Remove the Ansible sidebar navigation item

By default, the Ansible plug-ins add an Ansible item to the Red Hat Developer Hub sidebar navigation. You can remove the sidebar entry while keeping the /ansible route accessible by URL.

About this task

If you are embedding the Ansible plug-ins into an existing Red Hat Developer Hub instance and do not want a separate Ansible sidebar entry, you can remove it by modifying the dynamicRoutes configuration for the frontend plug-in.

The /ansible route remains accessible by URL. Only the sidebar navigation item is removed.

Procedure

In your dynamic plug-ins configuration, locate the ansible.plugin-backstage-rhaap frontend plug-in entry.

Remove the menuItem block from the dynamicRoutes section.

Before (sidebar item enabled):

pluginConfig:
  dynamicPlugins:
    frontend:
      ansible.plugin-backstage-rhaap:
        appIcons:
          - importName: AnsibleLogo
            name: AnsibleLogo
        dynamicRoutes:
          - importName: AnsiblePage
            menuItem:
              icon: AnsibleLogo
              text: Ansible
            path: /ansible

After (sidebar item removed):

pluginConfig:
  dynamicPlugins:
    frontend:
      ansible.plugin-backstage-rhaap:
        appIcons:
          - importName: AnsibleLogo
            name: AnsibleLogo
        dynamicRoutes:
          - importName: AnsiblePage
            path: /ansible

Apply the changes. For Helm deployments, click Upgrade. For Operator deployments, the deployment auto-reloads when the ConfigMap is updated.