Glossary

This pages uses keycloak terminology which may be significantly different from the one used in your company thus it's recommended to read Keycloak Server Administration Guide first.

Basic concepts

realm - sth like namespace for users and roles. Keycloak starts with master realm that is used to secure access to keycloak itself

client - Application that can request Keycloak to authenticate a user

user - user account

role - user category

user role mapping - mapping between roles and users

groups - groups of users, roles can be mapped to either a single user or a whole group

Current configuration

realm: testing

app: istio

users: admin/sradmin and user/looser

groups: admin, user

login URL (edit account):  http://keycloak.mesh.onap.eu/auth/realms/testing/protocol/openid-connect/auth?client_id=istio&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.gw.mesh.onap.eu&response_type=code&scope=openid