improved Tech Docs for monorepos, multiple SonarQube instances

This week’s newsletter highlights contributions to simplifying setting up documentation for monorepos and to configure multiple SonarQube instances. We also share a 20% discount on KubeCon on-site tickets.

New Backstage Users Unconference, active page in TechDocs

In this week’s newsletter, we announce the new Backstage Users Unconference, highlight a UX improvement, and take a sneak peek into the new Scaffolder Wizard.

new version, Search v1, new Apollo plugin, CFP deadline

This week’s newsletter goes through the highlights that come with the new Backstage release, including Search V1 and the new Apollo Explorer plugin.

Upcoming Backstage backend APIs, EKS Clusters in the Catalog

This week’s newsletter introduces the state of Backstage’s Backend system evolution regarding plugins, announces a new way of ingesting infrastructure into the Catalog, and shares Roadie’s new security certification.

Backstage in VSCode, search highlights, advanced filtering

This week’s newsletter highlights the new Backstage Support VSCode extension and brings spoilers of what Backstage 1.4 has in store for us: highlighting in the search page and advanced filters for orphan entities or with errors.

OpenAPI $ref, node support, new plugins

This week’s newsletter features the latest developments on the support for OpenAPI $ref in the Catalog, the recently added node support policy, two new integration plugins, and Backstage’s vacation schedule.

gRPC improvements

Backstage keeps evolving to support a wider array of teams. This week, we’ve seen two exciting new features for those using gRPC—the modern open source high performance Remote Procedure Call framework—: support for API Docs and a live playground. Before we get there, let me celebrate how fast Backstage is growing!

1.3.0's new features

The new Backstage version is full of exciting features including Scaffolder dry-runs, a template editor, new plugins, and more!

4 Huge Milestones Achieved

4 big milestones were achieved in the past week. A birthday, a 1.0 release, 100 public adopters and CNCF Incubation.

Tons of TechDocs improvements

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity around TechDocs. These changes make TechDocs more readable and easier to use.

The Ultimate Guide to Backstage

This week, we published a 2,000+ word, ultimate guide to Backstage. Plus, Spotify publish an awesome looking CI/CD statistics plugin.

The Backstage Unconference returns

The Backstage Users Unconference returns on March 3rd. Plus, we announce our Backstage Bites video series.

New Year, New Roadmap

It’s that time of year where we’re all making resolutions and Backstage is no different. The official roadmap has been updated to make the short term priorities clear.

Backstage by the numbers in 2021

6 numbers which sum up Backstage in 2021

Backstage for monorepos

Plus the latest great features released... a search modal and steps towards Tech Insights.

Backstage Unconference tomorrow!

Also, work has started on Tech Insights and TechDocs is now slightly easier to set up.

Join us at the first Backstage Unconference

A look at the upcoming Backstage events for your calendar. Plus, learn about the new Prometheus plugin, Bugsnag plugin and dependency mapping plugins.

The first ever Backstage job post?

Multiple companies demo their internal Backstage deployments and we round up the PRs merged in the past few weeks.

TechDocs search is here

Backstage now supports searching TechDocs in three different search engines. Learn about the pros and cons of each.

July community contributions recap

The Backstage maintainers were on summer vacation for the month of July, but this didn't stop the contributions from flowing. 200 pull requests were merged during this holiday month.

Search V1 release & easier plugin maintenance

Backstage search reaches the v1 alpha milestone and plugin maintenance is about to get a whole lot easier.

A guide to adopting Backstage

Plus... a recap of community session 4 and a look at the new Backstage catalog UI.

Expedia Case Study

Spotify's product story

View your org chart inside Backstage

How Spotify use Backstage to form a collective knowledge graph and control cloud costs.

Code coverage plugin and growing Backstage team

Code coverage plugin, use cases for security and compliance, and both the Spotify and Roadie teams are growing.

Plugin composability update

The last pieces are in place for the new Backstage plugin composability API. All the links you need are below. We also have a technical TechDocs deep dive. Try saying that 10 times fast!

Progress made on Backstage search

Search begins its migration to the backend, read only mode and some catalog importer improvements.

Spotify story - Why OSS Backstage succeeded

Backstage was announced 1 year ago. We look at how Spotify developed the internal skills required to launch Backstage to its current heights.

Upcoming meetups and Kubernetes CRD support

Heads up on two upcoming Backstage meetups and a roundup of the latest merged pull requests.

Custom actions for the scaffolder

The latest beta of the scaffolder opens up a world of potential for templating applications. We run through an example below.

How Spotify drove Backstage adoption

A recap of the first Backstage community session and a look at some new features which dropped last week.

Next steps for the scaffolder

A look at Spotify's plans for the scaffolder in the early part of 2021.

Upcoming Backstage community meetup 👯

Make sure you don't miss the first community meetup of 2021. Also, get a preview of an upcoming Roadie feature.

Happy 1 year anniversary to Backstage 🎂

Three new plugins were launched in the last week. Plus, 3 great features have kicked off.

3 high potential internal Backstage features

So much has happened in the year since Backstage was released. Let's look forward to see what the future might have in store.

Updated roadmap for 2021

A look forward at the Backstage roadmap in H1 2021 and backwards to the merges that happened in December.

Pagerduty plugin, Org plugin and external TechDocs storage

The Pagerduty plugin, API graphs and an update to the Sentry plugin also included.

TechDocs Production Architecture

When to use various TechDocs architectures and a look at their roadmap for the next 6 months. 🛣

Easier service onboarding

Onboard your services to Backstage by using the GitHub repo importer that Roadie has developed and contributed.

The search for search is almost over

Lots of potential building up as we near year's end. The Backstage search plugin is nearly ready.

Open Governance

Backstage joins Kubernetes and other notable projects in adopting an open governance model. 🤝

Backstage Kubernetes Plugin

The Backstage Kubernetes plguin - What it does and how it can help you.

Backstage for websites

The fifth edition of the Roadie Backstage Weekly newsletter. Tracking website performance over time with Backstage.

Cost Insights

The fourth edition of the Roadie Backstage Weekly newsletter. Managing cloud costs by shifting left with Backstage.

CNCF Sandbox

The third edition of the Roadie Backstage Weekly newsletter. Backstage has been donated to the CNCF.

Roadie Rundown 2 - New Backstage version released

The first edition of the Roadie Newsletter. The pieces are starting to come together.

Roadie Rundown 1 - Docs in Backstage

The first edition of the Roadie Newsletter. Find service documentation without NSA-level discovery skills.