Connect your account

In this topic, you learn how to connect the subaccount you created with Neptune DXP - Open Edition.

Prerequisites

You have created a trial account on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) in Set up a trial account.
You have created a subaccount on the SAP BTP with four memory units assigned in Set up a subaccount on the SAP Business Technology Platform.
You have enabled Cloud Foundry in Enable Cloud Foundry.
You have added organizational Space to your subaccount in Create organizational Spaces.
You have added a quota plan to the space of your subaccount in Add a new quota plan.

Procedure

Install the Command Line Interface (CLI) for Cloud Foundry (cf).

You can find the installation file for macOS, Windows, and Linux here: Downloads.
Follow the installation guide here.
Go to the Business Technology Platform (BTP.
Click Quota Plans of your subaccount.
Copy the API Endpoint link.
Open a terminal. Enter the following command and replace API Endpoint with the link you copied:
```
cf login -a API Endpoint
```
Enter your login credentials to the SAP BTP. Check if the Org name and Space name match with the details of your SAP subaccount.

Enter the following command and replace App Name with the name of your app in Neptune DXP - Open Edition:

cf push App Name -m 4096 --docker-image docker.io/neptunesoftware/planet9:latest

While deploying, your command prompt or terminal shows an error message. You can ignore this error and continue following the steps. If your command prompt or terminal stays in a loop, press Ctrl+C to break it.

On the SAP BTP, click Cloud Foundry > Spaces. Click on the name of your space. The application overview of your space opens.
1. In the Name row, click on the name of your application
2. In Quota Information, click Change Quota.
3. Set the Disk Quota (MB) to 4096 and click Save.
Click User-Provided Variables > Add.
1. In the Key field, type PLANET9_IP.
2. In the Value field, type 0.0.0.0.
Click Save.

If this does not work, enter the following in your command prompt or terminal:
```
cf set-env
APP_NAME ENV_VAR_NAME ENV_VAR_VALUE
```
Click Overview > Restart (or Start). After a few minutes, the indicator above the Restart button switches from Starting to Started.
In Application Routes, click on the link. You are forwarded to the login page of Neptune DXP - Open Edition.
Sign in with the Username admin and the Password admin.

Result

You have set up the SAP BTP subaccount and connected to Neptune DXP - Open Edition.