Keycloak database

What database does Keycloak use?

Supported databases

By default, the server uses the dev-file database. This is the default database that the server will use to persist data and only exists for development use-cases.

Does Keycloak need database?

Keycloak comes with its own embedded Java-based relational database called H2. This is the default database that Keycloak will use to persist data and really only exists so that you can run the authentication server out of the box. We highly recommend that you replace it with a more production ready external database.

Which DB is best for Keycloak?

With this in mind we have selected PostgreSQL and CockroachDB as the best candidates. PostgreSQL is a high quality fully open source database, with many supported offerings such as: Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

Where is Keycloak data stored?

Keycloak stores by default the users data in its own database. But you can also connect to other data sources, if you already have some (legacy) stores or simply don't want to store your users data in Keycloak itself.

Does Keycloak support MongoDB?

Keycloak 🤝 MongoDB Atlas

By integrating with IAMs such as Keycloak, StrongDM makes it easy for teams to connect to all of their important systems from a single platform. By employing StrongDM, users of MongoDB Atlas can monitor and manage access to those systems, even as changes are made.

Is Keycloak an LDAP?

Keycloak does have an builtin ldap-provider that you can use to get users from an external ldap server so that these users can user OIDC or SDAML. But keykloak does not provide any builtin ldap server, so you can not connect via ldap to keycloak.

Is a Keycloak a SAML?

Basic Keycloak operations

Keycloak uses open protocol standards like OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 to secure your applications.

Is Keycloak outdated?

Default distribution is now powered by Quarkus

The WildFly distribution of Keycloak is now deprecated, with support ending June 2022. We recommend migrating to the Quarkus distribution as soon as possible.

How do I extract data from a Keycloak?

To export a realm, you can use the export command. Your Keycloak server instance must not be started when invoking this command. To export a realm to a directory, you can use the --dir <dir> option. When exporting realms to a directory, the server is going to create separate files for each realm being exported.

Is Keycloak free to use?

Keycloak is a free and open source Identity and Access Management solution aimed at modern applications and services. It makes it easy to secure applications and services with little to no code.

Does Keycloak support MongoDB?

Does Keycloak use WildFly?

Keycloak is available in two distributions: Legacy distribution (which uses WildFly as runtime engine). Quarkus distribution (which uses Quarkus as runtime engine).

Where does Keycloak log to?

Keycloak can send logs to a centralized log management system such as the following: Graylog. Logstash, inside the Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK) logging stack.

Does Keycloak use LDAP?

Is Keycloak outdated?

Does Keycloak use JWT?

This demonstrates how to generate JWT token using Keycloak. This can be used to authenticate the API user as well as to enable OAuth 2.0 authorization for all OAuth protected APIs using OpenID Connect in the Storefront application. This can be used as an alternative to the Auth microservice.

Is Keycloak scalable?

- External Infinispan cache: Infinispan cache has been externalized, three node cluster is deployed separately from keycloak servers, hence any release in keycloak will not impact existing user sessions. - Scaling: Both horizontal and vertical scaling is possible whenever scaling is needed on infinispan.

Is Keycloak like Okta?

So Okta provides the same features as Keycloak and the only difference is that Okta is a paid enterprise solution and Keyclock is a open-source solution? Yes. But you can also sign up for an Okta developer account and get 1000 MAU (monthly active users) for free!

Is a Keycloak a SAML?

Basic Keycloak operations

Keycloak uses open protocol standards like OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 to secure your applications.

Is Keycloak an SSO?

Keycloak is an open source program that allows you to setup a secure single sign on provider. It supports multiple protocols such as SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect. It can also store user credentials locally or via an LDAP or Kerberos backend.