Status Update on the Sunsetting of Janus IDP
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This is a follow-up to the Future of the Janus IDP community announcement. Since that update, the majority of Janus plugin and component migrations have been completed. The tables below detail the new locations for Janus IDP components and plugins, as well as any deprecations that have occurred.
Component Migrations
| Component | New Location |
|---|---|
| Customization Provider | https://github.com/redhat-developer/red-hat-developer-hub-customization-provider |
| Helm Chart | https://github.com/redhat-developer/rhdh-chart |
| Janus IDP Showcase | https://github.com/redhat-developer/rhdh |
| Operator | https://github.com/redhat-developer/rhdh-operator |
| Software Templates | https://github.com/redhat-developer/red-hat-developer-hub-software-templates |
Plugin Migrations
Most Janus IDP plugins have been migrated to the Backstage Community Plugins repository. Others have transitioned to Red Hat-maintained repositories as part of the Red Hat Developer Hub ecosystem. The table below outlines the new locations and packages for each plugin.
| Plugin | Location | New Packages |
|---|---|---|
| 3scale | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/3scale |
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| AAP Backend | Now distributed through Red Hat Ansible | |
| ACR | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/acr |
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| Analytics | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/analytics |
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| Argo CD | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/redhat-argocd |
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| Audit Logging | Equivalent functionality now available via Backstage Auditor Service | |
| Bulk Import | redhat-developer/rhdh-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/bulk-import |
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| Feedback | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/feedback |
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| JFrog | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/jfrog-artifactory |
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| Keycloak | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/keycloak |
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| Kiali | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/kiali |
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| Kubernetes | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/scaffolder-backend-module-kubernetes |
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| Lightspeed | redhat-developer/rhdh-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/lightspeed |
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| Matomo | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/matomo |
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| Nexus | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/nexus-repository-manager |
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| OCM | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/ocm |
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| OpenShift Registry | redhat-developer/rhdh-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/openshift-image-registry |
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| Orchestrator | redhat-developer/rhdh-plugins/tree/main/plugins/orchestrator |
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| Quay | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/quay |
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| RBAC | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/rbac |
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| Scaffolder Annotator | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/scaffolder-backend-module-annotator |
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| Scaffolder Regex | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/scaffolder-backend-module-regex |
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| Scaffolder Relation Processor | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/catalog-backend-module-scaffolder-relation-processor |
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| Scaffolder ServiceNow | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/scaffolder-backend-module-servicenow |
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| Scaffolder SonarQube | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/scaffolder-backend-module-sonarqube |
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| Shared React | Deprecated, utility package no longer required. | |
| Tekton | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/tekton |
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| Topology | backstage/community-plugins/tree/main/workspaces/topology |
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| Web Terminal | Deprecated, no further development planned. |
Summary
The Janus IDP project has successfully completed the transition of most of its functionality to upstream Backstage or Red Hat-maintained locations.
In the future, all @janus-idp scoped packages will be deprecated on npmjs.com, users are encouraged to migrate to the corresponding @backstage-community or @red-hat-developer-hub packages listed above.
For further assistance, please refer to the documentation in the respective repositories.