CAPApplicationVersion

How to configure the CAPApplicationVersion resource

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The CAPApplicationVersion has the following high-level structure:

apiVersion: sme.sap.com/v1alpha1
kind: CAPApplicationVersion
metadata:
  name: cav-cap-app-v1
  namespace: cap-ns
spec:
  version: 3.2.1 # <-- semantic version (must be unique within the versions of a CAP application)
  capApplicationInstance: cap-app
  registrySecrets: # <-- image pull secrets to be used in the workloads
    - regcred
  workloads: # <-- define deployments and jobs used for this application version
    - name: "cap-backend"
      deploymentDefinition: # ...
      consumedBTPServices: # ...
    - name: "app-router"
      deploymentDefinition: # ...
      consumedBTPServices: # ...
    - name: "service-content"
      jobDefinition: # ...
      consumedBTPServices: # ...
    - name: "tenant-operation"
      jobDefinition: # ...
      consumedBTPServices: # ...
  tenantOperations: # ... <-- (optional)
  • A CAPApplicationVersion is always associated with a CAPApplication in the same namespace, referenced via the capApplicationInstance attribute.
  • The workloads array defines the software components of the application. Examples include a deployment for the CAP application server or a job for tenant operations. Each workload must have either a deploymentDefinition or a jobDefinition. See the next section for details.
  • The optional tenantOperations attribute defines a sequence of steps (jobs) to execute during tenant operations (provisioning, upgrade, or deprovisioning).

The CAPApplicationVersion resource is immutable — its spec must not be modified after deployment. This is enforced by webhooks, which we recommend keeping active (the default).

Workloads with deploymentDefinition

name: cap-backend
consumedBTPServices: # <-- an array of service instance names referencing the SAP BTP services defined in the CAPApplication resource
  - cap-uaa
  - cap-saas-reg
deploymentDefinition:
  type: CAP # <-- possible values are CAP / Router / Additional / Service
  image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/server:3.22.11 # <-- container image
  env: # <-- (optional) same as in core v1 pod.spec.containers.env
    - name: SAY
      value: "I'm GROOT"
  replicas: 3 # <-- (optional) replicas for scaling
  ports:
    - name: app-port
      port: 4004
      routerDestinationName: cap-server-url
    - name: tech-port
      port: 4005
  monitoring:
    scrapeConfig:
      port: tech--port
    deletionRules:
      expression: scalar(sum(avg_over_time(current_sessions{job="cav-cap-app-v1-cap-backend-svc",namespace="cap-ns"}[2h]))) <= bool 5

The type of the deployment indicates how the operator handles this workload (for example, injection of destinations used by the Approuter). Valid values are:

  • CAP to indicate a CAP application server. Only one workload of this type is allowed.
  • Router to indicate a version of the Approuter. Only one workload of this type is allowed.
  • Additional to indicate supporting components deployed alongside the CAP application server.
  • Service to indicate workloads that are tenant-agnostic.

You can define optional attributes such as replicas, env, resources, probes, securityContext, initContainers, and ports to configure the deployment.

Port configuration

You can define which ports (and how many) exposed by a deployment container are made available inside the cluster (via Services of type ClusterIP). The port definition includes a name in addition to the port number being exposed.

For deploymentDefinition types other than Router, you can specify a routerDestinationName that is used as a named destination injected into the Approuter.

The port configurations are not mandatory and can be omitted. When omitted, the operator applies the following defaults:

  • For workloads of type CAP, the default port 4004 is added to the Service, and a destination named srv-api is added to the Approuter referencing this service port (any existing destinations environment configuration for this workload is preserved, with only the URL overwritten).
  • For workloads of type Router, port 5000 is exposed in the Service. This Service is used as the target for HTTP traffic reaching the application domain (domains are specified in the CAPApplication resource).

NOTE: If multiple ports are configured for a workload of type Router, the first port is used to target external traffic to the application domain.

Monitoring configuration

For each deployment workload in a CAPApplicationVersion, you can define:

  1. Deletion rules: Criteria based on metrics that, when satisfied, indicate the workload can be removed.
  2. Scrape configuration: Defines how metrics are scraped from the workload service.

Details of how to configure workload monitoring can be found here.

