Lesson in Brief: Setting Up A Server With Ubuntu And MySQL In Preparation For Keycloak 17

We have previously written a complete and lengthy series about Keycloak, an Identity and Access Management solution that can be used with FileMaker to provide centralized management of users, multi-factor authentication, password-less authentication, act as a broker for other Identity Providers and more.

But the folks over at Keycloak HQ have been relentless in their pursuit of improvements to the software, and in mid February 2022, Keycloak 17 was released with a new underlying technology that requires us to revisit and update our deployment tutorial. So, let's get to it!

Lesson in Brief: Obtaining A Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate For Keycloak 17

Our previous Keycloak article on SSL certificates has been, by far, the most popular article in the series. Undoubtedly, it's not just FileMaker developers visiting that page, but it's encouraging that the security article within the security series has picked up that much traction. We must encrypt the traffic between our servers, be that Keycloak or FileMaker, and again to that end we'll be utilizing Let's Encrypt certificates for Keycloak 17.

Lesson in Brief: Downloading Keycloak And Configuring The Configuration File

So far in this Keycloak 17 series, we have been preparing our server by installing Ubuntu, MySQL, and downloading our SSL certificate. Now it's time to download the star of the show, Keycloak 17, and do our final bit of preparation before we can get it started. Without further ado...

Lesson in Brief: Starting Keycloak 17 Including On Boot And Next Steps

We're approaching the finish line with our Keycloak 17 series, with just a couple more things to take care of. In this final article, we'll be getting our Keycloak server up and running, along with getting it to start when the machine reboots, and looking at some port considerations and next steps for integrating with FileMaker. Let's get this finished up!