[keycloak-user] REST -> Backend App

Red Samh redsamh at gmail.com
Mon Sep 8 10:09:51 EDT 2014


Bill,

I redid everything and it is working now. Thanks :).

Thanks
Sam

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Bill Burke <bburke at redhat.com> wrote:

> I doubt the version is the problem.
>
> On 9/5/2014 3:23 PM, Red Samh wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I have rc1 and not rc2, let me check if it works in the newer version.
>> It may be the version.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sam
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Red Samh <redsamh at gmail.com
>> <mailto:redsamh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Bill,
>>
>>     I am able to get the example to work and it is fine if I am calling
>>     REST service to any other REST service (any number of hops). Does it
>>     work if you try to access another web application (just submit a
>>     form, access content or anything) that is authenticated by Keycloak
>>     or Are you able to make a call from the REST Service to a web
>>     application that is configured with Keycloak?
>>
>>     See attached explanation.
>>
>>     Thanks
>>     Sam
>>
>>
>>     On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Bill Burke <bburke at redhat.com
>>     <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         You're going to have to elaborate on your problem as I was
>>         unable to reproduce it.
>>
>>         I took examples/preconfigured-demo/__customer-app and added the
>>         database/ projects Java files to it.  I was able to deploy this
>>         application and do both web and bearer auth from the same war.
>>
>>         Are you using latest Keycloak?  1.0-rc2?
>>
>>         On 9/5/2014 1:31 PM, Red Samh wrote:
>>
>>
>>             Thanks Bill, much appreciated. Is there something I can do
>>             in the
>>             interim even if it is a hack?. I was looking at adapter code
>>             or even
>>             something I can hardcode in the rest service to pull out the
>>             user
>>             information and make the call to the back end application?
>>
>>             Thanks
>>             Sam
>>
>>             On Sep 5, 2014 1:19 PM, "Bill Burke" <bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>                  A pure servlet filter is on the roadmap, but it
>>             wouldn't be as
>>                  seemlessly integrated.  I'll take a look at your problem.
>>
>>                  On 9/5/2014 11:59 AM, Red Samh wrote:
>>
>>
>>                      Eap 6.x, it would be nice if i could generalize to
>>             any war
>>                      deployed to
>>                      to tomcat or jetty.
>>
>>                      Thanks
>>                      Sam
>>
>>                      On Sep 5, 2014 11:51 AM, "Bill Burke"
>>             <bburke at redhat.com <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>
>>                      <mailto:bburke at redhat.com <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>> >>
>>                      <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com> <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>>>> wrote:
>>
>>                           Wildfly or JBoss EAP 6.x or JBoss AS 7.1?
>>
>>
>>                           On 9/5/2014 11:49 AM, Red Samh wrote:
>>
>>                               Bill,
>>
>>                               Thanks for the reply.
>>
>>                               Yes it works when I have to call REST to
>>             another REST
>>                      service
>>                               and any
>>                               number of hops. The problem is calling a
>>             full  fledged
>>                               application from
>>                               a REST service that I have the issue. When
>>             it is an
>>                      application
>>                               that is
>>                               both Web App + REST and I add the
>>             authorization header
>>                      (bearer)
>>                               I get an
>>                               unauthorized 401 (blackbox in the
>> attachment).
>>
>>                               Thanks
>>                               Sam
>>
>>
>>                               On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Bill Burke
>>                      <bburke at redhat.com <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>>
>>                               <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com> <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>>>
>>                               <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com> <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>>
>>                      <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com> <mailto:bburke at redhat.com
>>             <mailto:bburke at redhat.com>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>                                    Should work.  You'll have to actually
>>             describe
>>                      what your
>>                               problem is or I
>>                                    can't help you.  I'll take a guess
>>             though:
>>
>>                                    Keycloak doesn't propagate the
>>             Authorization
>>                      bearer token
>>                               header
>>                                    automatically when you have multiple
>>             REST "hops"
>>                      between
>>                               multiple
>>                                    servers  You'll have to obtain the
>>             access token
>>                      and set up
>>                               the HTTP
>>                                    header manually.  The demo
>>             customer-portal example
>>                      in the
>>                               distro does
>>                                    exactly this, so take a look at that
>>             for more details.
>>
>>                                    On 9/5/2014 10:58 AM, Red Samh wrote:
>>                                     > Hello,
>>                                     >
>>                                     > We have an application that is
>>             protected using
>>                      Keycloak
>>                               and a
>>                                    user can
>>                                     > access this application through a
>>             web front.
>>                      After login
>>                               the user can
>>                                     > use the functionality of the
>>             application. The
>>                               application is also
>>                                     > exposed through REST API's and is
>>             protected via
>>                      keycloak
>>                               as part
>>                                    of the
>>                                     > application and accessible only
>>             after login
>>                      into the main
>>                                    application.
>>                                     >
>>                                     > We have a
>>                                     >
>>                                     > (Step 1) Javascript application
>>             (retrieving
>>                      data from) ->
>>                                     >
>>                                     > (Step 2) Business Application
>>             exposed as REST
>>                      API (REST
>>                               API has
>>                                    to make
>>                                     > calls to backend Application
>>             mentioned above) ->
>>                                     >
>>                                     > (Step 3) BackEnd Application
>>             Server + REST API.
>>                                     >
>>                                     > Directly accessing the BackEnd
>>             Application
>>                      Server works
>>                               fine but
>>                                    when we
>>                                     > need to call the REST API from
>>             another REST
>>                      service which is
>>                                     > authenticated via Keycloak we have
>>             issues.
>>                                     >
>>                                     > We used the existing sample to try
>>             and do a POC
>>                      but not
>>                               sure what
>>                                    is the
>>                                     > best approach to solve this issue.
>>             The part
>>                      from (Step
>>                               1) to (Step 2)
>>                                     > works and the REST API is
>>             protected using
>>                      BEARER token.
>>                               The (Step
>>                                    2) to
>>                                     > (Step 3) is a problem as in (Step
>>             2) we only
>>                      have the BEARER
>>                                    token and
>>                                     > the BackEnd Application is
>>             protected using the
>>                      full keycloak
>>                                     > configuration. So The BackEnd
>>             Application
>>                      service is not
>>                                    authenticating
>>                                     > by sending in only the BEARER
>>             token in the
>>                      header which
>>                               is a full
>>                                     > keycloak installation (work as
>>             only a web service).
>>                                     >
>>                                     > Thanks
>>                                     > Sam
>>                                     >
>>                                     >
>>                                     >
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