[keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of Keycloak server

Brett Meyer brmeyer at redhat.com
Thu Aug 13 11:02:58 EDT 2015


Sorry for the late response.

Potentially, integration with Hawkular might be an option.  http://www.hawkular.org/

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> To: "Vlastimil Elias" <velias at redhat.com>
> Cc: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 2:49:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of Keycloak server
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vlastimil Elias" <velias at redhat.com>
> > To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> > Cc: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > Sent: Thursday, 16 July, 2015 8:15:29 AM
> > Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of Keycloak server
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > OK, if DB is "realm" and "users" then it have to be well documented as
> > it is not obvious for people without deeper knowledge of KC.
> 
> We could always call it realm-database or something, but we have 3 different
> stores so should be separate status for them
> 
> > 
> > Do we have JIRA issue for this or should I create one?
> 
> Nope, so please create one
> 
> > 
> > Vl.
> > 
> > 
> > On 14.7.2015 10:06, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Vlastimil Elias" <velias at redhat.com>
> > >> To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> > >> Cc: "Scott Rossillo" <srossillo at smartling.com>,
> > >> keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, 14 July, 2015 9:58:36 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of Keycloak server
> > >>
> > >> On 14.7.2015 09:14, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>> From: "Vlastimil Elias" <velias at redhat.com>
> > >>>> To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> > >>>> Cc: "Scott Rossillo" <srossillo at smartling.com>,
> > >>>> keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 14 July, 2015 8:56:43 AM
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of Keycloak server
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 14.7.2015 08:42, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> > >>>>> Ok so we add one that just returns OK or ERROR which doesn't require
> > >>>>> authentication, but then we add another that can return more details,
> > >>>>> including stats and what the error is.
> > >>>> Yep. Simple http endpoinds for now, later all this info may be expose
> > >>>> over DMR or some other mechanism if necessary.
> > >>>>> For full health we should check all external services that are used
> > >>>>> (db,
> > >>>>> identity providers and user federation providers). Cluster sync will
> > >>>>> depend on what Infinispan exposes, but I imagine they'll have the
> > >>>>> required
> > >>>>> details avail.
> > >>>> Beside endpoint for full health check (which should summarize all
> > >>>> services into one flag if I understand correctly, which is good for
> > >>>> loadbalancer) we should expose separate endpoint for each service
> > >>>> health, as it is better for operational monitoring systems like
> > >>>> Nagios.
> > >>>> Admins are better informed what is going wrong and they can resolve
> > >>>> situation more quickly without necessity to search cause of general
> > >>>> failure flag somewhere else.
> > >>> We could have a single health endpoint that returns a 200 or 500 and
> > >>> also
> > >>> returns a json doc with details. Something like:
> > >>>
> > >>> {
> > >>>     realm: ok,
> > >>>     users: ok,
> > >>>     realmCache: error,
> > >>>     userCache: error,
> > >>>     identity-providers: {
> > >>>       google: ok,
> > >>>       facebook: error
> > >>>     },
> > >>>     user-federation: {
> > >>>       ldap: ok
> > >>>     }
> > >>> }
> > >>>
> > >>> I wonder if that's to much details to expose without authentication.
> > >> This should work, but I miss info about DB connection here. It is
> > >> crucial from operational point of view as this allows sysadmins quickly
> > >> detect that connection to DB is broken.
> > >>
> > >> I believe this kind of info can be safely exposed without
> > >> authentication. If the endpoint is clearly documented then access can be
> > >> always restricted on some network infra (webserver/proxy) ahead of KC.
> > > DB is "realm" and "users".
> > >
> > >>>> Vl.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>> From: "Vlastimil Elias" <velias at redhat.com>
> > >>>>>> To: "Scott Rossillo" <srossillo at smartling.com>, "Stian Thorgersen"
> > >>>>>> <stian at redhat.com>
> > >>>>>> Cc: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 14 July, 2015 8:34:29 AM
> > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of Keycloak
> > >>>>>> server
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Yap, beside server-stat endpoint Stian talked about we should add
> > >>>>>> some
> > >>>>>> server-health endpoint also to be used for remote health monitoring
> > >>>>>> by
> > >>>>>> load balancers or systems like Nagios.
