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

Reference Architectures and Use Cases

  • Company spotlight

Review Spotify Portal for Backstage