ALinkServer: archive SAP data and documents directly to Amazon S3

ALinkServer by Sol4Cloud is a fully containerized implementation of the SAP ArchiveLink 4.6 interface, purpose-built for archiving data and documents from SAP ECC and S/4HANA systems directly to your own Amazon S3 buckets. Unlike traditional SAP content servers that require dedicated database and costly compute and storage infrastructure, ALinkServer is served using Amazon AWS Application Load Balancer, runs on Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS or AMI EC2 compute stack, all  entirely within your AWS account while storing data and documents (and its metadta) in your organization's Amazon S3 storage.

Are you ready to deploy your first instance of ALinkServer? See the ALinkServer support page for access to documentation and CloudFormation scripts or click below to view ALinkServer (ECS/EKS variant or EC2 AMI variant) on AWS Marketplace.

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Key benefits

Data sovereignty - All archived documents remain in your own S3 buckets. No data leaves your AWS account or passes through third-party storage
Minimal infrastructure - Uses a single DynamoDB table for application configuration. No databases to manage, no file systems to provision
Pay-per-use model - No upfront license fees or hardware purchases. You are charged only for the processed ArchiveLink requests.

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Architecture and AWS Integration

ALinkServer leverages the following AWS services within your account:

Amazon S3 is primary storage for your archived SAP documents and data
Amazon DynamoDB stores application configuration
AWS Secrets Manager manages credentials and sensitive configuration securely
Amazon CloudWatch - Provides logging and monitoring for operational visibility
Amazon ECS/EKS/EC2 and ALB to run and scale ALinkServer services

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Security

Full encryption and compliance control can be applied to SAP archived data as ALinkServer operates entirely within your AWS account.
HTTPS/TLS termination can easily be configured on Amazon Application Load Balancer to guarantee secure communication between SAP and ALinkServer
AWS Secrets Manager is used to store ALinkServer admin details. No user management for regular users is necessary as per SAP ArchiveLink definition.

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Deployment

Two services running in Amazon ECS/EKS or EC2  are the heart of ALinkServer deployment.
CloudFormation deployment template or HELM charts configure the ECS/EKS tasks/pods (or EC2 instances) and services, including Application Load Balancer
Installed VPC Endpoints ensure that all communication with Amazon AWS resources happens only through internal AWS network.
Complete initial configuration and you can configure SAP content repositories and start archiving data and documents.

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Do you have more questions? Head over to Contacts and reach out to us - we'll be happy to get in touch with you.