Backstage Plugins Made Simple: No Rebuild Needed
summary
Backstage adds a way to install plugins without rebuilding containers by combining dynamic plugins with declarative integration: backend dynamic side‑loading is already available as an upstream package, frontend work is tracked as BEP/BEP2 and still in progress, and plugins only need small metadata plus build artifacts to be consumable. The workflow replaces yarn install and image rebuilds with a config entry and a simple redeploy/restart, reducing per-customer image sprawl and CI overhead.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:17Challenges with plugins
- 3:02Proposed solution
- 4:18Dynamic plugin architecture
- 7:36Q&A and future outlook
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