config

Plugin configuration

The following configuration options are available for your app-config.yaml:

qeta:
  allowAnonymous: true
  allowMetadataInput: false
  permissions: false
  notifications: true
  entities:
    kinds: ['Component']
    max: 3
  tags:
    allowCreation: true
    allowedTags:
      - test
      - tag2
    max: 5
  storage:
    disabled: true
    type: database
    folder: /tmp/my-attachments

See also config values for AI module here.

The allowed configuration values are:

Global

• allowAnonymous, boolean, allows anonymous users to post questions and answers anonymously. This enables also guest users to be able to post. Adds checkbox to the forms to post as anonymous. Default is false
• allowMetadataInput, boolean, allows created and user fields to be passed when creating questions, answers, or comments. Useful if migrating information into the system. Default is false
• allowGlobalEdits, boolean, allows editing other users' questions and answers by any user. Only if permission framework is not in use. Default is false.
• moderators, string array, list of moderator groups or users who can edit, delete questions/answers/comments and mark answers correct for any question. Only if permissions framework is not in use.
• permissions, boolean, enable or disable usage of Backstage permission framework, defaults to false
• notifications, boolean, enable or disable usage of Backstage notifications, defaults to true

Entities

• entities.kinds, string array, what kind of catalog entities can be attached to a question. Default is ['Component']
• entities.max, integer, maximum number of entities to attach to a question. Default is 3

Tags

• tags.allowCreation, boolean, determines whether it's possible to add new tags when creating question. Only affects if permissions are not enabled. Moderators can always add tags from the UI even if this is false. Default is true
• tags.allowedTags, string array, list of allowed tags to be attached to questions. Only used if tags.allowCreation is set to false.
• tags.max, integer, maximum number of tags to be attached to a question. Default is 5.

Storage

• storage.type, string, what kind of storage is used to upload images used in questions. Default is database. Available values are 'filesystem', 'database', 's3' and 'azure'.
• storage.maxSizeImage, number, the maximum allowed size of upload files in bytes. Default is 2500000
• storage.folder, string, what folder is used to storage temporarily images to convert and send to frontend. Default is /tmp/backstage-qeta-images
• storage.allowedMimeTypes, string[], A list of allowed upload formats. Default: png,jpg,jpeg,gif
• storage.disabled, boolean, If for some specific scenario you want to disable the upload of images. Default false
• storage.bucket, string, bucket ARN for S3 storage, required for S3 storage
• storage.endpoint, string, endpoint uri to send requests to. if not set, the default endpoint is built from the configured region, optional
• storage.httpsProxy, string, this allows docs to be published and read from behind a proxy, optional
• storage.forcePathStyle, boolean, allows other providers to be used like localstack, minio, wasabi (and possibly others), optional
• storage.maxAttempts, number, number of attempts to try, optional
• storage.accessKeyId, string, access key ID for S3 storage, optional
• storage.secretAccessKey, string, secret access key for S3 storage, optional
• storage.region, string, region for S3 storage, optional
• storage.sessionToken, string, AWS session token, optional
• storage.blobStorageAccountName, string, Azure Blob Storage account name, optional
• storage.blobStorageConnectionString, string, Connection String to Azure Blob Storage, optional
• storage.blobStorageContainer, string, Azure Blob Storage container name, optional. Default backstage-qeta-images

Note: For Azure Blob Storage you can either use passwordless authentication by configuring blobStorageAccountName. This requires your Backstage backend to run as an Azure Managed Identity. Alternatively, you can use blobStorageConnectionString to authenticate with a connection string.

Additionally, there are more config values for the OpenAI module.