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backstage/plugins/devtools-backend
Patrik Oldsberg 8148621999 Move @backstage/backend-defaults to devDependencies in backend plugins
Move @backstage/backend-defaults from dependencies to devDependencies
in all backend plugins that had it as a production dependency. None of
these plugins use it in their production source code - it's only needed
for dev servers (dev/index.ts) and test files.

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
2026-02-09 11:36:39 +01:00
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2026-01-27 15:51:11 +00:00

DevTools Backend

Welcome to the DevTools backend plugin! This plugin provides data for the DevTools frontend features.

Setup

Here's how to get the DevTools Backend up and running in the new backend system:

  1. First we need to add the @backstage/plugin-devtools-backend package to your backend:

    # From the Backstage root directory
    yarn --cwd packages/backend add @backstage/plugin-devtools-backend
    
  2. Then add the plugin to your backend index file:

    // In packages/backend/src/index.ts
    const backend = createBackend();
    // ... other feature additions
    backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-devtools-backend'));
    
  3. Now run yarn start-backend from the repo root

  4. Finally open http://localhost:7007/api/devtools/health in a browser and it should return {"status":"ok"}