The Ultimate Backstage Guide (2024 Version) - Backstage with OrkoHunter (Tutorial)

00:00:20 Introduction
00:01:29 My Spotify Story
00:02:30 Agenda for the tutorial
00:02:50 What is Backstage?
00:06:04 Setting up Backstage locally
00:12:31 Backstage folder structure
00:14:00 Running Backstage locally
00:16:50 Authentication (via GitHub and Custom Sign In Resolver)
00:52:40 Setting up Git Integration for Catalog YAML files
00:57:00 Software Catalog Data Model and Entity Kinds
00:59:46 Register a new Software Component and a User Group
01:08:00 Custom Backstage Sidebar
01:12:30 API Docs (OpenAPI using Swagger JSON)
01:23:10 TechDocs (powered by mkdocs)
01:31:35 Search in Backstage (Architecture Overview)
01:34:30 Installing Plugins in Backstage
01:39:30 Catalog Entity Page Customization
01:49:17 How to create a new Backstage plugin
02:13:38 Setting up Software Templates (Backstage Scaffolder) using Cookiecutter
02:48:28 Outro
02:48:58 My frustrations (Behind the scenes bloopers)

This video can help a new engineer on Backstage to understand different parts of it.

- How to setup Backstage
- How to setup user authentication in Backstage
- How to setup TechDocs in Backstage
- How to setup Scaffolder in Backstage
- How to create an API Catalog
- How to customize Software Catalog
- How to customize Backstage
- Use Cookiecutter in Backstage for Software Templates
- Software Catalog Data Model

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[francescosasso]

Great video tutorial. Thanks @OrkoHunter.

[preeti_exploring_life]

Really helpful tutorial thank you for sharing the knowledge around backstage. Totally love the way you explained things! It will be great if you can also create tutorial on other main features of Backstage which you haven't covered in other videos of yours. Looking forward!

[bryanoakley-wiggins]

always enjoy your videos and great to see a new one on backstage. thank you for sharing

[javisartdesign]

Best backstage tutorial ever, magical, Thanks a lot

[rajdeepsharma]

was waiting for this, , you never fail me

[АндрейМаянов-ыг]

Thanks for it! But can anybody help me? I have to make a custom form with login and password fields. I understand that I can change SignIn component but I think it's not true way for Backstage.

[ylp]

Greate sharing, thanks lot, keep going sir

[geannyhernandez]

This is awesome, 1M Likes, Thank you!!!!

[maikalal]

Great video, Himanshu!! We have GitLab-CI and wanted to check how to enable CI/CD for GitLab in Backstage. As you mentioned in the timestamp around 1:40:00 that we need to add the GitHub plugin from community-plugins page, I do not see a Gitlab plugin or similar. do you advise on writing our own or is there something that's already implemented for GitLab.
Thanks

[jarrydinho]

What is the need for specifying the "development" environment in your yaml config for your github integration, when there is an order of precedence that config files are overridden?

[DhanveshNagaSai]

(Contributing New Provider Modules) can you please explain me about this because i would like use another authentication instead of git hud

[DeepasreeKalathingalxWF]

Can you please add a video for Google auth and catalog import via PostgreSQL db along with user permissions for catalogs and generic user roles and permissions please ?

[home-uftg]

just wondering, is there any (preferably more mature) software catalog alternative? or backstage is the only option

[mattinmelbourne]

Loved this video... very relevant to what we are currently in our environment. Are you able to go over Tech radar and how that functionality works?

[SaiKiranEkke]

Awesome Video on Backstage But What about Analytics How to check them is there any way to check Analytics ?

[rajeevanp.k]

Great Video! Btwn, can you please help me with the same error which you received while trying to setup google auth in Backstage.after making necessary steps as you mentioned for github i have applied the same with respect to google auth, but still no luck its not working

[emmanuelauffray]

Are you planning on doing one video on backend plug-in creation? In a different language eventually?
Additionally will you have one on extending the software catalog?

[jijobuje]

Can you please make a video about how to deploy backstage on kubernetes and organize other kubernetes services on it.

[SaumyaJain]

heyy how to setup backstage on a virtual machine, say RHEL8