Install the Azure DevOps Annotator Processor

Overview

This step will guide you through the process of installing the Azure DevOps Annotator Processor which will add the needed annotations to your entities for you which will then help enable the features of the Azure DevOps plugin.

For more details checkout the Azure DevOps Annotator Processor documentation

Step Checklist

This is the second (2) step in this guide, once completed you can move onto the next step.

1. Setup the Azure integration in Config Manager
2. Install the Azure DevOps Annotator Processor
3. Install the Azure DevOps plugin
4. Install the Azure DevOps scaffolder actions

Walkthrough

Here's how to install the Azure DevOps Annotator Processor:

1. Navigate to the Config Manager and click the "Add a plugin" button
2. In the text box that says "Package name" paste in @backstage-community/plugin-catalog-backend-module-azure-devops-annotator-processor
3. Then check the "I accept that packages installed have access to all data and configuration in Portal." box and click the "Install" button
4. Once it's done the installation process you can click on the "Finish" button
5. You'll now find yourself back at the main Config Manager screen, from here click on "Manage plugin" for the Catalog
6. Then click on the Modules tab
7. Now search for the @backstage-community/plugin-catalog-backend-module-azure-devops-annotator-processor card and click on "Manage plugin"
8. There's no configuration needed for this plugin but we need to get it running, click the "Start module" button
9. You now have the Azure DevOps Annotator Processor installed and running!

From here you can now move on to Step 3 where you'll install the Azure DevOps Plugin.

Features

Here's an example of the annotations being added for you by this processor: