Self-Service Application Deployment
Create Backstage software templates and implement self-service deployment workflows for developer autonomy.
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.
Create Backstage software templates for automated application scaffolding, implement self-service deployment workflows, and enable developers to deploy applications without platform team intervention.
What You'll Learn
Author a Backstage software template and register it in the catalog so developers can scaffold new services
Trigger automated application scaffolding from a template and verify the generated repository structure
Configure a Backstage deployment workflow that pushes a new service to Kubernetes without platform team involvement
Enable self-service infrastructure provisioning by connecting a template to a Crossplane Composite Resource Claim
Integrate a CI/CD pipeline with the Backstage scaffolder so every new service gets a working pipeline on creation
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