diff --git a/app-config.yaml b/app-config.yaml
index 5f75ff522e..f578fb3fca 100644
--- a/app-config.yaml
+++ b/app-config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ organization:
   name: Spotify
 
 techdocs:
-  storageUrl: https://techdocs-mock-sites.storage.googleapis.com
+  storageUrl: http://localhost:7000/techdocs/static/docs
 
 sentry:
   organization: spotify
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/techdocs.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/techdocs.ts
index 0d03bfabab..812a56cd9f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/techdocs.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/techdocs.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,37 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { createRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend';
+import {
+  createRouter,
+  DirectoryPreparer,
+  Preparers,
+  Generators,
+  LocalPublish,
+  TechdocsGenerator
+} from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend';
 import { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
+import Docker from 'dockerode';
 
-export default async function createPlugin({ logger }: PluginEnvironment) {
-  return await createRouter({ logger });
+export default async function createPlugin({ logger, config }: PluginEnvironment) {
+  const generators = new Generators();
+  const techdocsGenerator = new TechdocsGenerator();
+  generators.register('techdocs', techdocsGenerator);
+
+  const directoryPreparer = new DirectoryPreparer();
+  const preparers = new Preparers();
+
+  preparers.register('dir', directoryPreparer);
+
+  const publisher = new LocalPublish();
+
+  const dockerClient = new Docker();
+
+  return await createRouter({
+    preparers,
+    generators,
+    publisher,
+    dockerClient,
+    logger,
+    config,
+  });
 }
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/.gitignore b/plugins/techdocs-backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..650853097a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+static
+!src/techdocs/stages/build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/package.json b/plugins/techdocs-backend/package.json
index edc8908cfc..e5c97f9d0d 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/package.json
@@ -22,14 +22,21 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.1.1-alpha.16",
+    "@backstage/catalog-model": "^0.1.1-alpha.16",
+    "@backstage/config": "^0.1.1-alpha.16",
+    "@types/dockerode": "^2.5.34",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
+    "dockerode": "^3.2.1",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^3.0.3",
+    "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "knex": "^0.21.1",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.1.1-alpha.16",
+    "@types/node-fetch": "^2.5.7",
     "supertest": "^4.0.2"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
index 7612c392a2..8c65708017 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
  */
 
 export * from './service/router';
+export * from './techdocs';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index f4dbb706fd..b28010e059 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { Preparers, LocalPublish, Generators } from '../techdocs';
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
+import Docker from 'dockerode';
 import express from 'express';
 import request from 'supertest';
 import { createRouter } from './router';
@@ -24,7 +27,12 @@ describe('createRouter', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     const router = await createRouter({
+      preparers: new Preparers(),
+      generators: new Generators(),
+      publisher: new LocalPublish(),
       logger: getVoidLogger(),
+      dockerClient: new Docker(),
+      config: ConfigReader.fromConfigs([]),
     });
     app = express().use(router);
   });
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 7c91dd4ef7..874ab7c89c 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -17,18 +17,76 @@ import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import express from 'express';
 import Knex from 'knex';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
+import path from 'path';
+import Docker from 'dockerode';
+import {
+  GeneratorBuilder,
+  PreparerBuilder,
+  PublisherBase,
+  LocalPublish,
+} from '../techdocs';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 type RouterOptions = {
+  preparers: PreparerBuilder;
+  generators: GeneratorBuilder;
+  publisher: PublisherBase;
   logger: Logger;
   database?: Knex; // TODO: Make database required when we're implementing database stuff.
+  config: Config;
+  dockerClient: Docker;
 };
 
-export async function createRouter({}: RouterOptions): Promise<express.Router> {
+export async function createRouter({
+  preparers,
+  generators,
+  publisher,
+  config,
+  dockerClient,
+}: RouterOptions): Promise<express.Router> {
   const router = Router();
 
-  router.get('/', (_, res) => {
+  router.get('/', async (_, res) => {
     res.status(200).send('Hello TechDocs Backend');
   });
 
