openshift.xml

<chapter id="openshift">
    <title>Running Keycloak Server on OpenShift</title>

    <para>
        Keycloak provides a OpenShift cartridge to make it easy to get it running on OpenShift. If you don't already
        have
        an account or don't know how to create applications go to
        <ulink url="https://www.openshift.com/"/>
        first. You can
        create the Keycloak instance either with the web tool or the command line tool, both approaches are described
        below.
    </para>

    <warning>
        <para>
            It's important that immediately after creating a Keycloak instance you open the <literal>Administration Console</literal>
            and login to reset the password. If this is not done anyone can easily gain admin rights to your Keycloak instance.
        </para>
    </warning>

    <section>
        <title>Create Keycloak instance with the web tool</title>
        <para>
            Open
            <ulink url="https://openshift.redhat.com/app/console/applications"/>
            and click on <literal>Add Application</literal>.
            Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the
            <literal>Code Anything</literal>
            section. Insert
            <literal>http://cartreflect-claytondev.rhcloud.com/github/keycloak/openshift-keycloak-cartridge</literal>
            into the
            <literal>URL to a cartridge definition</literal>
            field and click on <literal>Next</literal>. Fill in the
            following form and click on <literal>Create Application</literal>.
        </para>
        <para>
            Click on <literal>Continue to the application overview page</literal>. Under the list of applications you should
            find your Keycloak instance and the status should be <literal>Started</literal>. Click on it to open the Keycloak
            servers homepage.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Create Keycloak instance with the command-line tool</title>
        <para>
            Run the following command from a terminal:
            <programlisting>rhc app create &lt;APPLICATION NAME&gt; http://cartreflect-claytondev.rhcloud.com/github/keycloak/openshift-keycloak-cartridge</programlisting>
            Replace <literal>&lt;APPLICATION NAME&gt;</literal> with the name you want (for example keycloak).
        </para>
        <para>
            Once the instance is created the rhc tool outputs details about it. Open the returned <literal>URL</literal> in a
            browser to open the Keycloak servers homepage.
        </para>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Next steps</title>
        <para>
            The Keycloak servers homepage shows the Keycloak logo and <literal>Welcome to Keycloak</literal>.
            There is also a link to the <literal>Administration Console</literal>. Open that and log in using username
            <literal>admin</literal> and password <literal>admin</literal>. On the first login you are required to change the password.
        </para>
        <tip>
            <para>
                On OpenShift Keycloak has been configured to only accept requests over https. If you try to use http
                you will be redirected to https.
            </para>
        </tip>
    </section>
</chapter>