Good day,
I'm hoping to summarize the methods for a client Java program to authenticate against a Keycloak-secured service endpoint. Please correct any misunderstandings I have in the summary below:
- Client program can issue a KC REST API call to get a token and then use it as "Authorization" header of type "Bearer" as per example
- Client program (such as Apache HttpClient lib) can use Basic Authorization if KC secured-deployment has been configured to allow.
- Client program can negotiate a SAML v2.0 SP-initiated SSO session directly against KC if the service is so configured.
- Client program can negotiate a OpenID Connect SSO session directly against KC if the service is so configured.
I have working Java examples now for #1 and #2, but was wondering if there were any Java examples of #3 and #4. Is my understanding of the authentication options for clients correct?
By the way, I am greatly impressed by the progress being made on the master branch around Kerberos/SPNEGO and Identity Brokering. Kudos to the team.
Thanks in advance,
Guy