Platform Engineering with Backstage.io: Introduction and Application («PLATEN»)

• Implementing and adapting Backstage as an IDP
• Registering and managing your own software components in the catalogue
• Creating and maintaining documentation with TechDocs
• Integrating CI/CD pipelines and other tools via plugins
• Improving the developer experience in your own organisation

• Introduction to Developer Portals and Platform Engineering: Understanding the importance and benefits of IDPs
• Backstage architecture and core components: An overview of the software catalogue, Scaffolder, TechDocs, and plugins
• Installation and configuration: Steps for setting up Backstage in local and production environments
• Mapping your system architecture and microservices using Backstage.io
• Customisation and extension: Developing and integrating your own plugins and templates to extend functionality
• Best practices: Strategies for successfully introducing and scaling Backstage within your organisation

The interactive course includes keynote speeches, demonstrations and hands-on exercises using a sample project. Participants will learn about typical operational requirements and will use selected tools directly in the lab environment.

This course is aimed at DevOps and platform engineers, site reliability engineers (SREs), software developers with a focus on developer experience, technical project managers and architects.

Basic knowledge of Git, JavaScript (especially React and Node.js) is required.