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Amplication offers seamless integration with Backstage, an open platform for building developer portals. This integration allows you to combine Backstage’s catalog capabilities with Amplication’s resource scaffolding features.

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Available Plugins

Amplication provides two complementary Backstage plugins:
Catalog Backend Module Plugin: Fetches template data from your Amplication account into your Backstage Catalog, presenting them as ServiceTemplate components.
Scaffolder Backend Module Plugin: Provides the amplication:scaffold-service action for creating new services through Amplication’s API.

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Installation Process

Before starting, you’ll need an Amplication API token. Here’s how to set up the integration:
1

Update app-config.yaml

Configure your app-config.yaml with Amplication settings:
app-config.yaml
catalog:
  locations:
    - type: amplication
      target: https://server.amplication.com/graphql

amplication:
  appUrl: https://app.amplication.com
  apiUrl: https://server.amplication.com/graphql
  token: ${AMPLICATION_TOKEN}
2

Add plugins

Install the required plugins using yarn:
yarn workspace backend add @backstage-community/plugin-catalog-backend-module-amplication
yarn workspace backend add @backstage-community/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-amplication
3

Install the plugins

Update your backend configuration file, packages/backend/src/index.ts:
packages/backend/src/index.ts
const backend = createBackend();

// Add the following line
backend.add(
  import('@backstage-community/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-amplication'),
);
backend.add(
  import('@backstage-community/plugin-catalog-backend-module-amplication'),
);

backend.start();
4

Add the action template file

Add the template file to your Backstage catalog

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Using the Integration

Once installed, you can:
  • Find templates in the Home tab by filtering for Type=ServiceTemplate or using Tags=amplication / Tags=servicetemplate
  • Access the “Scaffold a New Service” option in the Create page to build new services using your templates