Local SAP WEB IDE connect to OData Destination on ABAP 7.5 Trial running on VirtualBox

[former_member530772]

Hello all.

Firstly I have a Trial 7.5 Netweaver ABAP sytem running on Linux via a Oracle Virtual Box. This works fine I can connect from Windows via the SAP Logon and run my Odata Services from Chrome.

This URL works to get the Catalog :

http://virtual_linux:8000/sap/opu/odata/iwfnd/CATALOGSERVICE/CatalogCollection

I have installed today a local copy of SAP WEB IDE and changed the port in Orion to be 9090. This all works fine.

When I setup a destination to my odata server as below and try and select it doesn't find the service Catalog and I get an error NPL Catalog Service is unavailable. Please Try Later.

When I look in Chrome developer tools I can see its going to localhost:9090 instead of the destination in my destination file URL as below :

http://localhost:9090/webidedispatcher/destinations/NPL/IWFND/CATALOGSERVICE;v=2/ServiceCollection?s... 500 (Server Error)

Here is my Destination file :-

Description=NPL

Type=HTTP

TrustAll=true

Authentication=NoAuthentication

Name=NPL

ProxyType=Internet

URL=http\://127.0.0.1/:8000

WebIDEUsage=odata_abap,ui5_execute_abap,dev_abap

WebIDESystem=NPL

WebIDEEnabled=true

sap-client=001

And in my hosts file I have the IP pointing to my Virtual Box Server

127.0.0.1 Virtual_Linux

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong. I don't understand why WEB IDE is looking at localhost:9090 ????

[bethangeletti]

June 2020,

Just a comment to commend clarkssimonfarrell on your excellent problem description, and actions taken.

Your step by step, help me validate that my installation and backend services were good!

I'd read the many of the same help ~ blogs as you and had not thought to 'escape' the port number!

(abap as 752 sp04, opensuse)

[francesco_alborghetti · Accepted solution]

Hi,

in you URL definition you are using a slash instead of a backslash before the port number, maybe this is the issue.

Try to change it from

URL=http\://127.0.0.1/:8000

to

URL=http\://127.0.0.1\:8000

[former_member530772 · Accepted solution]

Well that worked a treat !

Thanks I'm not telling you how long I have spent trying to get that working !

[bethangeletti · Accepted solution]

June 2020, Thanks for sharing @francesco.alborghetti , your answer fixed my issue too.