diff --git a/deployments/backstage/bootstrap.sh b/deployments/backstage/bootstrap.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-source scripts/common.sh
-deployment="Backstage"
-
-log_start_deployment
-bootstrap_progress
-
-dashboard_base_url="http://tyk-dashboard.localhost:3000"
-dashboard_api_key=$(get_context_data "1" "dashboard-user" "1" "api-key")
-dashboard_admin_api_credentials=$(cat deployments/tyk/volumes/tyk-dashboard/tyk_analytics.conf | jq -r .admin_secret 2>> logs/bootstrap.log)
-
-# this assumes that the backstage backend is available on the host machine on port 7007, and that it has the tyk entitiy provider installed
-log_message "Adding API event webhook to default organisation"
-updated_org_data=$(jq '.event_options += { "api_event": { "webhook": "http://host.docker.internal:7007/api/catalog/tyk/development/sync" } }' < deployments/tyk/data/tyk-dashboard/1/organisation.json)
-api_response=$(curl $dashboard_base_url/admin/organisations/5e9d9544a1dcd60001d0ed20 --request PUT -s \
-    -H "admin-auth: $dashboard_admin_api_credentials" \
-    -d "$updated_org_data" 2>> logs/bootstrap.log)
-log_json_result "$api_response"
-
-bootstrap_progress
-log_end_deployment
-
-# blank output to overwrite "bootstrapping..." message
-echo -e "\033[2K "
diff --git a/deployments/backstage/docker-compose.yml b/deployments/backstage/docker-compose.yml
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----
-name: tyk-demo
diff --git a/deployments/backstage/todo.md b/deployments/backstage/todo.md
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-- dynamically create image for backstage so it doesn't have to be run separately? (as per approach taken by the `subscriptions` deployment, using a Dockerfile)
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