How to add an Admin User in Keycloak

Creating an admin user in Keycloak is a mandatory step for automating administrative tasks and managing your Keycloak instance. This tutorial will guide you through the process of adding an admin user to Keycloak using the Web Console or environment variables. The default flow to add an Admin User Firstly, when you install a Keycloak … Read more

Securing WildFly Management Console with Keycloak

WildFly 29 introduces the ability to secure WildFly Management Console with KeyCloak OpenID Connect Clients. In this article we will go through the steps you need to configure WildFly elytron-oidc-client subsystem and the Keycloak Realm. By the end of it, you will learn how to secure your WildFly Management Console with Keycloak OpenID Connect.

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Keycloak Tutorial for Beginners

Keycloak is an Identity and Access Management Server for Modern Applications and Services. In this updated Keycloak tutorial we will learn how to set up Keycloak and configure it to authenticate/authorize an Enterprise application running on WildFly.

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Keycloak with Spring Boot Applications: Step-by-Step Guide

In this tutorial, you will learn how to secure a Spring Boot application using Keycloak and JWT tokens. We will walk through how to quickly set up a Keycloak server and configure a Spring Boot application to authenticate and authorize users via Keycloak. This comprehensive guide is ideal for developers looking to integrate robust, enterprise-grade authentication into their Spring Boot applications.

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Keycloak Database User Federation

Keycloak uses a local database by default to manage users. However, many organizations have existing user credentials available in a relational database. This article will teach you how to use Keycloak’s User Storage SPI to federate users from a PostgreSQL Database.

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HTTP Client for Keycloak using OpenID Connect

In modern web applications, authentication and authorization are critical components. Keycloak is a powerful open-source identity and access management solution for modern applications and services. This article will guide you through creating a Java HTTP client to test OpenID Connect token authentication with Keycloak, and we will also demonstrate the equivalent steps using curl. Prerequisites … Read more

How to configure Keycloak Log Level

In this brief tutorial, we will explore how to configure the log level for a Keycloak distribution powered by Quarkus. We’ll walk through the process of applying this change persistently or as a startup option, providing administrators with flexibility in managing logging settings.

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