Cloud Foundry Service Instance Management
In the Cloud Foundry environment on SAP BTP, a service instance is a provisioned resource of a specific service plan that developers create to enable platform capabilities within their applications. As described in About Services, services are typically enabled by creating a service instance and binding it to an application. Developers can create and manage service instances using the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface, and can also update existing instances to change their configuration or plan.
Tutorials that teach this
Docs explaining this concept
- Doc About Services
- Doc Audit Log Retrieval API for Global Accounts in the Cloud Foundry Environment
- Doc Audit Log Write API for Customers
- Doc Bind an Application to a Service
- Doc Check Who Created a Service Instance
- Doc Checking Who Created an Application or a Service Instance
- Doc Configure Timeout of @sap/approuter Component of a Communication Arrangement for Inbound Communication with Service Key OAuth
- Doc Create Service Instances Using the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface
Prerequisites
- Concept SAP BTP Cockpit The concept name was not provided and the supplied source snippets do not define or describe a single, identifiable SAP developer concept — they cover a range of unrelated SAP BTP topics such as Kyma environment setup, Cloud Foundry org deletion, subaccount management, and service instances. A focused definition cannot be grounded solely in these sources without a clearly stated concept to define.
- Concept Cloud Foundry Spaces and Subaccounts The concept name is not defined in the provided sources, and the available snippets cover distinct topics — such as [creating routes](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/9fddeea396b34b528bc8d286f3d5d9cf?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), [managing Cloud Foundry spaces](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/5209d55d8dd84228897112b0655d999b?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), and creating service keys — without a shared concept tying them together. Because the concept to be defined is explicitly marked as "undefined" and no single coherent concept can be grounded solely in the provided sources, a reliable definition cannot be produced.
- Concept Cloud Foundry Environment Instance The concept provided is undefined, and the supplied sources cover general SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) topics — such as the [Cloud Foundry environment](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/40a8f8f6f1724e0ca0fd2a8777f45504?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), the ABAP environment, and BTP account setup — without identifying a specific named concept to define. No definition can be accurately produced without a clearly stated concept, as fabricating one would go beyond what the provided sources support.
- Concept SAP BTP Cloud Foundry Space Configuration The concept name provided is "undefined," and the supplied sources do not contain a definition or description of a specific, identifiable SAP developer concept that can be accurately and exclusively grounded in the given snippets. A reliable definition cannot be produced without a valid concept name and supporting source content.
Concepts that build on this
- Concept SAP Destination Service Configuration
- Concept SAP HANA Cockpit Administration
- Concept Service Key Management
- Concept Cloud Foundry Service Bindings
- Concept SAP Alert Notification Service for SAP BTP
- Concept Service Bindings
- Concept Service Binding Credentials
- Concept SAP Private Link & Connectivity Service
- Concept SAP HANA Cloud Instance Provisioning