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Keycloak IAM & SSO Masterclass

Basics
16
seats
German
From
2026-11-24
with
Niko Köbler
,
Online

Training objectives

  • Deployment and High-Availability, Fail-Safe Cluster Operation of a Keycloak System
  • Config-as-Code with the Keycloak Terraform Provider
  • Using the Keycloak Admin CLI
  • Importing/Exporting Realm Data
  • Testing and Monitoring System and Event Metrics
  • OAuth 2, OIDC & JWT – Fundamentals, Best Practices, Grant Types, Token Propagation
  • Keycloak Configuration: Realm, Organizations, Clients, Users, Groups, Roles
  • Configuring User Profiles and Organizations
  • Implementing User Federation and Identity Providers
  • Designing Authentication Flows and Implementing Required Actions
  • Customizing the Keycloak Environment to Meet Your Needs (Customization & Theming)

Curriculum

Day 1 - Deployment, Operations, Observability, etc.

Server Setup & Configuration

  • Keycloak server configuration and deployment (including database)
  • Versions & Upgrades
  • Backup & Recovery

Clustering and Distributed Caching

  • Configuring the Keycloak server for cluster operation
  • Customizing / tuning the (distributed) cache configuration

Realm Configuration, Config-as-Code & Import/Export

  • Config-as-Code with the Keycloak Terraform provider
  • Using the Keycloak Admin-CLI

  • Realm Export & Import
  • Importing Preconfigured Realms

Performance & Metrics

  • Load/Performance Tests
  • System Metrics
  • Event Metrics

Day 2 - Fundamentals, Realms & Clients, etc.

Fundamentals & Specifications

  • Single Sign-On Fundamentals (SSO)
  • Basic knowledge of the OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and JSON Web Token (JWT) specifications

Realms & Clients

  • Principles and configuration of Keycloak realms
  • Getting started with tokens, claims, and client scopes
  • Client configurations (confidential/public) in Keycloak, using a distributed application as an example
  • Customizing the appearance of Keycloak forms and user interfaces

Day 3 - User Management, Tenants, Authentication Flows & Required Actions

User Management and Sources

  • Organizations, users, groups, and roles in Keycloak
  • Creating organizations for multi-tenant capability
  • Assigning and inviting users to organizations
  • User profiles with managed attributes, permissions, required fields, and validators
  • Clarification of the differences between user federation, user storage, and external identity providers
  • Configuring an LDAP server as a user federation
  • Using custom user data sources
  • Configuring an external identity provider (identity brokering)
  • Interaction between organizations and external identity providers

Authentication Flows and Required Actions

  • Design and configuration of various authentication flows
  • Extending authentication options using custom extensions
  • Using required actions
  • Configuring additional authentication policies

Trainers

Niko Köbler

Freelance Keycloak Expert

Main Skills

Keycloak, IAM

Keycloak IAM & SSO Masterclass (online) - Niko Köbler - German - date confirmed

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