Automated Discovery

Implement automated service discovery to reduce manual catalog maintenance. Configure GitHub integration, set up discovery providers, create real test repositories, and watch Backstage automatically discover and register them.

You'll learn to:

• Configure GitHub integration for automated repository scanning
• Register the GitHub discovery provider module in the backend
• Create real GitHub repositories with catalog entity definitions
• Use GitHub CLI to automate repository creation and management
• Watch automated discovery find and register your entities
• Test discovery with real repositories in your GitHub account
• Clean up test resources and revoke access tokens securely

This hands-on lab automates catalog management and demonstrates scalable service discovery with real GitHub repositories.

Key Resources:

• Discovery Overview
• GitHub Discovery
• GitHub Provider