scaffolder-backend-module-gitea

Welcome to the publish:gitea action of the scaffolder-gitea-backend.

Getting started

To use this action, you will have to add the package using the following command to be executed at the root of your backstage project:

yarn --cwd packages/backend add @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitea

Alternatively, if you use the new backend system, then register it like this:

// packages/backend/src/index.ts
backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitea'));

Configure the action (if not yet done): (you can check the docs to see all options):

Before to create a template, include to your app-config.yaml file the gitea host and credentials under the integrations: section

integrations:
  gitea:
    - host: gitea.com
      username: '<GITEA_USER>'
      password: '<GITEA_PASSWORD>'
    - host: localhost:3333
      username: '<GITEA_LOCALHOST_USER>'
      password: '<GITEA_LOCALHOST_PASSWORD>'

Important: As backstage will issue HTTPS/TLS requests to the gitea instance, it is needed to configure gitea with a valid certificate or at least with a self-signed certificate gitea cert --host localhost -ca trusted by a CA authority. Don't forget to set the env var NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS to point to the CA file before launching backstage or you can set temporarily NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0 but this is not recommended for production!

When done, you can create a template which:

• Declare the RepoUrlPicker within the spec/parameters section to select the gitea host and to provide the name of the repository
• Add an enum list allowing the user to define the visibility about the repository to be created: public or private. If this field is omitted, public is then used by the action.
• Include in a step the action: publish:gitea

Warning: The list of the allowedOwners of the repoUrlPicker must match the list of the organizations which are available on the gitea host !

kind: Template
metadata:
  name: simple-gitea-project
  title: Create a gitea repository
  description: Create a gitea repository
spec:
  owner: guests
  type: service

  parameters:
    - title: Choose a location
      required:
        - repoUrl
      properties:
        repoUrl:
          title: Repository Location
          type: string
          ui:field: RepoUrlPicker
          ui:options:
            allowedOwners:
              - qteam
              - qshift
            allowedHosts:
              - gitea.localtest.me:3333

        repoVisibility:
          title: Visibility of the repository
          type: string
          default: 'public'
          enum:
            - 'public'
            - 'private'
          enumNames:
            - 'public'
            - 'private'

  steps:
    ...
    - id: publish
      name: Publishing to a gitea git repository
      action: publish:gitea
      input:
        description: This is ${{ parameters.repoUrl | parseRepoUrl | pick('repo') }}
        repoVisibility: ${{ parameters.repoVisibility }}
        repoUrl: ${{ parameters.repoUrl }}
        defaultBranch: main

Access the newly gitea repository created using the repoContentsUrl ;-)