Simplify Security in Kubernetes with Keycloak and Dapr: A Comprehensive Integration Guide

In this blog post, we will explore the seamless integration of Keycloak and Dapr. We will showcase how it simplifies your application's identity and access management in Kubernetes.

Understanding Dapr and Keycloak:

Dapr, or Distributed Application Runtime, provides a portable, event-driven runtime for developing microservices-based applications. By abstracting distributed systems complexities, developers can concentrate on business logic. Dapr provides capabilities like service discovery, state management, and pub/sub messaging, making it an ideal choice for building scalable and resilient applications.

Keycloak: Keycloak is an open-source Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution that provides centralized authentication, authorization, and user management capabilities. To understand the Keycloak basics, go through the post: Keycloak Essentials.

How to Integrate Keycloak with Dapr

Set up a Kubernetes cluster and deploy Dapr using Echo API in the Kubernetes cluster. With the help of the Dapr component “oauth middleware,” we’ll integrate Dapr runtime with Keycloak using a local Keycloak server. Dapr oauth2 middleware component will handle requests to the Echo API and redirect to the Keycloak login page. After successful login, you can invoke the Echo API end-point.