README.md

Backstage

This is your newly scaffolded Backstage App, Good Luck!

Running on Amazon EKS !

Amazon EKS setup with terraform -> https://github.com/paulofponciano/EKS-Crossplane-ArgoCD.git

Backstage extra plugins used:

https://backstage.io/docs/features/kubernetes/installation, https://backstage.io/docs/reference/integration-aws-node/, https://backstage.io/docs/getting-started/homepage/

yarn add --cwd packages/backend @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend
yarn add --cwd packages/app @backstage/plugin-kubernetes
yarn add --cwd packages/app @backstage/integration-aws-node
yarn add --cwd packages/app @backstage/plugin-home

Secrets needed for k8s (https://github.com/paulofponciano/backstage-app/tree/main/k8s):

github-auth-secrets
  AUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID
  AUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET

eks-secrets
  SA_TOKEN
  CA_DATA

backstage-secrets
  GITHUB_TOKEN

postgres-secrets
  POSTGRES_USER
  POSTGRES_PASSWORD

backstage-ingestion
  token

Token for backstage ingestion k8s plugin:

kubectl -n kube-system create serviceaccount backstage-ingestion
kubectl create clusterrolebinding backstage-ingestion --clusterrole=cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:backstage-ingestion
kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: backstage-ingestion
  namespace: kube-system
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: backstage-ingestion
type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
EOF
kubectl -n kube-system get secret backstage-ingestion -o go-template='{{.data.token | base64decode}}'