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Backstage Developer Portal

Build a developer portal with Backstage - a key CNPA certification skill

45 minutes
platform-engineering/cnpa
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Lab Overview

This hands-on lab teaches developer portal implementation using Backstage, essential for the CNPA certification exam.

You'll learn to:

  • Deploy Backstage on Kubernetes
  • Configure the Software Catalog
  • Create Catalog entities (Components, APIs, Systems)
  • Build Software Templates for self-service
  • Configure TechDocs for documentation

Prerequisites

basic-kubernetes-knowledge

yaml-syntax

Technologies Covered

cnpa-certificationbackstagedeveloper-portalplatform-engineeringkubernetes

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This lab is part of the CNPA Certification Prep course

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