> > >>>>>> Simple http endpoint without authentication (as it doesn't leak any
> > >>>>>> sensitive information) is typically simplest way how to do this
> > >>>>>> monitoring.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Vl.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On 14.7.2015 05:13, Scott Rossillo wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Some type of health page would be great too for load balancers to
> > >>>>>>> monitor. Something that doesn't leak internal information but
> > >>>>>>> checks
> > >>>>>>> behind the scenes that:
> > >>>>>>> 1. Server can reach its databas(es)
> > >>>>>>> 2. Server cluster sync is working
> > >>>>>>> 3. Server can reach federation providers, etc.
> > >>>>>>> Endpoint should respond to get requests and return an http status
> > >>>>>>> reflective of server state.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:18 AM Stian Thorgersen <stian at redhat.com
> > >>>>>>> <mailto:stian at redhat.com>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>        So looks like we're at agreement to add the additional info
> > >>>>>>>        you
> > >>>>>>>        wanted to server info page.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>        How about we add an additional endpoint server-stat that can
> > >>>>>>>        collect some stats about the server?
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>        ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>>>        > From: "Vlastimil Elias" <velias at redhat.com
> > >>>>>>>        <mailto:velias at redhat.com>>
> > >>>>>>>        > To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com
> > >>>>>>>        > <mailto:stian at redhat.com>>
> > >>>>>>>        > Cc: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > >>>>>>>        <mailto:keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org>
> > >>>>>>>        > Sent: Monday, 13 July, 2015 5:06:34 PM
> > >>>>>>>        > Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of
> > >>>>>>>        > Keycloak
> > >>>>>>>        server
> > >>>>>>>        >
> > >>>>>>>        > Looks like I have to look at WildFly/EAP DMR to see what
> > >>>>>>>        > is
> > >>>>>>>        possible to
> > >>>>>>>        > do with it, as I'm not sure if it is about remote
> > >>>>>>>        > monitoring
> > >>>>>>>        also and
> > >>>>>>>        > if/how it can be use from monitoring systems like Splunk.
> > >>>>>>>        >
> > >>>>>>>        > Vl.
> > >>>>>>>        >
> > >>>>>>>        > On 13.7.2015 15:26, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> > >>>>>>>        > > In WildFly/EAP that's DMR right? We're planning to make
> > >>>>>>>        Keycloak managable
> > >>>>>>>        > > through that as well. For example everything that goes
> > >>>>>>>        > > into
> > >>>>>>>        > > keycloak-server.json will eventually be moved to
> > >>>>>>>        standalone.xml. Same with
> > >>>>>>>        > > admin endpoints, everything you can do there you'll
> > >>>>>>>        > > eventually
> > >>>>>>>        be able to
> > >>>>>>>        > > do through DMR and jboss-cli as well.
> > >>>>>>>        > >
> > >>>>>>>        > > However, IMO it would make sense to at least expose
> > >>>>>>>        > > Keycloak
> > >>>>>>>        specific
> > >>>>>>>        > > information through the admin endpoints and console as
> > >>>>>>>        > > well.
> > >>>>>>>        Such number
> > >>>>>>>        > > of sessions, etc..
> > >>>>>>>        > >
> > >>>>>>>        > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>>>        > >> From: "Vlastimil Elias" <velias at redhat.com
> > >>>>>>>        <mailto:velias at redhat.com>>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> To: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > >>>>>>>        <mailto:keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Sent: Monday, 13 July, 2015 3:17:16 PM
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Subject: [keycloak-dev] Operational monitoring of
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Keycloak
> > >>>>>>>        > >> server
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Hi,
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> as we deployed KC to production mode for
> > >>>>>>>        https://developers.redhat.com
> > >>>>>>>        > >> we started to think about operational monitoring, for
> > >>>>>>>        > >> example
> > >>>>>>>        from
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Nagios or other systems of this type.
