How import Global account ?

[Slydew]

Dear,

I try to export my root global account this
btptf create-json -d or -s or -o
with (extracted with btp CLI get accounts/global-account) "guid": "CAxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" or "displayName": "my GA" or "subdomain": "myglobalsubdomain"

but nothing works, any idee to hlep me ?

Regards

[lechnerc77]

Hi @Slydew ,

the Terraform Exporter for SAP BTP does not enable the export of a complete global account in one run.
The exporter is structured around the main levels of a subaccount that can be exported seperately namely:

• Directory (parameter -d)
• Subaccount (parameter -s)
• Cloud Foundry Organization (parameter -o)

To execute the setup you must provide the corresponding environment variables like global account subdomain via BTP_GLOBALACCOUNT for directories and subaccounts.

You find more details about the parameters in the documentation https://sap.github.io/terraform-exporter-btp/prerequisites/.

This design decision and consequent opinionated import flow was made to avoid the import and consequently the management of a Terralithic configuration and state.

[Slydew]

Thanks a lot
It seems i have a good understood.

I export btp accounts/global-account --show-hierarchy to be sure of value of subdomain : works fine !

Strange things :

• On global account, value of subdomain(myFakeSubdomain) is different than guid (CA****)
• on other folder, value of subdomain equal as guid (btptf create-json -d works with it),
  they have globalAccountGUID equal as global account(CA***)

I try to use

• subdomain field value : "myFakeSubdomain" for btptf create-json -d $BTP_GLOBALACCOUNT with error :
  2025/01/27 14:23:21 Invalid directory ID: myFakeSubdomain Please provide a valid UUID.
• guid field value : CA**** for btptf create-json -d $BTP_GLOBALACCOUNT with error :
  2025/01/27 15:06:01 Invalid directory ID: CA**** Please provide a valid UUID.

Does i have an issue on my global account ?

Regards

[lechnerc77]

From a SAP BTP perspective you have different ID fields that could have different values and are used by different tools:

Globalaccount

• Global Account ID - a UUID
• Global Account Subdomain - identifier, could be any string

-> Global Account ID and Global Account Subdomain need NOT be identical

The Terraform Exporter for BTP uses the Global Account Subdomain that is provided via the environment variable BTP_GLOBALACCOUNT

Directory

• Directory ID - a UUID
• Subdomain - a UUID

-> Directory ID and Subdomain are usually identical (at least I did not yet see another setup)

The Terraform Exporter for BTP uses the Directory ID that is specified via the parameter -d

Subaccount

Subaccount ID - a UUID
Subaccount Subdomain - identifier, any string that is a unique value in the SAP BTP region

-> Subaccount ID and Subaccount Subdomain are usually NOT identical

The Terraform Exporter for BTP uses the Subaccount ID that is specified via the parameter -s

[Slydew]

We need to use -o for Globalaccount or nothing ?

[lechnerc77]

As mentioned before: You cannot export the complete Global Account.

You must set environment variable BTP_GLOBALACCOUNT withe the subdomain of global account. The use the corresponding ID of the level you want to export which is directory, subaccount or CF organization.

I think the documentation located at https://sap.github.io/terraform-exporter-btp/ gives a good walk through on how to get started with the import that you should use to familiarize with the approach.