Chapter 1. Installing dynamic plugins with the Red Hat Developer Hub Operator

Procedure

1. From the OpenShift Container Platform web console, select the ConfigMaps tab.
2. Click Create ConfigMap.

3. From the Create ConfigMap page, select the YAML view option in Configure via and edit the file, if needed.

   Example ConfigMap object using the GitHub dynamic plugin

   kind: ConfigMap
   apiVersion: v1
   metadata:
     name: dynamic-plugins-rhdh
   data:
     dynamic-plugins.yaml: |
       includes:
         - dynamic-plugins.default.yaml
       plugins:
         - package: './dynamic-plugins/dist/backstage-plugin-catalog-backend-module-github-dynamic'
           disabled: false
           pluginConfig:
             catalog:
               providers:
                 github:
                   organization: "${GITHUB_ORG}"
                   schedule:
                     frequency: { minutes: 1 }
                     timeout: { minutes: 1 }
                     initialDelay: { seconds: 100 }

4. Click Create.
5. Go to the Topology view.

6. Click on the overflow menu for the Red Hat Developer Hub instance that you want to use and select Edit Backstage to load the YAML view of the Red Hat Developer Hub instance.

   

7. Add the dynamicPluginsConfigMapName field to your Backstage CR. For example:

   apiVersion: rhdh.redhat.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Backstage
   metadata:
     name: my-rhdh
   spec:
     application:
   # ...
       dynamicPluginsConfigMapName: dynamic-plugins-rhdh
   # ...

8. Click Save.
9. Navigate back to the Topology view and wait for the Red Hat Developer Hub pod to start.
10. Click the Open URL icon to start using the Red Hat Developer Hub platform with the new configuration changes.