There are various architecture options for operating SAP Fiori Apps and the SAP Fiori Launchpad. One of these is the cloud-based connection with the SAP Business Technology Platform and the Cloud Connector provided for this purpose. The advantage of this variant is that there is no need to provide local infrastructure. The provider can take over the maintenance of the systems.
Another option is the on-premise architecture. This allows SAP Fiori applications to be implemented and operated directly on internal systems such as SAP S/4HANA. For this purpose, a Fiori front-end server is linked to the SAP backend on the local server via Trusted RFC.