Running Keycloak using Docker

Container-based deployment provides the quickest way to enable and start using Keycloak. Keycloak supports Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes as containers:

1. To run Keycloak in development mode using Docker, execute the following command: docker run -p 8081:8080 -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN=admin -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:19.0.3 start-dev:

Figure 9.1 – Starting Keycloak using Docker

The developer mode Docker image of Keycloak runs on port 8080. In the preceding command, the -p 8081:8080 parameter exposes port 8081 on the local machine to port 8080 on the Keycloak server. The preceding command also initializes the administrator username and password as admin.

When the … Listening on: http://0.0.0.0:8080 message is displayed, Keycloak is ready for use:

Figure 9.2 – Running Keycloak

With Keycloak ready and operational, we are ready to start using...