Backstage: The Spotify Developer Platform
Q: What is Backstage and why did Spotify create it? A: *Backstage Is an open source framework for building developer portals. Powered by a centralized software catalog, Backstage restores order to your microservices and infrastructure and enables your product teams to ship high-quality code quickly without compromising autonomy. Backstage unifies all your infrastructure tooling, services, and documentation to create a streamlined development environment from end to end. *
- Why Backstage is important? What is an IDP?
- Why Now? What is so special about this project?
Backstage Resources
- Official Backstage site
- Community Resources and Getting Involved
- Backstage Plugins and Integrations
- How to integrate your project with Backstage
Standing up Backstage
- Demo Backstage on the demo site
- Requirements
- Installation and Tips
- Methods of deployment: Helm, Docker, Docker-Compose, EC2/GCE, EKS/GKE
Using Backstage
- Creating your company's Software Catalog
- User Groups and Conferences
Helping Other Understand Backstage
- GitHub
- Videos:
- Written
Reference Architectures and Use Cases
- Company spotlight