Installing Keycloak on Ubuntu 18.04!! (Keycloak Part1)
This is the first part of the series “Securing MERN application using keycloak”.
Overview:
In this story, I will guide you the steps for a simple standalone installation keycloak 13.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 provisioned in Google Cloud Platform
Before you Start
Make sure you have OpenJDK 1.8 or newer installed in the Ubuntu Instance
Download keycloak
1. Get the keycloak-13.0.1.tar.gz URL from keycloak downloads page as shown below
2. Change directory to /opt (Note: You can download in any directory)
cd /opt
3. Download keycloak using wget
wget https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/13.0.1/keycloak-13.0.1.tar.gz
Uncompress Keycloak file
Use tar or equivalent to uncompress the file
tar -xvzf keycloak-13.0.1.tar.gz
Run the Keycloak server in background mode
sudo /opt/keycloak-13.0.1/bin/standalone.sh -b=0.0.0.0 &
- -b indicates binding ip address.
- Binding 0.0.0.0 to allow internet traffic
Access Keycloak from Browser
- Get the External IP of the Ubuntu Instance running in GCP
- Try accessing http://<external-ip>:8080/auth(By default, Keycloak runs on 8080 port for http)
Add Admin User
Use “add-user-keycloak.sh” script to add admin user
sudo /opt/keycloak-13.0.1/bin/add-user-keycloak.sh -u admin -p <password>
Restart Keycloak
sudo kill -9 $(ps -ef | grep keycloak | awk {‘print $2’})sudo /opt/keycloak-13.0.1/bin/standalone.sh -b=0.0.0.0 &
Access Keycloak
2. Now click on the Administration Console as shown above
You will get the HTTPS required error
You can either enable SSL or disable the SSL-required option using through keycloak script.
Reference Links:
https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/server_installation/index.html
Next part: Enabling SSL for keycloak using Cloudflare (Keycloak Part2)