Training:
Keycloak Fundamentals

Introductory Course on Identity & Access Management, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and Keycloak

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Training "Keycloak Fundamentals"

online or inhouse

The workshop is designed to last 2 days as standard. However, the content and duration can be individually customized. Let's talk about the possibilities!

Everything at a glance: What to expect in the training

In this hands-on training, you’ll learn the fundamental concepts of Identity and Access Management (IAM). We’ll introduce you to Keycloak’s core functionality and show you how to understand and apply single sign-on, OAuth, and OpenID Connect in practice. After the training, you’ll be able to deploy Keycloak, perform basic configurations, and securely connect your own applications to Keycloak.

1. IAM Basics

Terminology
OAuth & OpenID Connect
Authentication Flows
Tokens & JWT

2. Keycloak Introduction

Features
Concepts
Deployment
Admin Console
Configuration
Clients
User Federation
Security

3. Securing Apps

Adapters
Libraries
Proxies
Integrating Your Own Apps

Learning objectives

After this training, you will be able to:

confidently identify the basic concepts in the context of IAM and understand the difference between OAuth and OpenID Connect.
set up a Keycloak deployment and perform key basic configurations (such as realms, clients, and authentication flows) on your own.
through hands-on exercises (labs), you’ll learn how Keycloak can be used to secure applications and how single sign-on works.

Certificate:

At the end, you’ll receive a codecentric certificate of participation.

Target group

This workshop is intended for:

Software developers, administrators, and project managers looking for a hands-on introduction to Identity & Access Management with Keycloak.
People who want to learn how modern authentication protocols work and how to implement them in their own systems.

Prerequisites:

A local computer with a working Docker or Podman installation to complete the hands-on labs.
Since this is a fundamentals course, no specific prior knowledge of Keycloak is required.

The speakers

Stefan Gries

IAM & IT Consultant, Software Engineer

Jens Lehnhoff

IT Delivery Manager

Dominique Metz