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Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications

By : Stian Thorgersen, Pedro Igor Silva
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Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications

By: Stian Thorgersen, Pedro Igor Silva

Overview of this book

Implementing authentication and authorization for applications can be a daunting experience, often leaving them exposed to security vulnerabilities. Keycloak is an open-source solution for identity management and access management for modern applications, which can make a world of difference if you learn how to use it. Keycloak, helping you get started with using it and securing your applications. Complete with hands-on tutorials, best practices, and self-assessment questions, this easy-to-follow guide will show you how to secure a sample application and then move on to securing different application types. As you progress, you will understand how to configure and manage Keycloak as well as how to leverage some of its more advanced capabilities. Finally, you'll gain insights into securely using Keycloak in production. By the end of this book, you will have learned how to install and manage Keycloak as well as how to secure new and existing applications.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Started with Keycloak
4
Section 2: Securing Applications with Keycloak
11
Section 3: Configuring and Managing Keycloak
17
Section 4: Security Considerations

Chapter 3: Brief Introduction to Standards

In this chapter, you will get a brief introduction to the standards that enable you to integrate your applications securely and easily with Keycloak. We very briefly cover OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), and SAML 2.0. If you are new to these standards, this chapter will give you a gentle introduction without going too much into detail. Even if you are fairly familiar with these standards, you may still want to skim through this chapter.

By the end of this chapter, you will have a basic understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and SAML 2.0, along with a decent understanding of what these standards can offer you.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • Authorizing application access with OAuth 2.0
  • Authenticating users with OpenID Connect
  • Leveraging JWT for tokens
  • Understanding why SAML 2.0 is still relevant