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<!doctype html>
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<title>Guides - Keycloak</title>
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<meta name="description" property="og:description" content="Find the guides to help you get started, install Keycloak, and configure it and your applications to match your needs.">
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<a class="nav-link " href="https://www.keycloak.org/documentation">Docs</a>
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<a class="nav-link " href="https://www.keycloak.org/downloads">Downloads</a>
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<a class="nav-link " href="https://www.keycloak.org/community">Community</a>
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<a class="nav-link " href="https://www.keycloak.org/blog">Blog</a>
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<input id="guide-search" class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" data-pagefind="https://www.keycloak.org/pagefind/pagefind.js" data-pagefind-version="release">
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<div id="pagefind-results" class="container pt-4" style="display: none;" aria-live="polite"></div>
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<nav class="guides-sidebar" aria-label="Guide categories">
<h3 class="guides-sidebar-heading">Categories</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#getting-started">Getting started</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#server">Server</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#operator">Operator</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#observability">Observability</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#securing-apps">Securing applications</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#high-availability">High availability</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#ui-customization">UI Customization</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#admin-api">Admin API</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#migration">Migration</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="row guide-category mb-4" id="getting-started">
<h3>Getting started</h3>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
OpenJDK
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Get started with Keycloak on a physical or virtual server.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started/getting-started-zip" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Docker
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Get started with Keycloak on Docker.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started/getting-started-docker" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Podman
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Get started with Keycloak on Podman.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started/getting-started-podman" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Kubernetes
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Get started with Keycloak on Kubernetes.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started/getting-started-kube" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
OpenShift
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Get started with Keycloak on OpenShift.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started/getting-started-openshift" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Scaling
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Scale and tune your Keycloak installation.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started/getting-started-scaling-and-tuning" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row guide-category mb-4" id="server">
<h3>Server</h3>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring Keycloak
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure and start Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/configuration" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Supported Configurations
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Overview of supported platforms, Java versions, databases, and other system requirements for Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/supported-configurations" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring Keycloak for production
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Prepare Keycloak for use in production.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/configuration-production" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Bootstrapping and recovering an admin account
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Bootstrap Keycloak and recover access by creating a temporary admin account.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/bootstrap-admin-recovery" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Directory Structure
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Understand the purpose of the directories under the installation root.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/directory-structure" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Running Keycloak in a container
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Run Keycloak from a container image.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/containers" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring TLS
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure Keycloak's https certificates for ingoing and outgoing requests.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/enabletls" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring the hostname (v2)
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure the frontend and backchannel endpoints exposed by Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/hostname" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring a reverse proxy
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure Keycloak with a reverse proxy, API gateway, or load balancer.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/reverseproxy" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring the database
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure a relational database for Keycloak to store user, client, and realm data.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/db" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring distributed caches
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure the caching layer to cluster multiple Keycloak instances and to increase performance.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/caching" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring outgoing HTTP requests
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure the client used for outgoing HTTP requests.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/outgoinghttp" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring trusted certificates
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure the Keycloak Truststore to communicate through TLS.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/keycloak-truststore" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring trusted certificates for mTLS
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure Mutual TLS to verify clients that are connecting to Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/mutual-tls" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Enabling and disabling features
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure Keycloak to use optional features.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/features" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring providers
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure providers for Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/configuration-provider" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring logging
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure logging for Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/logging" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
FIPS 140-2 support
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure Keycloak server for FIPS compliance.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/fips" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring the Management Interface
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure Keycloak's management interface for endpoints such as metrics and health checks.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/management-interface" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Importing and exporting realms
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Import and export realms as JSON files.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/importExport" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Using a vault
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure and use a vault in Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/vault" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
All configuration
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Review build options and configuration for Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/all-config" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
All provider configuration
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Review provider configuration options.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/all-provider-config" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Checking if rolling updates are possible
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Execute the update compatibility command to check if Keycloak supports a rolling update for a change in your deployment.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/update-compatibility" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Run Keycloak as a Windows Service
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Install and run Keycloak as a Windows service using Apache Commons Daemon.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/server/windows-service" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row guide-category mb-4" id="operator">
