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Appendix B: References

RFC-DEVELOPER-PLATFORM-0001                                      Appendix B
Category: Standards Track                                       References

Appendix B: References

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B.1 Normative References

References that MUST be followed for compliance with this RFC.

IDTitleURL
[RFC2119]Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levelshttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119
[RFC8174]Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Wordshttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174
[RFC-IAM-0001]Federated Identity and Access Management ArchitectureInternal
[RFC-SECOPS-0001]GitOps-Native, Vault-First Secret Management ArchitectureInternal
[RFC-PAM-0001]Privileged Access Management ArchitectureInternal

B.2 Technology Documentation

B.2.1 Backstage Documentation

IDTitleURL
[BACKSTAGE-OVERVIEW]What is Backstage?https://backstage.io/docs/overview/what-is-backstage
[BACKSTAGE-TECHNICAL]Technical Overviewhttps://backstage.io/docs/overview/technical-overview
[BACKSTAGE-AUTH]Authenticationhttps://backstage.io/docs/auth/
[BACKSTAGE-PERMISSIONS]Permission Frameworkhttps://backstage.io/docs/permissions/overview
[BACKSTAGE-CATALOG]Software Cataloghttps://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/
[BACKSTAGE-TEMPLATES]Software Templateshttps://backstage.io/docs/features/software-templates/
[BACKSTAGE-TECHDOCS]TechDocshttps://backstage.io/docs/features/techdocs/
[BACKSTAGE-KUBERNETES]Kubernetes Pluginhttps://backstage.io/docs/features/kubernetes/
[BACKSTAGE-OIDC]OIDC Provider Setuphttps://backstage.io/docs/auth/oidc/

B.2.2 Platform Tool Documentation

IDTitleURL
[ARGOCD-DOCS]ArgoCD Documentationhttps://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/
[CROSSPLANE-DOCS]Crossplane Documentationhttps://docs.crossplane.io/
[GRAFANA-DOCS]Grafana Documentationhttps://grafana.com/docs/
[HARBOR-DOCS]Harbor Documentationhttps://goharbor.io/docs/
[KEYCLOAK-DOCS]Keycloak Documentationhttps://www.keycloak.org/documentation
[STRIMZI-DOCS]Strimzi Documentationhttps://strimzi.io/documentation/
[APICURIO-DOCS]Apicurio Registry Documentationhttps://www.apicur.io/registry/docs/
[TELEPORT-DOCS]Teleport Documentationhttps://goteleport.com/docs/
[TEMPORAL-DOCS]Temporal Documentationhttps://docs.temporal.io/

B.2.3 Database Operator Documentation

IDTitleURL
[CNPG-DOCS]CloudNativePG Documentationhttps://cloudnative-pg.io/documentation/
[ZALANDO-PG]Zalando Postgres Operatorhttps://postgres-operator.readthedocs.io/
[PERCONA-EVEREST]Percona Everesthttps://docs.percona.com/everest/
[CLICKHOUSE-OP]ClickHouse Operatorhttps://github.com/Altinity/clickhouse-operator

B.3 Informative References

References that provide background information and context.

B.3.1 Industry Standards

IDTitleURL
[CNCF-PLATFORMS]CNCF Platforms White Paperhttps://tag-app-delivery.cncf.io/whitepapers/platforms/
[BACKSTAGE-CNCF]Backstage CNCF Incubationhttps://www.cncf.io/projects/backstage/
[OPENID-CONNECT]OpenID Connect Corehttps://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html

B.3.2 Backstage Plugins

IDTitleURL
[BACKSTAGE-GITHUB]Backstage GitHub Repositoryhttps://github.com/backstage/backstage
[ROADIE-PLUGINS]Roadie Plugin Directoryhttps://roadie.io/backstage/plugins/
[TERASKY-PLUGINS]TeraSky Backstage Pluginshttps://github.com/terasky-oss/backstage-plugins

B.3.3 Alternative Platforms Evaluated

IDTitleURL
[PORT]Port Developer Portalhttps://www.getport.io/
[OPSLEVEL]OpsLevelhttps://www.opslevel.com/
[CORTEX]Cortex Internal Developer Portalhttps://www.cortex.io/

B.4 Internal References

B.4.1 Normative Internal References

IDTitleRelationship
RFC-IAM-0001Federated Identity and Access Management ArchitectureProvides Keycloak authentication
RFC-SECOPS-0001GitOps-Native, Vault-First Secret Management ArchitectureProvides secret management
RFC-PAM-0001Privileged Access Management ArchitectureProvides JIT access backend

B.4.2 Informative Internal References

IDTitleRelationship
RFC-TENANT-SECURITYTenant Application Security ArchitectureProvides WAF and network policies
RFC-WORKLOAD-IDENTITYWorkload Identity Architecture (Planned)Future: service mesh, AI agent identity
RFC-DEPLOY-OPSDeployment Operations Architecture (Planned)Future: deployment orchestration

B.5 Version History

VersionDateAuthorChanges
1.0.02026-02-12Platform Engineering TeamInitial release

B.6 Document Status

FieldValue
StatusDraft
Review StatePending
Last Review—
Next Review—

B.7 Acknowledgments

This RFC builds upon work from:

  • Backstage project and CNCF community
  • Platform Engineering team for requirements and review
  • Security Engineering for authorization model review
  • DevOps team for integration patterns

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