Platform Architecture and Setup
Design and implement a complete IDP foundation with Backstage, ArgoCD, Crossplane, and Vault integration.
Lab Overview
🛠Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 20. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):
- Week 20: Building the Internal Developer Platform: Capstone Part 1 (slug: building-internal-developer-platform)
🟡 Beta bootcamp lab. Hands-on instructions, check scripts, and solve scripts are in place. Lab is part of the running TaskFlow project that grows across all 21 weeks of the bootcamp.
Design and implement a complete Internal Developer Platform (IDP) foundation including Backstage, ArgoCD, Crossplane, and Vault integration for self-service infrastructure.
What You'll Learn
Design and document an Internal Developer Platform architecture covering Backstage, ArgoCD, Crossplane, and Vault
Deploy Backstage as a developer portal and register a software component with a catalog entity descriptor
Configure ArgoCD to sync applications from a Git repository using GitOps principles
Integrate Vault with platform components to provide centralized secrets management for self-service infrastructure
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