Workloads with jobDefinition

workloads:
  # ... deployment workloads have been omitted in this example
  - name: "content-deployer"
    consumedServices: # ...
    jobDefinition:
      type: Content
      image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/content:1.0.1
  - name: "tenant-operation"
    consumedServices: # ...
    jobDefinition:
      type: TenantOperation
      image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/server:3.22.11
      backoffLimit: 2 # <-- determines retry attempts for the job on failure (default is 6)
      ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 300 # <-- the job will be cleaned up after this duration
      env:
        - name: CDS_ENV
          value: production
        - name: CDS_CONFIG
          value: '{ "requires":{"cds.xt.DeploymentService":{"hdi": { "create":{ "database_id": "16e25c51-5455-4b17-a4d7-43545345345" } } } } }'
  - name: "notify-upgrade"
    consumedServices: # ...
    jobDefinition:
      type: CustomTenantOperation
      image: # ...
      command: ["npm", "run", "notify:upgrade"] # <-- custom entry point for the container allows reuse of a container image with multiple entry points
      backoffLimit: 1
  - name: "create-test-data"
    consumedServices: # ...
    jobDefinition:
      type: CustomTenantOperation
      image: # ...
      command: ["npm", "run ", "deploy:testdata"]

Workloads with a jobDefinition represent a job that executes at a particular point in the lifecycle of the application or tenant. The following values are allowed for type in such workloads:

  • Content: A content deployer job that deploys SAP BTP service-specific content from the application version. This job runs as soon as a new CAPApplicationVersion resource is created in the cluster. Multiple workloads of this type may be defined, and the order in which they run can be specified via ContentJobs.
  • TenantOperation: A job executed during provisioning, upgrade, or deprovisioning of a tenant (CAPTenant). These jobs are controlled by the operator and use the cds/mtxs APIs to perform HDI content deployment by default. If a workload of type TenantOperation is not provided in the CAPApplicationVersion, the workload with deploymentDefinition of type CAP is used to determine the jobDefinition (image, env, etc.). If cds/mtxs APIs are used, command can be specified to trigger tenant operations with a custom command.
  • CustomTenantOperation: An optional job that runs before or after the TenantOperation, allowing the application to perform tenant-specific tasks (for example, creating test data).

Sequencing tenant operations

A tenant operation refers to provisioning, upgrade, or deprovisioning, which are executed in the context of a CAP application for individual tenants (using the cds/mtxs or similar modules provided by CAP). Within the workloads, two types of jobs are valid for such operations: TenantOperation and CustomTenantOperation.

The TenantOperation is mandatory for all tenant operations.

In addition, you can choose which CustomTenantOperation jobs run for a specific operation and in which order. For example, a CustomTenantOperation that deploys test data to the tenant database schema should run during provisioning but must not run during deprovisioning.

The field tenantOperations specifies which jobs run during the different tenant operations and their execution order.

spec:
  workloads: # ...
  tenantOperations:
    provisioning:
      - workloadName: "tenant-operation"
      - workloadName: "create-test-data"
    upgrade:
      - workloadName: "notify-upgrade"
        continueOnFailure: true # <-- indicates the overall operation may proceed even if this step fails
      - workloadName: "tenant-operation"
      - workloadName: "create-test-data"
    # <-- as the deprovisioning steps are not specified, only the `TenantOperation` workload (first available) will be executed

In the example above, for each tenant operation, the valid jobs (steps) and their execution order are specified. Each step in an operation is defined with:

  • workloadName refers to the job workload executed in this operation step.
  • continueOnFailure is valid only for CustomTenantOperation steps and indicates whether the overall tenant operation can proceed when this step fails.

NOTE:

  • tenantOperations is only required if CustomTenantOperations are used. If not specified, each operation consists only of the TenantOperation step (the first one found in workloads).
  • The tenantOperations sequencing applies only to tenants provisioned (or deprovisioned) on this CAPApplicationVersion and to tenants being upgraded to it.

Sequencing content jobs

When you create a CAPApplicationVersion, you can define multiple content jobs. The order in which these jobs run is important, as some jobs may depend on the output of others. The ContentJobs property specifies the execution order of content jobs.

spec:
  workloads: # ...
  tenantOperations: # ...
  contentJobs:
    - content-deployer-service
    - content-deployer-ui

ServiceExposures Configuration

See Service Exposure page for details.

Other attributes can be configured as documented.

Port configuration

You can define which ports (and how many) exposed by a deployment container are made available inside the cluster (via Services of type ClusterIP). The port definition includes a name in addition to the port number being exposed.

For service-only workloads, the routerDestinationName is not relevant.

The port configurations are mandatory and cannot be omitted.

