This is due to the internal id representation in the exported json file. Though you changed the client id (physical name) it still had the same internal id in the json export file. You might want to change that uuid and try again.

Example:

"id" : "phxcm002-4d72-4c56-8e2b-5536fc095887"

You need to prefix or modify to make unique than the previous id. Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Jagan Rekala

From: keycloak-user-bounces@lists.jboss.org [mailto:keycloak-user-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Barcia
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 8:44 AM
To: keycloak-user@lists.jboss.org
Subject: [keycloak-user] Import and exported client

In Keycloak 1.9.8-Final I have to create identical clients in different realms for DEV/QA/TEST environments and was hoping that I could export the clients and import them into other realms. When I try this, I receive the error that the client already exists. I have verified that the client does NOT exist in the realm and that I can create a client manually with the same name and information but for whatever reason the import fials.

Can I simply remove the ID from the json for the import or is there some other method to import an existing client to a different realm?

Thank you.

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