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Chapter 23. Using a vault
Red Hat build of Keycloak provides two out-of-the-box implementations of the Vault SPI: a plain-text file-based vault and Java KeyStore-based vault.
The file-based vault implementation is especially useful for Kubernetes/OpenShift secrets. You can mount Kubernetes secrets into the Red Hat build of Keycloak Container, and the data fields will be available in the mounted folder with a flat-file structure.
The Java KeyStore-based vault implementation is useful for storing secrets in bare metal installations. You can use the KeyStore vault, which is encrypted using a password.
23.1. Available integrations
Secrets stored in the vaults can be used at the following places of the Administration Console:
- Obtain the SMTP Mail server Password
- Obtain the LDAP Bind Credential when using LDAP-based User Federation
- Obtain the OIDC identity providers Client Secret when integrating external identity providers
23.2. Enabling a vault
For enabling the file-based vault you need to build Red Hat build of Keycloak first using the following build option:
bin/kc.[sh|bat] build --vault=file
Analogically, for the Java KeyStore-based you need to specify the following build option:
bin/kc.[sh|bat] build --vault=keystore
23.3. Configuring the file-based vault
23.3.1. Setting the base directory to lookup secrets
Kubernetes/OpenShift secrets are basically mounted files. To configure a directory where these files should be mounted, enter this command:
bin/kc.[sh|bat] start --vault-dir=/my/path
23.3.2. Realm-specific secret files
Kubernetes/OpenShift Secrets are used on a per-realm basis in Red Hat build of Keycloak, which requires a naming convention for the file in place:
${vault.<realmname>_<secretname>}23.3.3. Using underscores in the Name
To process the secret correctly, you double all underscores in the <realmname> or the <secretname>, separated by a single underscore.
Example
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Realm Name:
sso_realm -
Desired Name:
ldap_credential - Resulting file Name:
sso__realm_ldap__credential
Note the doubled underscores between sso and realm and also between ldap and credential.
23.4. Configuring the Java KeyStore-based vault
In order to use the Java KeyStore-based vault, you need to create a KeyStore file first. You can use the following command for doing so:
keytool -importpass -alias <realm-name>_<alias> -keystore keystore.p12 -storepass keystorepassword
and then enter a value you want to store in the vault. Note that the format of the -alias parameter depends on the key resolver used. The default key resolver is REALM_UNDERSCORE_KEY.
This by default results to storing the value in a form of generic PBEKey (password based encryption) within SecretKeyEntry.
You can then start Red Hat build of Keycloak using the following runtime options:
bin/kc.[sh|bat] start --vault-file=/path/to/keystore.p12 --vault-pass=<value> --vault-type=<value>
Note that the --vault-type parameter is optional and defaults to PKCS12.
Secrets stored in the vault can then be accessed in a realm via the following placeholder (assuming using the REALM_UNDERSCORE_KEY key resolver): ${vault.realm-name_alias}.
23.5. Example: Use an LDAP bind credential secret in the Admin Console
Example setup
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A realm named
secrettest -
A desired Name
ldapBcfor the bind Credential -
Resulting file name:
secrettest_ldapBc
Usage in Admin Console
You can then use this secret from the Admin Console by using ${vault.ldapBc} as the value for the Bind Credential when configuring your LDAP User federation.
23.6. Relevant options
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