---
title: "Migrating legacy services to a modern developer portal: A technical guide to Backstage integration"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-legacy-services-to-a-modern-developer-portal-a-technical-guide-to-backstage-integration-nijvfmqeu
source_url: https://backstage.io/blog/2025/08/08/migrating-legacy-services-to-a-modern-developer-portal
type: article
source: "Backstage"
published: 2025-08-12T18:09:13.554Z
updated: 2025-08-12T18:09:38.320Z
tags: ["github"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 13
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Migrating legacy services to a modern developer portal: A technical guide to Backstage integration

**[Backstage](https://daily.dev/sources/backstage)** · 11 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A comprehensive guide detailing the migration from legacy service catalogs to Backstage, covering automated migration scripts using GitHub Apps, JWT authentication, and Base64 processing. The post explores adoption challenges including team resistance and lack of understanding, along with strategies like clear roadmaps, personalized demos, and feature additions such as Tech Radar and linter plugins. Key technical aspects include creating catalog-info.yaml files, using entity providers, and implementing scaffolders for streamlined service management.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://backstage.io/blog/2025/08/08/migrating-legacy-services-to-a-modern-developer-portal>

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