Auto-Discover Gerrit Repos in Backstage
This post shows how to auto-ingest Backstage catalog entities from Gerrit using the official Gerrit Discovery entity provider. The provider […]
Backstage, Gerrit
Hands-On DevOps & Homelab Experiments
From Kubernetes and Ceph to Proxmox, Kafka, Jenkins, Vault, Android, and CI/CD, every guide here is a tested, step-by-step walkthrough from my lab.
Artifactory, Backstage
Build an Artifactory Browser tab in Backstage
This guide shows how to add an Artifactory-powered “Artifacts” tab to Backstage entities. The tab displays a folder tree on
Artifactory, OpenDJ
Authenticate Artifactory OSS with OpenDJ LDAP
This post shows how to configure JFrog Artifactory Open Source (OSS) to authenticate users against OpenDJ using LDAPS and a
GitHub, Jenkins
Trigger Jenkins Builds on GitHub Push
This post shows how to trigger a Jenkins Pipeline build on every GitHub push when your Jenkinsfile is stored in
Backstage, Jenkins
Add Jenkins CI/CD to Backstage (With Keycloak SSO, No Docker)
In previous posts, I already have: Now I want Backstage to show Jenkins CI/CD status directly in the CI/CD tab
Backstage, GitHub
Auto-Discover GitHub Repos in Backstage
I already have Backstage running on Ubuntu 24.04 with: The next step is: I don’t want to click “Register existing
Backstage, OpenDJ
Sync Backstage Users and Groups from LDAP (With Keycloak SSO, No Docker)
In a previous post, I installed Backstage on Ubuntu 24.04, wired it to Keycloak for OIDC login, and ran it
Backstage, Keycloak
Run Backstage with Keycloak SSO on Ubuntu (Without Docker, Minimal Changes)
The official Backstage docs are excellent and very complete. They also move fast: Docker images, Postgres, Kubernetes, and a lot
Node.js
Understand Node.js, nvm, npm, npx, Yarn, and Corepack: Who Does What?
When you start working with modern JavaScript tooling, you immediately run into a bunch of names: Docs casually say things
PostgreSQL
How to Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 24.04 (Ubuntu Repo vs PostgreSQL Repo)
Ubuntu 24.04 ships PostgreSQL in its own repositories (PostgreSQL 16 at the time of writing). The PostgreSQL Global Development Group