About Plugin

The About plugin displays version and instance information for the DevPortal deployment. It is accessible at /about under the Administration menu section.

Status: Default plugin, enabled by default. No chart values entry is required.

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Packages

Package	Role
veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about	Frontend: About page at /about
veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about-backend	Backend: serves version and instance metadata

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What it does

• Shows the installed DevPortal version
• Shows the Backstage version the instance is running on
• Shows enabled plugins and runtime status
• Registers the About page under the Administration sidebar group

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Configuration

The catalog index's default plugin file (dynamic-plugins.default.yaml) enables both packages and configures the frontend route and menu entry:

pluginConfig:
  dynamicPlugins:
    frontend:
      veecode-platform.backstage-plugin-about:
        appIcons:
          - name: aboutIcon
            importName: AboutIcon
        dynamicRoutes:
          - path: /about
            importName: AboutPage
            menuItem:
              icon: aboutIcon
              text: About
              enabled: true
        menuItems:
          about:
            parent: default.admin
            title: About
            icon: aboutIcon

The About backend package ships with no pluginConfig. The Administration sidebar group itself comes from the global header configuration; see Global Header.

Turn it off

Add both override entries with the {{inherit}} tag and the full !<plugin path> part, plus disabled: true, under global.dynamic.plugins on Kubernetes or in the operator plugin file on the local stack. On Kubernetes write the tag as {{ "{{inherit}}" }}; in the operator plugin file write {{inherit}} as is:

plugins:
  - package: oci://quay.io/veecode/veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about:{{inherit}}!veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about
    disabled: true
  - package: oci://quay.io/veecode/veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about-backend:{{inherit}}!veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about-backend
    disabled: true

See Adding Plugins for where to put these entries and how to apply them.