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Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications

You're reading from   Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications Harness the power of Keycloak, OpenID Connect, and OAuth 2.0 to secure applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804616444
Length 350 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Stian Thorgersen Stian Thorgersen
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Pedro Igor Silva Pedro Igor Silva
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Keycloak 2. Securing Your First Application FREE CHAPTER 3. Brief Introduction to Standards 4. Authenticating Users with OpenID Connect 5. Authorizing Access with OAuth 2.0 6. Securing Different Application Types 7. Integrating Applications with Keycloak 8. Authorization Strategies 9. Configuring Keycloak for Production 10. Managing Users 11. Authenticating Users 12. Managing Tokens and Sessions 13. Extending Keycloak 14. Securing Keycloak and Applications 15. Assessments 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Discovering the Keycloak admin and account consoles

In this section, we will take a look at the Keycloak admin and account consoles. The admin console is an extensive console that allows you to configure and manage Keycloak. The account console, on the other hand, is there to allow your end users to manage their accounts.

Getting started with the Keycloak admin console

In this section, you will learn how to log in to the Keycloak admin console as well as learn how to set up the basic configuration needed to secure your first application.

The Keycloak admin console provides an extensive and friendly interface for administrators and developers to configure and manage Keycloak.

To access the admin console, open http://localhost:8080/admin in a browser. You will be redirected to the Keycloak login page, where you can log in with the admin username and password you created in the previous section while installing Keycloak.

Once you have logged in, you will see the configuration...

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