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Keycloak Auth Proxy

The Keycloak Auth Proxy makes it possible to protect web resources that have no build in authentication.

How is it working

+------------+                                                                                                                                              
|            |                                                                                                                                              
|  Internet  |                                                                                                                                              
|            |                                                                                                                                              
+------|-----+                                                                                                                                              
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+------|-----+               +------------+                                                                                                                 
|            |               |            |                                                                                                                 
| Auth Proxy -----------------  Keycloak  |                                                                                                                 
|            |               |            |                                                                                                                 
+------|-----+               +------------+                                                                                                                 
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+------|-----+                                                                                                                                              
|   Secured  |                                                                                                                                              
|   Content  |                                                                                                                                              
|            |                                                                                                                                              
+------------+

Usecases

There are two very common usecases why you would like to use Keycloak Auth Proxy

  • Protect static website and allow only authenticated users to see the content
  • Outsource the authentication to Keycloak Auth Proxy on just relay on the header parameter about the user then Keycloak Auth Proxy forward to you.