NOTE: If you are Red Hat customer, install redhat.rhbk (for Red Hat Build of Keycloak) or redhat.sso (for Red Hat Single Sign-On) from Automation Hub as the certified version of this collection.

Collection to install and configure Keycloak or Red Hat Single Sign-On / Red Hat Build of Keycloak.

Ansible version compatibility

This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: >=2.16.0.

Plugins and modules within a collection may be tested with only specific Ansible versions. A collection may contain metadata that identifies these versions.

Installation

Installing the Collection from Ansible Galaxy

Before using the collection, you need to install it with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:

ansible-galaxy collection install middleware_automation.keycloak

You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it via ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
collections:
  - name: middleware_automation.keycloak

The keycloak collection also depends on the following python packages to be present on the controller host:

netaddr
lxml

A requirement file is provided to install:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Included roles

keycloak_quarkus: role for installing keycloak (>= 19.0.0, quarkus based).
keycloak_realm: role for configuring a realm, user federation(s), clients and users, in an installed service.
keycloak: role for installing legacy keycloak (<= 19.0, wildfly based).

Included modules

All Keycloak administration modules from community.general are provided in this collection for Keycloak 17+ (Quarkus). Use auth_keycloak_url without the legacy /auth context path (for example http://localhost:8080). Set keycloak_context to /auth only when automating WildFly-based Keycloak with the keycloak role.

keycloak_authentication: manage authentication flows and executions using Keycloak Admin REST API.
keycloak_authentication_flow: manage custom authentication flows and flow executions.
keycloak_authentication_required_actions: manage required actions available in realm authentication.
keycloak_authentication_v2: manage authentication flows with newer Keycloak API handling.
keycloak_authz_authorization_scope: manage authorization scopes for a client resource server.
keycloak_authz_custom_policy: manage custom authorization policies for a client resource server.
keycloak_authz_permission: manage authorization permissions for a client resource server.
keycloak_authz_permission_info: retrieve authorization permission information for a client resource server.
keycloak_client: manage Keycloak clients (create/update/delete).
keycloak_client_rolemapping: manage client role mappings for users and groups.
keycloak_client_rolescope: manage client role scope mappings.
keycloak_client_scope: manage client scopes and protocol mappers (replaces community.general.keycloak_clientscope).
keycloak_clientscope_type: manage default and optional client scope assignments.
keycloak_clientsecret_info: retrieve client secret information.
keycloak_clientsecret_regenerate: regenerate a client secret.
keycloak_clienttemplate: manage legacy client templates.
keycloak_component: manage realm components.
keycloak_component_info: retrieve realm component information.
keycloak_group: manage realm groups and subgroups.
keycloak_identity_provider: manage identity provider instances and configuration.
keycloak_realm: manage realms (create/update/delete).
keycloak_realm_info: retrieve realm information.
keycloak_realm_key: manage realm key providers.
keycloak_realm_keys_metadata_info: retrieve realm keys metadata.
keycloak_realm_localization: manage realm localization texts.
keycloak_realm_rolemapping: manage realm role mappings for users and groups.
keycloak_role: manage realm and client roles.
keycloak_user: manage users (create/update/delete).
keycloak_user_execute_actions_email: trigger execute-actions emails for users.
keycloak_user_federation: manage user federation providers (for example LDAP/AD).
keycloak_user_rolemapping: manage user role mappings.
keycloak_userprofile: manage user profile configuration.

Usage

The collection provides roles to install Keycloak and modules to manage realms, clients, users, and related settings via the Keycloak Admin REST API.

For Quarkus-based Keycloak (17+), set auth_keycloak_url to the server root URL without the legacy /auth path, for example http://localhost:8080. When using the legacy keycloak role with WildFly-based Keycloak, set keycloak_context to /auth in the keycloak_realm role.

Install Keycloak

playbooks/keycloak_quarkus.yml installs Keycloak >= 17 using the keycloak_quarkus role.
playbooks/keycloak.yml installs legacy Keycloak (<= 19) using the keycloak role.

For full service configuration details, refer to the keycloak_quarkus role README or the keycloak role README.

Install from controller node (offline)

Making the keycloak zip archive available to the playbook working directory, and setting keycloak_offline_install to true, allows to skip the download tasks. The local path for the archive does match the downloaded archive path, so that it is also used as a cache when multiple hosts are provisioned in a cluster.

keycloak_offline_install: true

Install from alternate sources (like corporate Nexus, artifactory, proxy, etc)

It is possible to perform downloads from alternate sources, using the keycloak_download_url variable; make sure the final downloaded filename matches with the source filename (ie. keycloak-legacy-x.y.zip or rh-sso-x.y.z-server-dist.zip).

Example installation command

Execute the following command from the source root directory:

ansible-playbook -i <ansible_hosts> playbooks/keycloak_quarkus.yml -e keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password=<changeme>

keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password password for the administration console user account.
ansible_hosts is the inventory, below is an example inventory for deploying to localhost
```
[keycloak]
localhost ansible_connection=local
```

Note: when deploying clustered configurations, all hosts belonging to the cluster must be present in ansible_play_batch; ie. they must be targeted by the same ansible-playbook execution.

Configure with roles

playbooks/keycloak_realm.yml creates or updates provided realm, user federation(s), client(s), client role(s) and client user(s).

playbooks/keycloak_realm_client.yml creates a realm with clients, roles and users using the keycloak_realm role.
playbooks/keycloak_federation.yml configures user federation providers.

Example configuration command

Execute the following command from the source root directory:

ansible-playbook -i <ansible_hosts> playbooks/keycloak_realm.yml -e keycloak_admin_password=<changeme> -e keycloak_realm=test

keycloak_admin_password password for the administration console user account.
keycloak_realm name of the realm to be created/used.
ansible_hosts is the inventory, below is an example inventory for deploying to localhost
```
[keycloak]
localhost ansible_connection=local
```

For full configuration details, refer to the keycloak_realm role README.

Configure with modules

Module playbooks target an already running Keycloak instance. All modules use the middleware_automation.keycloak collection namespace.

playbooks/keycloak_client_scope.yml creates a client scope with protocol mappers using the keycloak_client_scope module.
playbooks/keycloak_authentication_flow.yml creates a custom authentication flow with execution steps using the keycloak_authentication_flow module.

Example task using shared authentication defaults:

- hosts: localhost
  module_defaults:
    group/middleware_automation.keycloak.keycloak:
      auth_keycloak_url: http://localhost:8080
      auth_realm: master
      auth_username: admin
      auth_password: "{{ keycloak_admin_password }}"
  tasks:
    - name: Create a user in a realm
      middleware_automation.keycloak.keycloak_user:
        realm: TestRealm
        username: testuser
        first_name: Test
        last_name: User
        email: testuser@example.com
        enabled: true
        state: present

When migrating from community.general, replace the collection prefix in playbooks (for example community.general.keycloak_user becomes middleware_automation.keycloak.keycloak_user) and use keycloak_client_scope instead of keycloak_clientscope.

Support

For bug reports and feature requests, use GitHub Issues.

Release and Upgrade Notes

For details on changes between versions, please see the CHANGELOG for this collection.

License

Apache License v2.0 or later

See LICENSE to view the full text.