Insights on Identity, Security & Keycloak
Tutorials, deep dives, and best practices from the Skycloak team.
Federate or Migrate? Your Legacy User Store Is Now in the Login Path
Federating a legacy user store into Keycloak avoids a big-bang migration, but it puts someone else's database in your login…
10 min read
Secure a Spring Boot Todo App with Keycloak and Skycloak
Step-by-step guide: connect a Keycloak-secured Spring Boot app to Skycloak managed Keycloak, from realm and client setup to roles, users,…
8 min read
Keycloak Password Policy Best Practices
Configure Keycloak password policies the modern way: length over complexity, breached-password and blacklist checks, hashing iterations, and per-realm enforcement.
9 min read
Keycloak 26.7 Stateless Mode: Multi-Region Without Infinispan
Keycloak 26.7's stateless preview kills the external Infinispan requirement for multi-cluster. We tested it on YugabyteDB and mapped a multi-cloud…
9 min read
The Top 11 IDaaS Providers Compared (2026 Edition)
Compare 11 IDaaS providers across three categories: Auth0, Cognito, Clerk, Stytch, WorkOS, and managed Keycloak, with verified 2026 pricing at…
10 min read
Keycloak Versions: Latest Release, History, and Upgrade Guide
Keycloak's latest version is 26.7.0, released July 9, 2026. See the full version history, support policy, and how to upgrade…
6 min read
Keycloak with Angular: Modern Integration Guide (vs MSAL)
Integrate Keycloak with Angular 22 using keycloak-angular v22: provideKeycloak, auto token refresh, functional interceptors, plus when MSAL fits instead.
9 min read
Why Password Hashing Is Vital for Security (and How to Do It Right)
Password hashing is the last line of defense when your database leaks. What RockYou, LinkedIn, and Adobe got wrong, plus…
10 min read
bcrypt Explained: How It Works and When to Use It in 2026
bcrypt explained: how the cost factor and salt work, the 72-byte limit, what OWASP recommends in 2026, and how to…
9 min read
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