Spotify’s backstage is a widely used developer portal framework. When properly configured, it is very powerful and integrates with dozens of other tools that are used daily by developers, managers and devops teams.
One of the first aspects to consider when setting up backstage is the user access and authentication. Although Backstage provides a few out-of-the-box identity provider integrations, Keycloak is not one of them, and the process to configure it can be a bit daunting, especially if one is new to Backstage and how it is structure.
This article aims to provide a step-by-step guide on how to create a Keycloak OiDC client and how to configure Backstage to use it.