Full Example

apiVersion: sme.sap.com/v1alpha1
kind: CAPApplicationVersion
metadata:
  name: cav-cap-app-v1
  namespace: cap-ns
spec:
  version: 3.2.1
  capApplicationInstance: cap-app
  registrySecrets:
    - regcred
  workloads:
    - name: cap-backend
      consumedBTPServices:
        - cap-uaa
        - cap-service-manager
        - cap-saas-reg
      deploymentDefinition:
        type: CAP
        image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/server:3.22.11
        env:
          - name: CDS_ENV
            value: production
          - name: CDS_CONFIG
            value: '{ "requires":{"cds.xt.DeploymentService":{"hdi": { "create":{ "database_id": "16e25c51-5455-4b17-a4d7-43545345345" } } } } }'
        replicas: 3
        ports:
          - name: app-port
            port: 4004
            routerDestinationName: cap-server-url
          - name: tech-port
            port: 4005
            appProtocol: grpc
        monitoring:
          scrapeConfig:
            port: tech--port
          deletionRules:
            expression: scalar(sum(avg_over_time(current_sessions{job="cav-cap-app-v1-cap-backend-svc",namespace="cap-ns"}[2h]))) <= bool 5
        livenessProbe:
          failureThreshold: 3
          httpGet:
            path: /
            port: 4005
          initialDelaySeconds: 20
          periodSeconds: 10
          timeoutSeconds: 2
        readinessProbe:
          failureThreshold: 3
          httpGet:
            path: /
            port: 4005
          initialDelaySeconds: 20
          periodSeconds: 10
          timeoutSeconds: 2
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 200m
            memory: 500Mi
          requests:
            cpu: 20m
            memory: 50Mi
        securityContext:
          runAsUser: 1000
          runAsGroup: 2000
    - name: "app-router"
      consumedBTPServices:
        - cap-uaa
        - cap-saas-reg
        - cap-html5-repo-rt
      deploymentDefinition:
        type: Router
        image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/router:4.0.1
        env:
          - name: PORT
            value: "3000"
        ports:
          - name: router-port
            port: 3000
        livenessProbe:
          failureThreshold: 3
          httpGet:
            path: /
            port: 3000
          initialDelaySeconds: 20
          periodSeconds: 10
          timeoutSeconds: 2
        readinessProbe:
          failureThreshold: 3
          httpGet:
            path: /
            port: 3000
          initialDelaySeconds: 20
          periodSeconds: 10
          timeoutSeconds: 2
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 200m
            memory: 500Mi
          requests:
            cpu: 20m
            memory: 50Mi
        podSecurityContext:
          runAsUser: 2000
          fsGroup: 2000
    - name: "service-content"
      consumedServices:
        - cap-uaa
        - cap-portal
        - cap-html5-repo-host
      jobDefinition:
        type: Content
        image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/content:1.0.1
        securityContext:
          runAsUser: 1000
          runAsGroup: 2000
    - name: "ui-content"
      consumedServices:
        - cap-uaa
        - cap-portal
        - cap-html5-repo-host
      jobDefinition:
        type: Content
        image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/ui-content:1.0.1
        securityContext:
          runAsUser: 1000
          runAsGroup: 2000
    - name: "tenant-operation"
      consumedServices: # ...
      jobDefinition:
        type: TenantOperation
        image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/server:3.22.11
        backoffLimit: 2
        ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 300
        env:
          - name: CDS_ENV
            value: production
          - name: CDS_CONFIG
            value: '{ "requires":{"cds.xt.DeploymentService":{"hdi": { "create":{ "database_id": "16e25c51-5455-4b17-a4d7-43545345345" } } } } }'
    - name: "notify-upgrade"
      consumedServices: []
      jobDefinition:
        type: CustomTenantOperation
        image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/server:3.22.11
        command: ["npm", "run", "notify:upgrade"]
        backoffLimit: 1
    - name: "create-test-data"
      consumedServices:
        - cap-service-manager
      jobDefinition:
        type: CustomTenantOperation
        image: some.repo.example.com/cap-app/server:3.22.11
        command: ["npm", "run ", "deploy:testdata"]
  tenantOperations:
    provisioning:
      - workloadName: "tenant-operation"
      - workloadName: "create-test-data"
    upgrade:
      - workloadName: "notify-upgrade"
        continueOnFailure: true
      - workloadName: "tenant-operation"
      - workloadName: "create-test-data"
  contentJobs:
    - service-content
    - ui-content

NOTE: The CAP Operator workloads support several configurations (drawn from the Kubernetes API), which can be found in the API reference:

The supported configurations are intentionally kept minimal to keep the overall API simple, covering only the most commonly used options.

Note: initContainers have access to nearly the same environment variables as the main container, including the VCAP_SERVICES environment variable.

Last modified May 9, 2026: [Misc] Operator: Dependencies updated (9e7ad32)