+  // TODO: This route should not exist in the future
+  router.get('/buildall', async (_, res) => {
+    const baseUrl = config.getString('backend.baseUrl');
+    const entitiesResponse = (await (
+      await fetch(`${baseUrl}/catalog/entities`)
+    ).json()) as Entity[];
+
+    const entitiesWithDocs = entitiesResponse.filter(
+      entity => entity.metadata.annotations?.['backstage.io/techdocs-ref'],
+    );
+
+    entitiesWithDocs.forEach(async entity => {
+      const preparer = preparers.get(entity);
+      const generator = generators.get(entity);
+
+      const { resultDir } = await generator.run({
+        directory: await preparer.prepare(entity),
+        dockerClient,
+      });
+
+      publisher.publish({
+        entity,
+        directory: resultDir,
+      });
+    });
+
+    res.send('Successfully generated documentation');
+  });
+
+  if (publisher instanceof LocalPublish) {
+    router.use(
+      '/static/docs/',
+      express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, `../../static/docs`)),
+    );
+  }
+
   return router;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
index 09acfc9e27..76de973875 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ import { createServiceBuilder } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Server } from 'http';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { createRouter } from './router';
+import Docker from 'dockerode';
+import {
+  Preparers,
+  DirectoryPreparer,
+  Generators,
+  TechdocsGenerator,
+  LocalPublish,
+} from '../techdocs';
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 
 export interface ServerOptions {
   port: number;
@@ -31,9 +40,27 @@ export async function startStandaloneServer(
   const logger = options.logger.child({ service: 'techdocs-backend' });
 
   logger.debug('Creating application...');
+  const preparers = new Preparers();
+  const directoryPreparer = new DirectoryPreparer();
+  preparers.register('dir', directoryPreparer);
+
+  const generators = new Generators();
+  const techdocsGenerator = new TechdocsGenerator();
+  generators.register('techdocs', techdocsGenerator);
+
+  const publisher = new LocalPublish();
+
+  const dockerClient = new Docker();
 
