🐛 Bug Report: Github Org Data does not have option to import github team under default namespace

[prasoon-pxc]

📜 Description

I had already setup existing backstage with old backend system and I was using Github org data to ingest user&teams into Bakctage, it was working fine and user&teams are ingesting under default namespace, and after that when I need to reference owner field in catalog-info.yaml file I just have to mention the team name without using full reference of namespace.

In New Backend System, Now github teams are ingesting under namespace which is name of your github org.

👍 Expected behavior

I want to have an option where I can ingest github teams under default namespace or make my org as a default namespace so that I do not need to change all my catalog-info.yaml file to include full reference of namespaces in owner field.

👎 Actual Behavior with Screenshots

👟 Reproduction steps

Use Github org data to ingest Github user and teams into backstage and then reference one team in catalog.info.yaml file under owner field:

spec:
  type: service
  lifecycle: development
  owner: "platform" #here full namespace path is not mention

📃 Provide the context for the Bug.

No response

🖥️ Your Environment

OS:   Linux 5.15.0-105-generic - linux/x64
node: v18.18.2
yarn: 1.22.21
cli:  0.26.4 (installed)
backstage:  1.26.0

Dependencies:
  @backstage/app-defaults                                          1.5.4
  @backstage/backend-app-api                                       0.7.1
  @backstage/backend-common                                        0.21.7
  @backstage/backend-defaults                                      0.2.17
  @backstage/backend-dev-utils                                     0.1.4
  @backstage/backend-openapi-utils                                 0.1.10
  @backstage/backend-plugin-api                                    0.6.17
  @backstage/backend-tasks                                         0.5.22
  @backstage/catalog-client                                        1.6.4
  @backstage/catalog-model                                         1.4.5
  @backstage/cli-common                                            0.1.13
  @backstage/cli-node                                              0.2.5
  @backstage/cli                                                   0.26.4
  @backstage/config-loader                                         1.8.0
  @backstage/config                                                1.2.0
  @backstage/core-app-api                                          1.12.4
  @backstage/core-compat-api                                       0.2.4
  @backstage/core-components                                       0.14.5
  @backstage/core-plugin-api                                       1.9.2
  @backstage/e2e-test-utils                                        0.1.1
  @backstage/errors                                                1.2.4
  @backstage/eslint-plugin                                         0.1.7
  @backstage/frontend-plugin-api                                   0.6.4
  @backstage/integration-aws-node                                  0.1.12
  @backstage/integration-react                                     1.1.26
  @backstage/integration                                           1.10.0
  @backstage/plugin-api-docs                                       0.11.4
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  @backstage/plugin-app-node                                       0.1.17
  @backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-atlassian-provider         0.1.9
  @backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-aws-alb-provider           0.1.9
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  @backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-bitbucket-provider         0.1.0
  @backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider 0.1.0
  @backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-gcp-iap-provider           0.2.12
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  @backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-gitlab-provider            0.1.14
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👀 Have you spent some time to check if this bug has been raised before?

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Are you willing to submit PR?

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[vinzscam]

Thank you for reporting this. We are working on a fix in #24700

In the meantime I can give you a workaround to apply in your packages/backend/src/index.ts

+ import {
+   coreServices,
+   createBackendModule,
+ } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+ import { catalogProcessingExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
+ import { GithubOrgEntityProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github';

...

- backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github-org'));
+ backend.add(
+   createBackendModule({
+     pluginId: 'catalog',
+     moduleId: 'example-custom-processor',
+     register(env) {
+       env.registerInit({
+         deps: {
+           catalog: catalogProcessingExtensionPoint,
+           config: coreServices.rootConfig,
+           logger: coreServices.logger,
+         },
+         async init({ catalog, config, logger }) {
+           catalog.addEntityProvider(
+             GithubOrgEntityProvider.fromConfig(config, {
+               // same options as before
+             }),
+           );
+         },
+       });
+     },
+   }),
+ );

Let me know if this works!

[prasoon-pxc]

@vinzscam --> Thanks for your reply, I have upgraded my backstage version to 1.27.0 and right now groups are ingesting under default namespace.
and sorry I have not got the time to test your above code on old version.
Again Thanks

[vinzscam]

@vinzscam --> Thanks for your reply, I have upgraded my backstage version to 1.27.0 and right now groups are ingesting under default namespace. and sorry I have not got the time to test your above code on old version. Again Thanks

ah no problem, glad everything is working as expected 🙏