Creating Realm in Keycloak
Realm is a management entity that controls a set of users, their credentials, roles, and groups. A user belongs to and logs into a realm. In the context of Keycloak, a realm refers to a security and administrative domain where users, applications, and roles are managed. It is a fundamental concept in Keycloak’s architecture that allows you to isolate and organize resources, permissions, and configurations. Now let’s see how to create a Realm in Keycloak.
Step 1: Go to the Master drop-down menu, and click on the Create Realm button.
Step 2: Then provide your realm name and clock on the Create button and you are done with creating Realm in Keycloak. Remember that avoid using the master realm and create your own realm.
Keycloak – Create Realm, Client, Roles, and User
Keycloak is Open Source Identity and Access Management (IAM) tool developed by Red Hat. By using this you can 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.
Note: To install Keyclok on your machine refer to this article What is Keycloak and How to Install It?
In this article, we will see how to Create a Realm, Client, and User in Keycloak.