<h3>Operator</h3>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Keycloak Operator Installation
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Install the Keycloak Operator on Kubernetes and OpenShift.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/operator/installation" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Basic Keycloak deployment
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Install Keycloak using the Operator.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/operator/basic-deployment" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Automating a realm import
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Automate a realm import using the operator.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/operator/realm-import" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Managing Keycloak Clients
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Manage Keycloak OIDC and SAML clients declaratively using the operator.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/operator/managing-clients" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Advanced configuration
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Tune advanced aspects of the Keycloak CR.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/operator/advanced-configuration" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Avoiding downtime with rolling updates
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Avoid downtime when changing themes, providers, or configurations in optimized images.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/operator/rolling-updates" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Using custom Keycloak images
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Customize and optimize the Keycloak container.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/operator/customizing-keycloak" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row guide-category mb-4" id="observability">
<h3>Observability</h3>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Centralize your observability stack with OpenTelemetry
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Learn about OpenTelemetry integration for centralized observability and telemetry data.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/telemetry" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Tracking instance status with health checks
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Check if an instance has finished its start up and is ready to serve requests by calling its health REST endpoints.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/health" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Gaining insights with metrics
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Collect metrics to gain insights about state and activities of a running instance of Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/configuration-metrics" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Monitoring user activities with event metrics
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Event metrics provide an aggregated view of user activities in a Keycloak instance.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/event-metrics" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Monitoring performance with Service Level Indicators
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Track performance and reliability as perceived by users with Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/keycloak-service-level-indicators" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Troubleshooting using metrics
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Use metrics for troubleshooting errors and performance issues.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/metrics-for-troubleshooting" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Root cause analysis with tracing
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Record information during the request lifecycle with OpenTelemetry tracing to identify root cases for latencies and errors in Keycloak and connected systems.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/tracing" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Visualizing activities in dashboards
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Install the Keycloak Grafana dashboards to visualize the metrics that capture the status and activities of your deployment.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/grafana-dashboards" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Analyzing outliers and errors with exemplars
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Use exemplars to connect a metric to a recorded trace to analyze the root cause of errors or latencies.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/exemplars" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Troubleshooting performance issues using JVM thread dumps
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Capture JVM thread dumps of a Keycloak server to diagnose performance issues</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/thread-dumps" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Troubleshooting performance issues using Java Flight Recorder (JFR)
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Create Java Flight Recorder (JFR) recordings of a Keycloak server to diagnose performance issues</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/observability/jfr" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row guide-category mb-4" id="securing-apps">
<h3>Securing applications</h3>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Planning for securing applications and services
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Understand basic concepts for securing applications.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/overview" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Securing applications and services with OpenID Connect
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Use OpenID Connect with Keycloak to secure applications and services.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/oidc-layers" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Keycloak JavaScript adapter
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Client-side JavaScript library that can be used to secure web applications.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/javascript-adapter" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Keycloak Node.js adapter
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Node.js adapter to protect server-side JavaScript apps</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/nodejs-adapter" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring the mod_auth_openidc Apache HTTPD Module
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure the mod_auth_openidc Apache module with Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/mod-auth-openidc" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Keycloak SAML Galleon feature pack for WildFly and EAP
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Using Keycloak SAML Galleon feature pack to secure applications in WildFly and EAP.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/saml-galleon-layers" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring the mod_auth_mellon Apache Module
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure the mod_auth_mellon Apache module with Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/mod-auth-mellon" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring a Distribution Registry
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure a Distribution Registry to use Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/distribution-registry" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Using the client registration service
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Use the client registration service.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/client-registration" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Automating client registration with the CLI
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Use the CLI to automate client registration.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/client-registration-cli" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Integrating with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Using Keycloak as an authorization server for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/mcp-authz-server" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Configuring and using token exchange
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Configure and use token exchange for Keycloak.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/token-exchange" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
JWT Authorization Grant
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Guide for the JWT Authorization Grant specification RFC 7521 / 7523.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/jwt-authorization-grant" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Identity Assertion JWT Authorization Grant
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Guide for the draft about Identity Assertion JWT Authorization Grant (ID-JAG).</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/identity-assertion-jwt-authorization-grant" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
OAuth Identity and Authorization Chaining Across Domains
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Guide for the draft about OAuth Identity and Authorization Chaining Across Domains.</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/oauth-identity-authorization-chaining-across-domains" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
Securing applications with Demonstrating Proof-of-Possession (DPoP)
</h5>
<span class="card-text">Guide for securing applications with DPoP using Keycloak</span>
</div>
<a href="https://www.keycloak.org/securing-apps/dpop" class="stretched-link"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 d-flex">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<h5 class="card-title">
AuthZEN Authorization
</h5>