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Version: 7.6.x

Keycloak OIDC

    --provider=keycloak-oidc
    --client-id=<your client's id>
    --client-secret=<your client's secret>
    --redirect-url=https://internal.yourcompany.com/oauth2/callback
    --oidc-issuer-url=https://<keycloak host>/realms/<your realm> // For Keycloak versions <17: --oidc-issuer-url=https://<keycloak host>/auth/realms/<your realm>
    --email-domain=<yourcompany.com> // Validate email domain for users, see option documentation
    --allowed-role=<realm role name> // Optional, required realm role
    --allowed-role=<client id>:<client role name> // Optional, required client role
    --allowed-group=</group name> // Optional, requires group client scope
    --code-challenge-method=S256 // PKCE
note

Keycloak has updated its admin console and as of version 19.0.0, the new admin console is enabled by default. The legacy admin console has been announced for removal with the release of version 21.0.0.

Keycloak legacy admin console

  1. Create new client in your Keycloak realm with Access Type 'confidential', Client protocol 'openid-connect' and Valid Redirect URIs 'https://internal.yourcompany.com/oauth2/callback'
  2. Take note of the Secret in the credential tab of the client
  3. Create a mapper with Mapper Type 'Group Membership' and Token Claim Name 'groups'.
  4. Create a mapper with Mapper Type 'Audience' and Included Client Audience and Included Custom Audience set to your client name.

Keycloak new admin console (default as of v19.0.0)

The following example shows how to create a simple OIDC client using the new Keycloak admin2 console. However, for best practices, it is recommended to consult the Keycloak documentation.

The OIDC client must be configured with an audience mapper to include the client's name in the aud claim of the JWT token.
The aud claim specifies the intended recipient of the token, and OAuth2 Proxy expects a match against the values of either --client-id or --oidc-extra-audience.

In Keycloak, claims are added to JWT tokens through the use of mappers at either the realm level using "client scopes" or through "dedicated" client mappers.

Creating the client

  1. Create a new OIDC client in your Keycloak realm by navigating to:
    Clients -> Create client
    • Client Type 'OpenID Connect'
    • Client ID <your client's id>, please complete the remaining fields as appropriate and click Next.
      • Client authentication 'On'
      • Authentication flow
        • Standard flow 'selected'
        • Direct access grants 'deselect'
          • Save the configuration.
      • Settings / Access settings:
        • Valid redirect URIs https://internal.yourcompany.com/oauth2/callback
          • Save the configuration.
      • Under the Credentials tab you will now be able to locate <your client's secret>.
  2. Configure a dedicated audience mapper for your client by navigating to Clients -> <your client's id> -> Client scopes.
  • Access the dedicated mappers pane by clicking <your client's id>-dedicated, located under Assigned client scope.
    (It should have a description of "Dedicated scope and mappers for this client")
    • Click Configure a new mapper and select Audience
      • Name 'aud-mapper-<your client's id>'
      • Included Client Audience select <your client's id> from the dropdown.
        • OAuth2 proxy can be set up to pass both the access and ID JWT tokens to your upstream services. If you require additional audience entries, you can use the Included Custom Audience field in addition to the "Included Client Audience" dropdown. Note that the "aud" claim of a JWT token should be limited and only specify its intended recipients.
      • Add to ID token 'On'
      • Add to access token 'On' - #1916
        • Save the configuration.
  • Any subsequent dedicated client mappers can be defined by clicking Dedicated scopes -> Add mapper -> By configuration -> Select mapper

You should now be able to create a test user in Keycloak and get access to the OAuth2 Proxy instance, make sure to set an email address matching <yourcompany.com> and select Email verified.

Authorization

OAuth2 Proxy will perform authorization by requiring a valid user, this authorization can be extended to take into account a user's membership in Keycloak groups, realm roles, and client roles using the keycloak-oidc provider options
--allowed-role or --allowed-group

Roles

A standard Keycloak installation comes with the required mappers for realm roles and client roles through the pre-defined client scope "roles". This ensures that any roles assigned to a user are included in the JWT tokens when using an OIDC client that has the "Full scope allowed" feature activated, the feature is enabled by default.

Creating a realm role

  • Navigate to Realm roles -> Create role
    • Role name, <realm role name> -> save

Creating a client role

  • Navigate to Clients -> <your client's id> -> Roles -> Create role
    • Role name, <client role name> -> save

Assign a role to a user

Users -> Username -> Role mapping -> Assign role -> filter by roles or clients and select -> Assign.

Keycloak "realm roles" can be authorized using the --allowed-role=<realm role name> option, while "client roles" can be evaluated using --allowed-role=<your client's id>:<client role name>.

You may limit the realm roles included in the JWT tokens for any given client by navigating to:
Clients -> <your client's id> -> Client scopes -> <your client's id>-dedicated -> Scope
Disabling Full scope allowed activates the Assign role option, allowing you to select which roles, if assigned to a user, will be included in the user's JWT tokens. This can be useful when a user has many associated roles, and you want to reduce the size and impact of the JWT token.

Groups

You may also do authorization on group memberships by using the OAuth2 Proxy option --allowed-group.
We will only do a brief description of creating the required client scope groups and refer you to read the Keycloak documentation.

To summarize, the steps required to authorize Keycloak group membership with OAuth2 Proxy are as follows:

  • Create a new Client Scope with the name groups in Keycloak.
    • Include a mapper of type Group Membership.
    • Set the "Token Claim Name" to groups or customize by matching it to the --oidc-groups-claim option of OAuth2 Proxy.
    • If the "Full group path" option is selected, you need to include a "/" separator in the group names defined in the --allowed-group option of OAuth2 Proxy. Example: "/groupname" or "/groupname/child_group".

After creating the Client Scope named groups you will need to attach it to your client.
Clients -> <your client's id> -> Client scopes -> Add client scope -> Select groups and choose Optional and you should now have a client that maps group memberships into the JWT tokens so that Oauth2 Proxy may evaluate them.

Create a group by navigating to Groups -> Create group and add your test user as a member.

The OAuth2 Proxy option --allowed-group=/groupname will now allow you to filter on group membership

Keycloak also has the option of attaching roles to groups, please refer to the Keycloak documentation for more information.

Tip

To check if roles or groups are added to JWT tokens, you can preview a users token in the Keycloak console by following these steps: Clients -> <your client's id> -> Client scopes -> Evaluate.
Select a realm user and optional scope parameters such as groups, and generate the JSON representation of an access or id token to examine its contents.