Merge pull request #7943 from backstage/natasha/b2b-auth

Support backend to backend authentication

packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ organization:
   name: My Company
 
 backend:
+  # Used for enabling authentication, secret is shared by all backend plugins
+  # See backend-to-backend-auth.md in the docs for information on the format
+  # auth:
+  #   keys:
+  #     - secret: ${BACKEND_SECRET}
   baseUrl: http://localhost:7007
   listen:
     port: 7007

packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/index.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   DatabaseManager,
   SingleHostDiscovery,
   UrlReaders,
+  ServerTokenManager,
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import app from './plugins/app';
@@ -37,12 +38,13 @@ function makeCreateEnv(config: Config) {
 
   const cacheManager = CacheManager.fromConfig(config);
   const databaseManager = DatabaseManager.fromConfig(config);
+  const tokenManager = ServerTokenManager.noop();
 
   return (plugin: string): PluginEnvironment => {
     const logger = root.child({ type: 'plugin', plugin });
     const database = databaseManager.forPlugin(plugin);
     const cache = cacheManager.forPlugin(plugin);
-    return { logger, database, cache, config, reader, discovery };
+    return { logger, database, cache, config, reader, discovery, tokenManager };
   };
 }
 

packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
   logger,
   discovery,
   config,
+  tokenManager,
 }: PluginEnvironment) {
   // Initialize a connection to a search engine.
   const searchEngine = new LunrSearchEngine({ logger });
@@ -21,13 +22,20 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
   // collator gathers entities from the software catalog.
   indexBuilder.addCollator({
     defaultRefreshIntervalSeconds: 600,
-    collator: DefaultCatalogCollator.fromConfig(config, { discovery }),
+    collator: DefaultCatalogCollator.fromConfig(config, {
+      discovery,
+      tokenManager,
+    }),
   });
 
   // collator gathers entities from techdocs.
   indexBuilder.addCollator({
     defaultRefreshIntervalSeconds: 600,
-    collator: DefaultTechDocsCollator.fromConfig(config, { discovery, logger }),
+    collator: DefaultTechDocsCollator.fromConfig(config, {
+      discovery,
+      logger,
+      tokenManager,
+    }),
   });
 
   // The scheduler controls when documents are gathered from collators and sent

packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/types.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   PluginCacheManager,
   PluginDatabaseManager,
   PluginEndpointDiscovery,
+  TokenManager,
   UrlReader,
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@ export type PluginEnvironment = {
   config: Config;
   reader: UrlReader;
   discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+  tokenManager: TokenManager;
 };