Keycloak is an open-source identity and access management solution for modern applications and services. It provides secure authentication and authorization, simplifying the process of managing users and their permissions. With Keycloak, you can easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) across your applications, utilize multi-factor authentication (MFA), and manage user sessions. It supports various protocols, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and SAML, making it versatile for different environments. Keycloak also offers features such as social login, user federation, and an admin console for managing users, roles, and configurations.
Steps to follow the Keycloak Setup on Windows
Here are some steps to establish the Keycloak on Windows:
Step 1: First of all, you need Java. As we know Keycloak is using Java at the end. You can download Java from Here.
Step 2: Once you download you have to Extract that zip and create a Java folder on “C: / Program Files/ Java” and “paste jdk folder there” and Set the environment Variable of JAVA_HOME.
Please feel free to refer to this link if you are confused about setting up the variable. CLICK.
Step 3: After setting up the environment variable download keycloak from here.
Try to download the .zip (sha) file and Extract Directly on directory where you want to setup keycloak. After that, you will get a bin Folder in that Dir.
Step 4: Now, open CMD in the bin folder and write the command kc start-dev.
Step 5: That’s it keycloak setup successfully.
