keycloak

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keycloak/keycloak

Open Source Identity and Access Management

Add authentication to applications and secure services with minimum effort. No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users.

Keycloak provides user federation, strong authentication, user management, fine-grained authorization, and more.

Help and Documentation

Documentation
User Mailing List - Mailing list for help and general questions about Keycloak
Join #keycloak for general questions, or #keycloak-dev on Slack for design and development discussions, by creating an account at https://slack.cncf.io/.

Reporting Security Vulnerabilities

If you have found a security vulnerability, please look at the instructions on how to properly report it.

Reporting an issue

If you believe you have discovered a defect in Keycloak, please open an issue. Please remember to provide a good summary, description as well as steps to reproduce the issue.

Getting started

To run Keycloak, download the distribution from our website. Unzip and run:

bin/kc.[sh|bat] start-dev

Alternatively, you can use the Docker image by running:

docker run quay.io/keycloak/keycloak start-dev

For more details refer to the Keycloak Documentation.

Building from Source

To build from source, refer to the building and working with the code base guide.

Testing

To run tests, refer to the running tests guide.

Writing Tests

To write tests, refer to the writing tests guide.

Contributing

Before contributing to Keycloak, please read our contributing guidelines. Participation in the Keycloak project is governed by the CNCF Code of Conduct.

Joining a community meeting is a great way to get involved and help shape the future of Keycloak.

Other Keycloak Projects

Keycloak - Keycloak Server and Java adapters
Keycloak QuickStarts - QuickStarts for getting started with Keycloak
Keycloak Node.js Connect - Node.js adapter for Keycloak

License

Apache License, Version 2.0

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