Technical requirements

For this chapter, you need to have a local copy of the GitHub repository associated with the book. If you have Git installed, you can clone the repository by running this command in a terminal:

$ cd $KC_HOME
$ git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Keycloak---Identity-and-Access-Management-for-Modern-Applications-2nd-Edition.git

Alternatively, you can download a ZIP of the repository from the following URL:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Keycloak---Identity-and-Access-Management-for-Modern-Applications-2nd-Edition/archive/main.zip

Make sure to either clone or extract the repository into the Keycloak distribution directory.

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