Active Services in SICF

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Once you have installed the Application Server ABAP (AS ABAP) all Internet
Communication Framework (ICF) services are available in an inactive state for security
reasons. After the installation you have to decide which services must be activated for the
applications you want to use.
Since multiple services can be executed when you call a URL, all service nodes must be
activated in the SICF tree. The URL path is mapped in ICF subnodes (services). For
example, if you want to activate the services for URL /sap/public/icman, you have to
activate the service tree default_host in transaction SICF. Then you have to activate
services sap, public and icman separately.
You activate an ICF service as follows:
...
1. Select the required ICF service in the ICF tree in transaction SICF.
2. Activate the ICF service in one of the following ways:
a. Using menu option Service/Host Activate
b. Using the context menu and choosing Activate Service.

If the default_host node is inactive in transaction SICF, the HTTP requests could result in ABAP
runtime error RAISE_EXCEPTION with the following short text:
Exception condition "HOST_INACTIVE" triggered.
If a service is inactive in transaction SICF, an error text appears when you try to access the service.
Services for Web Dynpro ABAP
For Web Dynpro ABAP (WDA) the following services must be activated in the system.
Using WDA Applications
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro

Here only the node itself must be activated, and not the subnodes.
/default_host/sap/public/bc

This node is activated automatically when the subnodes described below are activated. Likewise,
here only the node itself must be activated, as well as the following subnodes:
/default_host/sap/public/bc/ur
/default_host/sap/public/bc/icons
/default_host/sap/public/bc/icons_rtl
/default_host/sap/public/bc/webicons
/default_host/sap/public/bc/pictograms
/default_host/sap/public/bc/webdynpro/* (ssr, mimes, etc.)
/default_host/sap/public/myssocntl
In addition to these standard WDA services the relevant application services must also be
activated in the ICF tree. Usually, the service for application< application> can be found
under the ICF node /default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/<application>.
Using the WDA Development Environment
/default_host/sap/public/bc/webdynpro/viewdesigner
/default_host/sap/bc/wdvd/
The five ICF nodes below are needed only for the WDA environment. They are only
allowed to be active in a development system, and on no account in a production system, as
this poses a security risk.
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/configure_application
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/configure_component
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/wd_analyze_config_appl
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/wd_analyze_config_comp
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/wd_analyze_config_user
WDA Test Applications for Error Analysis
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/WDR_TEST_EVENTS
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/wdr_test_ui_elements
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/WDR_TEST_TABLE
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/WDR_TEST_ADOBE
/default_host/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/wdr_test_popups_rt
Other Services
Support of Internet Protocols (HTTP, HTTPS and SMTP) in AS-ABAP
/default_host/sap/public/icman

Once AS-ABAP has been installed, you must ensure that this service is activated in transaction
SICF. This enables the ICM to decide how HTTP requests are distributed to the servers.
Using Load Distribution
Using the message server
/default_host/sap/public/icf_info
/default_host/sap/public/icf_info/logon_groups
/default_host/sap/public/icf_info/urlprefix
Using SAP Web DispaUsingtcher
/default_host/sap/public/icf_info
/default_host/sap/public/icf_info/icr_groups
/default_host/sap/public/icf_info/icr_urlprefix
ICF Test Applications
The following services are for internal SAP use only:
/default_host/sap/bc/echo
This service provides information about the logon procedure in use, header and form fields, and the
SSO cookie generated for the processed request. For this reason this service must only be
activated for error analysis.
/default_host/sap/bc/error
This service creates some error situations in the system and should only be activated for error
analysis.
Related SAP Notes
SAP Note Number Short Text
1009930 (Display) problems in View Designer when you load a view
1008689 No layout preview due to inactive ICF nodes
1120682 Missing ICF node for Web Dynpro application
1109215 A Web Dynpro ABAP application requires an SICF node
1120682 Missing ICF node for Web Dynpro application
1120589 Web Dynpro applications can be run without ICF nodes