This is the backend part of the Kiali plugin for Backstage. It is called by and responds to requests from the frontend @janus-idp/backstage-plugin-kiali plugin.

It directly interfaces with the Kiali API control plane to obtain information about objects that will then be presented at the front end.

This plugin must be explicitly added to a Backstage app, along with it's peer frontend plugin.

The plugin requires configuration in the Backstage app-config.yaml to connect to a Kiali API control plane.

In addition, configuration of an entity's catalog-info.yaml helps identify which specific ServiceMesh object(s) should be presented on a specific entity catalog page.

Follow these steps