Chapter 1. New features


This section highlights new features in Red Hat Developer Hub 1.4.

1.1. Added an individual mountPath

This update adds an additional individual mountPath for extra configmaps or secrets.

1.2. PersistentVolumeClaims support is available

With this update, PersistentVolumeClaims (PVC) support is available.

1.3. Added Configuration Profiles

With this update, there are additional configuration profiles.

1.4. Enhanced use of kube-rbac-proxy

This update removes the kube-rbac-proxy sidecar container from the RHDH Operator Pod. This sidecar container protected the operator metrics endpoint. However, the main container now provides this functionality out-of-the-box. Removing this sidecar container allows for reducing the resources required to run the Operator.

1.5. Identifying the Backstage flavor for plugins

With this update, you can use the developerHub.flavor field to identify whether plugins are running on RHDH, RHTAP, or vanilla Backstage, as shown in the following example:

app-config.yaml fragment with the developerhub.flavor field

developerHub:
  flavor: <flavor>;

flavor
Identify the flavor of Backstage that is running. Default value: rhdh

1.6. Ability to manage PVCs in RHDH Operator

You can now mount directories from pre-created PersistentVolumeClaims (PVCs) using the spec.application.extraFiles.pvcs field, while configuring RHDH Operator. For more information, see Persistent Volume Claim (PVC).

1.7. Authenticating with Red Hat Build of Keycloak

With this update, you can use Red Hat Build of Keycloak as an authentication provider. The Keycloak plugin will now support ingesting users and groups with Red Hat Build of Keycloak. For more details, see Authentication with Red Hat Build of Keycloak.

1.8. Ability to install third-party plugins in RHDH

You can now install third-party plugins in Red Hat Developer Hub without rebuilding the RHDH application.

For more information, see Third party plugins.

1.9. The catalog backend module logs plugin is enabled

With this update, the backstage-plugin-catalog-backend-module-logs is enabled and converted to a static plugin improving performance and stability. The dynamic plugin was disabled in version 1.3.

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