Certified Backstage Associate (CBA)

Internal development platforms are essential to fast developer & engineering onboarding, cross-team collaboration & product innovation. Earning your CBA proves you have the skills & the mindset to work with Backstage to advance your career, your team & your organization.

Earning the CBA certification validates your ability to leverage and build standardized developer platforms, demonstrates your dedication to boosting team productivity and cross-team collaboration, and fully equips you to pursue new roles and advance your long-term career.

Backstage Development Workflow - 24%

• Build and run Backstage projects locally
• Understand local development workflows
• Compile a Backstage project with TypeScript
• Download and install dependencies for a Backstage project with NPM/Yarn
• Use Docker to build a container image of a Backstage project

Backstage Infrastructure - 22%

• Understand the Backstage framework
• Configure Backstage
• Deploy Backstage to production
• Understand Backstage client-server architecture

Backstage Catalog - 22%

• Understand how/why to use Backstage Catalog
• Populate Backstage Catalog
• Using annotations
• Working with manually registered entity locations
• Troubleshooting entity ingestion
• Working with automated ingestion

Customizing Backstage - 32%

• Understand frontend versus backend plugins
• Customizing Backstage plugins
• Make changes to React code in Backstage App
• Using Material UI components

1. After purchase the exam voucher, please log into your portal LFOSSA website, your exam voucher will be available under "Exam & Learning Voucher" (password-protected).

2. You need an LFID to register for and take Linux Foundation (LF) certification exams. If you already have a Linux Foundation ID (LFID), you can redeem your exam voucher at https://trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/redeem . If you do not have a LFID, click here (https://trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/access/saml/login) to create one.

3. Log in to your LF Education portal,  enter your exam voucher code in the Enter Registration Code field and click Validate, then check the box: " I agree to The Linux Foundation Training Terms, Conditions & Policies and the Thought Industries Terms & Conditions." 

4. A confirmation message “Congrats, your code has been validated” will appear upon successful validation, confirming your voucher is valid. Click Register to complete the exam voucher registration.

5. Log in to LF Education global website with your LFID.   After the registration process, the certification exam will be available in the learner's portal within 24 hours, then the candidate will be available to take and schedule exam. 

Linux Foundation Global Certification & Confidentiality Agreement

Candidate Handbook

Important Instructions

Frequently Asked Questions

The Exam Voucher is non-refundable upon purchase.

Exam Voucher is redeemable within 90 days post-purchase; Exam eligibility will be valid for 1 year from your registration date. You now have 90 days + 365 days for exam preparation!