Connecting to AMC

The Administration and Management Console (AMC) for SAP ASE is a web-based tool for managing and administering your SAP ASE servers.

These instructions assume that you are using a Mac-based system.

Retrieve values from Secrets Manager

  1. Log in to IBM Cloud.
  2. Go to the Resource List and launch the Secrets Manager instance.
  3. Filter by secret group: <% base environment prefix %>-ase-user-secrets
  4. Locate the ASE user login credentials (<% base environment prefix %>-<% ase instance prefix %>-user-login). Select "View secret", confirm you are in a safe environment, and copy the username and password to a secure location.
  5. Locate and download the AMC private certificate (<% ase instance prefix %>-amc-private-cert).

Add the private certificate to your keychain

  1. Open and unzip the AMC private certificate file from Secrets Manager.
  2. Click on your certificate's .pem file.
  3. When prompted, enter your MacBook password to allow Keychain access.
  4. On success, the certificate will be added to your keychain.
  5. Once added, find the *.inrernal.com certificate in your keychain and click on it to open the details.
  6. Expand the Trust section, and in the dropdown next to When using this certificate, select Always trust.
  7. Close the details window and if prompted, enter your MacBook password to update the settings for the certificate.

Connect to AMC

  1. Log in to IBM Cloud.
  2. Expand the hamburger icon in the top left corner.
  3. Select Infrastructure > Network > Load Balancers.
  4. In the Load Balancers for VPC table, select the region.
  5. Copy the hostname for either the primary or the companion load balancer.
    • primary: <% base environment prefix %>-<% primary %>-amc-lb-b
    • companion: <% base environment prefix %>-<% companion %>-amc-lb-b
  6. Launch OpenVPN Connect and connect to the VPN.
  7. When prompted to Enter password, retrieve a temporary one-time passcode from IBM Cloud. If prompted to log in, enter your IBM Cloud email and password.
  8. Open a new internet browser window or tab.
  9. Paste the AMC load balancer hostname into the address bar, following the format https://<% amc load balancer hostname %>:8443.
  10. On the AMC login page, enter the ASE user login credentials.