How to Install Keycloak on Linux: Full Setup, Dev & Production Modes, and AD Integration

Install Keycloak, Linux, Full Setup, Dev Mode, Production Mode, AD Integration

What is Keycloak?

Efficient management of user authentication and authorization is critical in the world of distributed systems and current apps. An open-source identity and access management program called Keycloak provides a powerful Single Sign-On (SSO) solution that makes user authentication easier for a variety of apps.

We’ll dive into Keycloak SSO in this blog article, going over its works, installation, and configuration.

Requirements:

1. OpenJDK-17

Step1: Install latest Java

For CentOS, RedHat, Rockylinux

sudo yum -y update
wget https://download.oracle.com/java/17/latest/jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.rpm
sudo yum -y install ./jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.rpm

For Debian, Ubuntu

sudo apt-y update
wget https://download.oracle.com/java/17/latest/jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.rpm
sudo dpkg -i ./jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.rpm
#(or)
sudo apt-get install openjdk-17-jdk

Step2:Download keycloak