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Backstage Generator

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The SKE Backstage generator image is now part of the backstage controller image since 0.4.0.

The functionality provided stays the same. Please refer to the backstage controller releases page for latest version and release notes: releases page.

The existing ske-backstage-generator image will no longer receive any updates.

If you are using the generator pipeline stage directly, please update your image reference to the Backstage Controller image.

Overview​

The Backstage Generator Pipeline Stage is responsible for generating Backstage entities from the SKE objects. It is used to generate Backstage entities from the Kratix objects.

The Pipeline Stage is available as a Container image at:

registry.syntasso.io/syntasso/ske-backstage-generator:VERSION

Check the release notes below for information on each available version.

Release Notes​

v0.17.0(2025-07-11)​

Features​

v0.16.0(2025-05-21)​

Fixes​

  • Setting minimum or maximum for numeric properties to 0 in the CRD will now properly set the equivalent property in the Backstage template.
  • Setting exclusiveMinimum or exclusiveMaximum for numeric properties in the CRD will now generate a valid Backstage template.
  • Nullable properties will now be properly generated in the Backstage template.

v0.15.0(2025-05-06)​

Features​

  • Added support for generating templates for Promise API that uses oneOf schema validation.

v0.14.0(2025-05-01)​

Features​

  • If TEMPLATE_SINGLE_SPEC_PAGE is set to "true", the generated template will have a single spec page.
  • When customisations are provided both via env vars and annotations, the latter will be prioritised.

v0.13.2(2025-03-28)​

Bug Fixes​

  • The generated Component kind annotation will now respect the capitalisation on the CRD

v0.13.1(2025-03-19)​

Bug Fixes​

  • Fix a bug where the generated Template would not match the Component template annotation.

v0.13.0(2025-03-11)​

Bug Fixes​

  • The SKE Backstage Generator will surface the expected conditions when the SKE-defined Available condition is set on a Promise. This condition is set on all Promises for versions of SKE greater than v0.19.0.

Security Fixes​

  • Updated to include latest security updates.

v0.12.1(2024-12-27)​

Bug Fixes​

  • The SKE Backstage Generator will now properly handle type: array in the CRD when generating the Backstage Template entity.

Maintenance​

  • Bump dependencies

v0.12.0(2024-12-04)​

Features​

v0.11.0(2024-10-15)​

Features​

  • Add field validations to templates
  • Update the BackstageComponent promise to consume a list of backstage documents

v0.10.1(2024-10-15)​

Features​

  • Generated Components to include kratix.io/type annotation.

v0.10.0(2024-09-19)​

Features​

  • feat: Add support for customising the generated Templates

v0.9.0(2024-09-18)​

Features​

  • feat: Add support for specifying a promise summary annotation that will cascade to resource components

v0.8.0(2024-09-13)​

Features​

  • feat: Add support for specifying COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION, COMPONENT_NAME, COMPONENT_TAGS and COMPONENT_TITLE

Bug fixes​

  • fix: pass through COMPONENT_* environment variables along when invoking via BackstageComponent Promise

v0.7.0(2024-09-07)​

Features​

v0.6.0 (2024-08-07)​

Features​

  • feat: support existing destination selector files

Bug Fixes​

  • use 'configure' in the template action title