community.general.keycloak_client module – Allows administration of Keycloak clients via Keycloak API

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.keycloak_client.

Synopsis

  • This module allows the administration of Keycloak clients via the Keycloak REST API. It requires access to the REST API via OpenID Connect; the user connecting and the client being used must have the requisite access rights. In a default Keycloak installation, admin-cli and an admin user would work, as would a separate client definition with the scope tailored to your needs and a user having the expected roles.

  • The names of module options are snake_cased versions of the camelCase ones found in the Keycloak API and its documentation at https://www.keycloak.org/docs-api/8.0/rest-api/index.html. Aliases are provided so camelCased versions can be used as well.

  • The Keycloak API does not always sanity check inputs e.g. you can set SAML-specific settings on an OpenID Connect client for instance and vice versa. Be careful. If you do not specify a setting, usually a sensible default is chosen.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

admin_url

aliases: adminUrl

string

URL to the admin interface of the client. This is ‘adminUrl’ in the Keycloak REST API.

always_display_in_console

aliases: alwaysDisplayInConsole

boolean

added in community.general 4.7.0

Whether or not to display this client in account console, even if the user does not have an active session.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

attributes

dictionary

A dict of further attributes for this client. This can contain various configuration settings; an example is given in the examples section. While an exhaustive list of permissible options is not available; possible options as of Keycloak 3.4 are listed below. The Keycloak API does not validate whether a given option is appropriate for the protocol used; if specified anyway, Keycloak will simply not use it.

jwks.url

string

For OpenID-Connect clients, URL where client keys in JWK are stored.

jwt.credential.certificate

string

For OpenID-Connect clients, client certificate for validating JWT issued by client and signed by its key, base64-encoded.

request.object.signature.alg

string

For OpenID-Connect clients, JWA algorithm which the client needs to use when sending OIDC request object. One of any, none, RS256.

saml.authnstatement

string

For SAML clients, boolean specifying whether or not a statement containing method and timestamp should be included in the login response.

saml.client.signature

string

For SAML clients, boolean specifying whether a client signature is required and validated.

saml.encrypt

string

Boolean specifying whether SAML assertions should be encrypted with the client’s public key.

saml.force.post.binding

string

For SAML clients, boolean specifying whether always to use POST binding for responses.

saml.onetimeuse.condition

string

For SAML clients, boolean specifying whether a OneTimeUse condition should be included in login responses.

saml.server.signature

string

Boolean specifying whether SAML documents should be signed by the realm.

saml.server.signature.keyinfo.ext

string

For SAML clients, boolean specifying whether REDIRECT signing key lookup should be optimized through inclusion of the signing key id in the SAML Extensions element.

saml.signature.algorithm

string

Signature algorithm used to sign SAML documents. One of RSA_SHA256, RSA_SHA1, RSA_SHA512, or DSA_SHA1.

saml.signing.certificate

string

SAML signing key certificate, base64-encoded.

saml.signing.private.key

string

SAML signing key private key, base64-encoded.

saml_assertion_consumer_url_post

string

SAML POST Binding URL for the client’s assertion consumer service (login responses).

saml_assertion_consumer_url_redirect

string

SAML Redirect Binding URL for the client’s assertion consumer service (login responses).

saml_force_name_id_format

string

For SAML clients, Boolean specifying whether to ignore requested NameID subject format and using the configured one instead.

saml_name_id_format

string

For SAML clients, the NameID format to use (one of username, email, transient, or persistent)

saml_signature_canonicalization_method

string

SAML signature canonicalization method. This is one of four values, namely http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n# for EXCLUSIVE, http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments for EXCLUSIVE_WITH_COMMENTS, http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315 for INCLUSIVE, and http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315#WithComments for INCLUSIVE_WITH_COMMENTS.

saml_single_logout_service_url_post

string

SAML POST binding url for the client’s single logout service.

saml_single_logout_service_url_redirect

string

SAML redirect binding url for the client’s single logout service.

use.jwks.url

string

For OpenID-Connect clients, boolean specifying whether to use a JWKS URL to obtain client public keys.

user.info.response.signature.alg

string

For OpenID-Connect clients, JWA algorithm for signed UserInfo-endpoint responses. One of RS256 or unsigned.

x509.allow.regex.pattern.comparison

boolean

added in community.general 9.5.0

For OpenID-Connect clients, boolean specifying whether to allow x509.subjectdn as regular expression.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

x509.subjectdn

string

added in community.general 9.5.0

For OpenID-Connect clients, subject which will be used to authenticate the client.

auth_client_id

string

OpenID Connect client_id to authenticate to the API with.

