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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800562493

Length 362 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Docker

Concepts

System Administration

Authors (2):

Pedro Igor Silva

Stian Thorgersen

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with Keycloak

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Keycloak FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Securing Your First Application

4. Section 2: Securing Applications with Keycloak

5. Chapter 3: Brief Introduction to Standards

6. Chapter 4: Authenticating Users with OpenID Connect

7. Chapter 5: Authorizing Access with OAuth 2.0

8. Chapter 6: Securing Different Application Types

9. Chapter 7: Integrating Applications with Keycloak

10. Chapter 8: Authorization Strategies

11. Section 3: Configuring and Managing Keycloak

12. Chapter 9: Configuring Keycloak for Production

13. Chapter 10: Managing Users

14. Chapter 11: Authenticating Users

15. Chapter 12: Managing Tokens and Sessions

16. Chapter 13: Extending Keycloak

17. Section 4: Security Considerations

18. Chapter 14: Securing Keycloak and Applications

19. Assessments

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Choosing an integration option

In addition to choosing between the two architectural styles we've just mentioned, we should also understand some key points when it comes to choosing an integration.

There are quite a lot of client-side implementations for OpenID Connect and sometimes, you may find hard to choose which one works better for you. If none of the options suggested here work for you, it is important to be aware of how to choose alternatives.

As a rule of thumb, the decision for a good integration should be based on implementations that do the following:

Are widely adopted, actively maintained, and backed by a strong community of developers.
Are up to date with the latest versions of the OAuth2 and OpenID Connect specifications.
Are aligned with the security best practices for OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
Provide a good user experience, a simple configuration, and a deployment model.
Hide details from developers as much as possible while still...