4h -h vhcala4hci -p 3200:3200 -p 3300:3300 -p 8443:8443 -p 30213:30213 -p 30215:30215 -p 50000:50000 -p 50001:50001 -p 50013:50013 -p 50014:50014 store/saplabs/abaptrial:1909 -skip-limits-check -agree-to-sap-license

In the beginning, it is always running slow. The best idea is to use sgen and regenerate all transactions, then it should be definitely better and pretty usable 🙂

This is a repost from my blog: https://pawelwiejkut.dev/posts/abap1909-dev-m1/