keycloak-operations
Articles about keycloak-operations from the Skycloak team.
Keycloak Database Connection Pool Exhaustion: Causes and Fixes
Fix Keycloak database connection pool exhaustion: size the Quarkus datasource pool, handle DB restarts and leaks, and spot connections growing…
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Skycloak vs the Community Keycloak Terraform Provider (and How to Use Both)
The difference between the Skycloak and community keycloak/keycloak Terraform providers, when to use each, and how to run both in…
7 min read
Keycloak on OpenShift (ARO): HA That Survives Audits
Run Keycloak on OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift in production: operator vs Helm, HA clustering, TLS route modes, and…
8 min read
How Many Realms Can One Keycloak Cluster Handle? We Measured It
How many realms one Keycloak cluster can handle, measured: the cache settings to reach thousands, why restarts hit 7.5 minutes,…
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Keycloak Backup and Restore: A Practical Guide
How to back up and restore Keycloak: why the database is the source of truth, backing up PostgreSQL, realm exports…
17 min read
Introducing Locke: a Keycloak Distribution That Lets You Choose Your Cache
Locke is an Apache 2.0 Keycloak distribution with embedded Infinispan or a Redis cache backend, selectable at boot with KC_CACHE,…
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Keycloak on Redis: Benchmarking Locke vs Embedded Infinispan
A production benchmark of Keycloak caching on Redis (Locke) vs embedded Infinispan: ~100% throughput parity, sub-second node-loss recovery vs 31-40s.
10 min read
Keycloak Event Streaming and Webhooks: Real-Time Integration
Build real-time integrations with Keycloak events. Learn the Event Listener SPI, custom webhook providers, Kafka integration, and event filtering patterns.
11 min read
Keycloak User Federation: Building a Custom Provider
Build a custom Keycloak UserStorageProvider SPI for user federation with external databases, covering credential validation, caching, and lazy loading.
15 min read
Keycloak on Kubernetes: Production Deployment Guide
Deploy Keycloak on Kubernetes for production with StatefulSets, PostgreSQL, TLS ingress, HPA autoscaling, Infinispan clustering, and resource management.
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