Keycloak is an open source Identity and Access Management solution targeted towards modern applications and services.
Keycloak offers features such as Single-Sign-On (SSO), Identity Brokering and Social Login, User Federation, Client Adapters, an Admin Console, and an Account Management Console.
Below are keycloak features:
1)Multiple protocols support
2)SSO support
3)Offers Web based GUI
4)External Identity Source Sync
In case when your client currently has some type of user database, Keycloak allows us to synchronize with such database. By default, it supports LDAP and Active Directory but you can create custom extensions for any user database using Keycloak User storage API.
4)Identity Brokering
Keycloak can also work as a proxy between your users and some external identity provider or providers. Their list can be edited from Keycloak Admin Panel.
5)Social Identity Providers
Additionally, Keycloak allows us to use Social Identity Providers. It has built-in support Google, Twitter, Facebook, Stack Overflow but, in the end, you have to configure all of them manually from admin panel.
6)Customizations
Currently Keycloak supports following distributions.
1)server
2)Docker Image
3)Operator
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