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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 protocols to secure applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800562493
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pedro Igor Silva Pedro Igor Silva
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Stian Thorgersen Stian Thorgersen
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

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 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 5: Authorizing Access with OAuth 2.0

In this chapter, you will get a deeper understanding of how Keycloak enables you to authorize access to REST APIs and other services by leveraging the OAuth 2.0 standard. Through using a sample application that was written for this book, you will see first hand the interaction between an application and Keycloak to retrieve an access token that can be used to securely invoke a service.

We will start by getting the playground application up and running, before using the playground application to obtain a token from Keycloak that can be used to securely invoke a REST API. Then, we'll build on this knowledge to look at obtaining consent from a user before granting access to the application, as well as how to limit the access provided to the application. Finally, we'll look at how a REST API validates a token to verify whether access should be granted.

By the end of this chapter, you will have a good understanding of OAuth 2...

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