   logger.debug('Starting application server...');
-  const router = await createRouter({ logger });
+  const router = await createRouter({
+    preparers,
+    generators,
+    logger,
+    publisher,
+    dockerClient,
+    config: ConfigReader.fromConfigs([]),
+  });
   const service = createServiceBuilder(module)
     .enableCors({ origin: 'http://localhost:3000' })
     .addRouter('/techdocs', router);
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7113525bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export * from './stages';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/generators.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/generators.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da9d3c418b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/generators.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {
+    GeneratorBase,
+    SupportedGeneratorKey,
+    GeneratorBuilder,
+  } from './types';
+  
+  import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+  import { getGeneratorKey } from './helpers';
+  
+  export class Generators implements GeneratorBuilder {
+    private generatorMap = new Map<SupportedGeneratorKey, GeneratorBase>();
+  
+    register(templaterKey: SupportedGeneratorKey, templater: GeneratorBase) {
+      this.generatorMap.set(templaterKey, templater);
+    }
+  
+    get(entity: Entity): GeneratorBase {
+      const generatorKey = getGeneratorKey(entity);
+      const generator = this.generatorMap.get(generatorKey);
+  
+      if (!generator) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `No generator registered for entity: "${generatorKey}"`,
+        );
+      }
+  
+      return generator;
+    }
+  }
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/helpers.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dc4403977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Writable, PassThrough } from 'stream';
+import Docker from 'dockerode';
+import { SupportedGeneratorKey } from './types';
+
+// TODO: Implement proper support for more generators.
+export function getGeneratorKey(entity: Entity): SupportedGeneratorKey {
+  if (!entity) {
+    throw new Error('No entity provided');
+  }
+
+  return 'techdocs';
+}
+
+type RunDockerContainerOptions = {
+  imageName: string;
+  args: string[];
+  logStream?: Writable;
+  docsDir: string;
+  resultDir: string;
+  dockerClient: Docker;
+  createOptions?: Docker.ContainerCreateOptions;
+};
+
+export async function runDockerContainer({
+  imageName,
+  args,
+  logStream = new PassThrough(),
+  docsDir,
+  resultDir,
+  dockerClient,
+  createOptions,
+}: RunDockerContainerOptions) {
+  const [{ Error: error, StatusCode: statusCode }] = await dockerClient.run(
+    imageName,
+    args,
+    logStream,
+    {
+      Volumes: {
+        '/content': {},
+        '/result': {},
+      },
+      WorkingDir: '/content',
+      HostConfig: {
+        Binds: [`${docsDir}:/content`, `${resultDir}:/result`],
+      },
+      ...createOptions,
+    },
+  );
+
+  if (error) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Docker failed to run with the following error message: ${error}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (statusCode !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Docker container returned a non-zero exit code (${statusCode})`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return { error, statusCode };
+}
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c086a976a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export { TechdocsGenerator } from './techdocs';
+export { Generators } from './generators';
+export type { GeneratorBuilder } from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/techdocs.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6650fb744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import {
+  GeneratorBase,
+  GeneratorRunOptions,
+  GeneratorRunResult,
+} from './types';
+import { runDockerContainer } from './helpers';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import os from 'os';
+
+export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
+  public async run({
+    directory,
+    logStream,
+    dockerClient,
+  }: GeneratorRunOptions): Promise<GeneratorRunResult> {
+    const resultDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), `techdocs-tmp-`));
+
+    await runDockerContainer({
+      imageName: 'spotify/techdocs',
+      args: ['build', '-d', '/result'],
+      logStream,
+      docsDir: directory,
+      resultDir,
+      dockerClient,
+    });
+
+    console.log(
+      `[TechDocs]: Successfully generated docs from ${directory} into ${resultDir}`,
+    );
+    return { resultDir };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/types.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4292aa68f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/generate/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import type { Writable } from 'stream';
+import Docker from 'dockerode';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+
+/**
+ * The returned directory from the generator which is ready
+ * to pass to the next stage of the TechDocs which is publishing
+ */
+export type GeneratorRunResult = {
+  resultDir: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * The values that the generator will recieve. The directory of the
+ * uncompiled documentation, with the values from the frontend. A dedicated log stream and a docker
+ * client to run any generator on top of your directory.
+ */
+export type GeneratorRunOptions = {
+  directory: string;
+  logStream?: Writable;
+  dockerClient: Docker;
+};
+
+export type GeneratorBase = {
+  // runs the generator with the values and returns the directory to be published
+  run(opts: GeneratorRunOptions): Promise<GeneratorRunResult>;
+};
+
+/**
+ * List of supported generator options
+ */
+export type SupportedGeneratorKey = 'techdocs' | string;
+
+/**
+ * The generator builder holds the generator ready for run time
+ */
+export type GeneratorBuilder = {
+  register(protocol: SupportedGeneratorKey, generator: GeneratorBase): void;
+  get(entity: Entity): GeneratorBase;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40988483a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export * from './generate';
+export * from './prepare';
+export * from './publish';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a99a8b59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { DirectoryPreparer } from './dir';
+
+const createMockEntity = (annotations: {}) => {
+  return {
+    apiVersion: 'version',
+    kind: 'TestKind',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'testName',
+      annotations: {
+        ...annotations,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+describe('directory preparer', () => {
+  it('should merge managed-by-location and techdocs-ref when techdocs-ref is relative', async () => {
+    const directoryPreparer = new DirectoryPreparer();
+
+    const mockEntity = createMockEntity({
+      'backstage.io/managed-by-location':
+        'file:/directory/documented-component.yaml',
+      'backstage.io/techdocs-ref': 'dir:./our-documentation',
+    });
+
+    expect(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity)).toEqual(
+      '/directory/our-documentation',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should merge managed-by-location and techdocs-ref when techdocs-ref is absolute', async () => {
+    const directoryPreparer = new DirectoryPreparer();
+
+    const mockEntity = createMockEntity({
+      'backstage.io/managed-by-location':
+        'file:/directory/documented-component.yaml',
+      'backstage.io/techdocs-ref': 'dir:/our-documentation/techdocs',
+    });
+
+    expect(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity)).toEqual(
+      '/our-documentation/techdocs',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e61a3e48ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { PreparerBase } from './types';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import path from 'path';
+import { parseReferenceAnnotation } from './helpers';
