Using the Backstage Marketplace

About the Backstage Marketplace

The Marketplace hosts a variety of projects, such as authentication methods, that have been supplied by ForgeRock, our Technology Partners and the ForgeRock community.

You can browse and use these projects as you want and additionally, the Marketplace allows:

• Customers/Partners to share and collaborate on platform-related projects.
• Technology Partners to monetize and advertise their services.

ForgeRock Support

The following Marketplace nodes are supported by ForgeRock; they have also been added to AM 7:

• SAML2 Auth Tree Node
• Windows Desktop SSO (Kerberos) Auth Tree Node
• Certificate (X.509) Auth Tree Node

If you need support with ForgeRock supported projects, you can contact ForgeRock Support in the usual way; see Contacting ForgeRock support for further details.

Contributing Marketplace entries

If you want to become a certified technology partner then you can start by applying to become a tech partner here. You can add your Marketplace entry at any time; once you've become a tech partner, your status will be reflected in the Marketplace UI. 

Marketplace uses GitHub to store and serve code, binaries and documentation.

See the following sections for details on managing Marketplace entries:

• Creating an entry
• Editing an entry
• Archiving an entry

Creating an entry

You can create an entry as follows:

1. Access the Marketplace page and log in if you're not already logged in.
2. Click on the Add plugin button.
3. Enter the URL for your GitHub repository and select who owns the entry.
4. Click Next to continue.
5. Add a title and description for your entry, upload an image, select the applicable categories and check the details.
6. Click Publish to create your entry.

Once your entry is created, you can edit or archive your Marketplace entry as needed.

Editing an entry

If you own a Marketplace entry, you can edit it as follows:

1. Access the Marketplace page and log in if you're not already logged in.
2. Click on the entry you want to edit.
3. Click on the Edit button.
4. Update the Marketplace entry as needed.
5. Click Save to confirm your changes.

Archiving an entry

If you own a Marketplace entry, you can archive it as follows:

1. Access the Marketplace page and log in if you're not already logged in.
2. Click on the entry you want to archive.
3. Click on the Edit button.
4. Click Archive to archive the entry. This action removes the entry from the Marketplace, but does not delete the underlying GitHub repository to ensure no code is lost.