Version: 2.8

Integrate External Keycloak

Prerequisites

Administrator privileges for Portworx Backup Keycloak web console
External Keycloak (Portworx Backup Keycloak is referred to as internal Keycloak here) deployment on any Kubernetes server or on a standalone VM

Access Portworx Backup Keycloak web console with the following URL: http://NODE_IP:NODE_PORT/auth/

Refer Configure access to web console topic for more information.
Log-in with valid and active user credentials.
In the left navigation pane of home page, under Configure click Identity Providers and then select Keycloak OpenID Connect under User-defined:.
In the Add Keycloak OpenID Connect to Identity Providers page, provide the required information for the following fields:.
Update the below info and then click Add.
- Alias: name of your choice
- Discovery endpoint: http://(external-keycloak-ip:port)/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration If you have configured external Keycloak as one of your Portworx Backup cluster’s Keycloak, the Discovery endpoint will be of the following format:
  http://(external-keycloak-ip:port)/auth/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration
- Client ID: provide the name which you have given in the external Keycloak
- Client Secret: paste the secret which you have copied from the external Keycloak
- Client ID: px-backup
- Client Secret: enter alpha-numeric client secret
Configure Keycloak OIDC as shown in the following illustration:
Now access Portworx Backup web console from a different window and click keycloak-oidc under Sign in with your OIDC Provider.

Log-in page redirects you to external Keycloak server and then log-in with the user credentials that you created in external Keycloak server.