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> KC user guide doesn't contain any chapter covering this
> > >>>>>>>        topic, also no
> > >>>>>>>        > >> any success over google search, so looks like KC
> > >>>>>>>        > >> doesn't
> > >>>>>>>        > >> have
> > >>>>>>>        > >> any
> > >>>>>>>        > >> solution for this yet.
> > >>>>>>>        > >> But I believe this is an important area which must be
> > >>>>>>>        > >> solved
> > >>>>>>>        when KC is
> > >>>>>>>        > >> used for production.
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> I can imagine monitoring of JDBC connection if JPA is
> > >>>>>>>        > >> used,
> > >>>>>>>        monitoring
> > >>>>>>>        > >> of Mongo connection if used as store, monitoring of
> > >>>>>>>        > >> LDAP
> > >>>>>>>        connection if
> > >>>>>>>        > >> LDAP federation is used etc.
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Also some statistics like numbers of active sso
> > >>>>>>>        > >> session,
> > >>>>>>>        number of
> > >>>>>>>        > >> logins per minute etc should be provided there.
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Monitoring is not about Keycloak core itself, it should
> > >>>>>>>        > >> be
> > >>>>>>>        available for
> > >>>>>>>        > >> extension developers also. For example we implemented
> > >>>>>>>        > >> own
> > >>>>>>>        > >> UserFederationProvider which calls backend REST
> > >>>>>>>        > >> services.
> > >>>>>>>        > >> We should be able to add info about this integration
> > >>>>>>>        > >> into
> > >>>>>>>        monitoring
> > >>>>>>>        > >> endpoint to be able to catch problems with this REST
> > >>>>>>>        > >> API.
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> It should be probably implemented same way as used by
> > >>>>>>>        > >> underlying
> > >>>>>>>        > >> WildFly/EAP (JPA/JDBC is probably available for
> > >>>>>>>        > >> monitoring
> > >>>>>>>        there). I'm
> > >>>>>>>        > >> not sure if JMX is used there still or if some new
> > >>>>>>>        > >> framework
> > >>>>>>>        > >> is
> > >>>>>>>        > >> available for it.
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Or KC should use some form of KC REST API for this,
> > >>>>>>>        > >> which
> > >>>>>>>        should be
> > >>>>>>>        > >> extended by additional info from KC extensions?
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> What do you think?
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Vlastimil
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> P.S we have https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RHD-552 for
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Red
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Hat
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Developer instance of KC
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> --
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Vlastimil Elias
> > >>>>>>>        > >> Principal Software Engineer
> > >>>>>>>        > >> jboss.org <http://jboss.org> Development Team
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> _______________________________________________
> > >>>>>>>        > >> keycloak-dev mailing list
> > >>>>>>>        > >> keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> > >>>>>>>        <mailto:keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org>
> > >>>>>>>        > >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-dev
> > >>>>>>>        > >>
> > >>>>>>>        >
> > >>>>>>>        > --
> > >>>>>>>        > Vlastimil Elias
> > >>>>>>>        > Principal Software Engineer
> > >>>>>>>        > jboss.org <http://jboss.org> Development Team
> > >>>>>>>        >
> > >>>>>>>        >
> > >>>>>>>        _______________________________________________
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> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> --
> > >>>>>> Vlastimil Elias
> > >>>>>> Principal Software Engineer
> > >>>>>> jboss.org Development Team
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>> --
> > >>>> Vlastimil Elias
> > >>>> Principal Software Engineer
> > >>>> jboss.org Development Team
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >> --
> > >> Vlastimil Elias
> > >> Principal Software Engineer
> > >> jboss.org Development Team
> > >>
> > >>
> > 
> > --
> > Vlastimil Elias
> > Principal Software Engineer
> > jboss.org Development Team
> > 
> > 
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