Keycloak: The Open-Source IAM for Modern Applications

Explore the capabilities of Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution, in this 42-minute conference talk presented by Alexander Schwartz from Red Hat and Yuuichi Nakamura from Hitachi at a CNCF event. Discover how Keycloak offers a feature-rich, flexible, and compliant IAM solution with a vibrant community. Learn about its support for flexible user registration flows, password reset mechanisms, strong authentication, and the Financial-Grade API security profile. Understand how Keycloak leverages industry security standard protocols like OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and WebAuthn, while also bridging to existing security infrastructures such as SAML2-based IdPs, LDAP servers, and Kerberos/SPNEGO. Gain insights into Keycloak's scriptability for automation, extensive SPIs for functionality extension, and its journey to becoming a CNCF incubating project in 2023. Get valuable information on how to use Keycloak, its future roadmap, and ways to contribute to this thriving open-source project.