+
+export class DirectoryPreparer implements PreparerBase {
+  prepare(entity: Entity): Promise<string> {
+    const { location: managedByLocation } = parseReferenceAnnotation(
+      'backstage.io/managed-by-location',
+      entity,
+    );
+    const { location: techdocsLocation } = parseReferenceAnnotation(
+      'backstage.io/techdocs-ref',
+      entity,
+    );
+
+    const managedByLocationDirectory = path.dirname(managedByLocation);
+
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+      resolve(path.resolve(managedByLocationDirectory, techdocsLocation));
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fd86805ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { InputError } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { RemoteProtocol } from './types';
+
+export type ParsedLocationAnnotation = {
+  protocol: RemoteProtocol;
+  location: string;
+};
+
+export const parseReferenceAnnotation = (
+  annotationName: string,
+  entity: Entity,
+): ParsedLocationAnnotation => {
+  const annotation = entity.metadata.annotations?.[annotationName];
+
+  if (!annotation) {
+    throw new InputError(
+      `No location annotation provided in entity: ${entity.metadata.name}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // split on the first colon for the protocol and the rest after the first split
+  // is the location.
+  const [protocol, location] = annotation.split(/:(.+)/) as [
+    RemoteProtocol?,
+    string?,
+  ];
+
+  if (!protocol || !location) {
+    throw new InputError(
+      `Failure to parse either protocol or location for entity: ${entity.metadata.name}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return {
+    protocol,
+    location,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f928e7413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export { DirectoryPreparer } from './dir';
+export { Preparers } from './preparers';
+export type { PreparerBuilder } from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/preparers.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/preparers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d5b689d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/preparers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { PreparerBase, RemoteProtocol, PreparerBuilder } from './types';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { parseReferenceAnnotation } from './helpers';
+
+export class Preparers implements PreparerBuilder {
+  private preparerMap = new Map<RemoteProtocol, PreparerBase>();
+
+  register(protocol: RemoteProtocol, preparer: PreparerBase) {
+    this.preparerMap.set(protocol, preparer);
+  }
+
+  get(entity: Entity): PreparerBase {
+    const { protocol } = parseReferenceAnnotation('backstage.io/techdocs-ref', entity);
+    const preparer = this.preparerMap.get(protocol);
+
+    if (!preparer) {
+      throw new Error(`No preparer registered for type: "${protocol}"`);
+    }
+
+    return preparer;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/types.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8baf6347bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import type { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
+
+export type PreparerBase = {
+  /**
+   * Given an Entity definition from the Service Catalog, go and prepare a directory
+   * with contents from the location in temporary storage and return the path
+   * @param entity The entity from the Service Catalog
+   */
+  prepare(entity: Entity, opts?: { logger: Logger }): Promise<string>;
+};
+
+export type PreparerBuilder = {
+  register(protocol: RemoteProtocol, preparer: PreparerBase): void;
+  get(entity: Entity): PreparerBase;
+};
+
+export type RemoteProtocol = 'dir' | string;
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0029ea5c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export { LocalPublish } from './local';
+export type { PublisherBase } from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5a96e4feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { LocalPublish } from './local';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import path from 'path';
+
+const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}) => {
+  return {
+    apiVersion: 'version',
+    kind: 'TestKind',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'test-component-name',
+      annotations: {
+        ...annotations,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+describe('local publisher', () => {
+  it('should publish generated documentation dir', async () => {
+    const publisher = new LocalPublish();
+
+    const mockEntity = createMockEntity();
+
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(`${__dirname}/test-component-folder-`);
+
+    expect(tempDir).toBeTruthy();
+
+    fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(path.join(tempDir, '/mock-file'), 'w'));
+
+    await publisher.publish({ entity: mockEntity, directory: tempDir });
+    const publishDir = path.resolve(
+      __dirname,
+      `../../../../static/docs/${mockEntity.metadata.name}`,
+    );
+
+    expect(fs.existsSync(publishDir)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(publishDir, '/mock-file'))).toBeTruthy();
+
+    fs.removeSync(publishDir);
+    fs.removeSync(tempDir);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..227ba445ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { PublisherBase } from './types';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+
+export class LocalPublish implements PublisherBase {
+  publish({
+    entity,
+    directory,
+  }: {
+    entity: Entity;
+    directory: string;
+  }):
+    | Promise<{
+        remoteUrl: string;
+      }>
+    | { remoteUrl: string } {
+    const publishDir = path.resolve(
+      __dirname,
+      `../../../../static/docs/${entity.metadata.name}`,
+    );
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(publishDir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(publishDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      fs.copy(directory, publishDir, err => {
+        if (err) {
+          reject(err);
+        }
+
+        resolve({
+          remoteUrl: `http://localhost:7000/techdocs/static/docs/${entity.metadata.name}`,
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/types.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca85d9f56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+
+/**
+ * Publisher is in charge of taking a folder created by
+ * the builder, and pushing it to storage
+ */
+export type PublisherBase = {
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param opts object containing the entity from the service
+   *             catalog, and the directory that has been generated
+   */
+  publish(opts: {
+    entity: Entity;
+    directory: string;
+  }): Promise<{ remoteUrl: string }> | { remoteUrl: string };
+};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 99db406126..cd152470fe 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4065,6 +4065,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/dockerode@^2.5.34":
+  version "2.5.34"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dockerode/-/dockerode-2.5.34.tgz#9adb884f7cc6c012a6eb4b2ad794cc5d01439959"
+  integrity sha512-LcbLGcvcBwBAvjH9UrUI+4qotY+A5WCer5r43DR5XHv2ZIEByNXFdPLo1XxR+v/BjkGjlggW8qUiXuVEhqfkpA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/eslint-visitor-keys@^1.0.0":
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-1.0.0.tgz#1ee30d79544ca84d68d4b3cdb0af4f205663dd2d"
@@ -8590,6 +8597,14 @@ dockerode@^3.2.0:
     docker-modem "^2.1.0"
     tar-fs "~2.0.1"
 
+dockerode@^3.2.1:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/dockerode/-/dockerode-3.2.1.tgz#4a2222e3e1df536bf595e78e76d3cfbf6d4d93b9"
+  integrity sha512-XsSVB5Wu5HWMg1aelV5hFSqFJaKS5x1aiV/+sT7YOzOq1IRl49I/UwV8Pe4x6t0iF9kiGkWu5jwfvbkcFVupBw==
+  dependencies:
+    docker-modem "^2.1.0"
+    tar-fs "~2.0.1"
+
 doctrine@1.5.0:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/doctrine/-/doctrine-1.5.0.tgz#379dce730f6166f76cefa4e6707a159b02c5a6fa"