Getting Started With BTP, the SAP Business Technology Platform CLI

This introductory course demonstrates how to install and use the SAP Business Technology Platform command-line interface. It covers creating a development space, retrieving the CLI with a script, configuring PATH, logging in, and understanding configuration-file storage.

Syllabus

Welcome and introduction
What is the btp CLI?
The btp CLI is available on the SAP Development Tools website
Sharing the SAP Tech Bytes repository https://github.com/SAP-samples/sap-tech-bytes/
Creating a dev space on the SAP Business Application Studio
Retrieving the getbtpcli script see the blog post https://blogs.sap.com/2021/09/01/sap-tech-bytes-btp-cli-installation/
Looking through the getbtpcli script to understand how it works
Running getbtpcli to retrieve the btp CLI
Making the btp executable from anywhere by adding its location to the PATH
Sharing the drafts to the btp CLI blog posts, in the relevant branch of the SAP Tech Bytes repo
Logging in with the btp CLI
Examining the contents of the configuration file
Looking at the where the configuration file is stored and what happens to it on a restart