Working with Automated Ingestion CBA Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–28

1. 26application · medium

   A company wants to ingest entities from a custom internal API that tracks their data pipelines. The API requires an OAuth2 token for authentication. They have a Backstage instance and need to set up automated ingestion. What is the first step they should take?

   • ADevelop and register a custom entity provider that calls the API
   • BUse the static catalog to manually add all pipeline entities
   • CConfigure a built-in Git entity provider to point to the API
   • DCreate a new Backstage plugin solely for displaying the API data
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2. 27application · medium

   A team is setting up automated ingestion from a Git repository. They want to ensure that only entities of kind 'Component' are ingested, and other kinds (e.g., 'API', 'Group') are ignored. Where should this filtering be implemented?

   • AIn the catalog backend's processing pipeline
   • BIn the Git repository's branch protection rules
   • CIn the Backstage frontend application
   • DIn the entity provider's configuration or code
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3. 28foundation · easy

   In Backstage, how is the refresh interval for an entity provider typically specified?

   • AIn the catalog-info.yaml file of each repository
   • BIn the frontend UI settings
   • CIn the Backstage database schema
   • DIn the provider configuration using a cron expression or duration
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