Default: "admin-cli"

auth_client_secret

string

Client Secret to use in conjunction with auth_client_id (if required).

auth_keycloak_url

aliases: url

string / required

URL to the Keycloak instance.

auth_password

aliases: password

string

Password to authenticate for API access with.

auth_realm

string

Keycloak realm name to authenticate to for API access.

auth_username

aliases: username

string

Username to authenticate for API access with.

authentication_flow_binding_overrides

aliases: authenticationFlowBindingOverrides

dictionary

added in community.general 3.4.0

Override realm authentication flow bindings.

browser

string

Flow ID of the browser authentication flow.

authentication_flow_binding_overrides.browser and authentication_flow_binding_overrides.browser_name are mutually exclusive.

browser_name

aliases: browserName

string

added in community.general 9.1.0

Flow name of the browser authentication flow.

authentication_flow_binding_overrides.browser and authentication_flow_binding_overrides.browser_name are mutually exclusive.

direct_grant

aliases: directGrant

string

Flow ID of the direct grant authentication flow.

authentication_flow_binding_overrides.direct_grant and authentication_flow_binding_overrides.direct_grant_name are mutually exclusive.

direct_grant_name

aliases: directGrantName

string

added in community.general 9.1.0

Flow name of the direct grant authentication flow.

authentication_flow_binding_overrides.direct_grant and authentication_flow_binding_overrides.direct_grant_name are mutually exclusive.

authorization_services_enabled

aliases: authorizationServicesEnabled

boolean

Are authorization services enabled for this client or not (OpenID connect). This is ‘authorizationServicesEnabled’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

authorization_settings

aliases: authorizationSettings

dictionary

a data structure defining the authorization settings for this client. For reference, please see the Keycloak API docs at https://www.keycloak.org/docs-api/8.0/rest-api/index.html#_resourceserverrepresentation. This is ‘authorizationSettings’ in the Keycloak REST API.

base_url

aliases: baseUrl

string

Default URL to use when the auth server needs to redirect or link back to the client This is ‘baseUrl’ in the Keycloak REST API.

bearer_only

aliases: bearerOnly

boolean

The access type of this client is bearer-only. This is ‘bearerOnly’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

client_authenticator_type

aliases: clientAuthenticatorType

string

How do clients authenticate with the auth server? Either client-secret, client-jwt, or client-x509 can be chosen. When using client-secret, the module parameter secret can set it, for client-jwt, you can use the keys use.jwks.url, jwks.url, and jwt.credential.certificate in the attributes module parameter to configure its behavior. For client-x509 you can use the keys x509.allow.regex.pattern.comparison and x509.subjectdn in the attributes module parameter to configure which certificate(s) to accept.

This is ‘clientAuthenticatorType’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • "client-secret"

  • "client-jwt"

  • "client-x509"

client_id

aliases: clientId

string

Client id of client to be worked on. This is usually an alphanumeric name chosen by you. Either this or id is required. If you specify both, id takes precedence. This is ‘clientId’ in the Keycloak REST API.

client_template

aliases: clientTemplate

string

Client template to use for this client. If it does not exist this field will silently be dropped. This is ‘clientTemplate’ in the Keycloak REST API.

connection_timeout

integer

added in community.general 4.5.0

Controls the HTTP connections timeout period (in seconds) to Keycloak API.

Default: 10

consent_required

aliases: consentRequired

boolean

If enabled, users have to consent to client access. This is ‘consentRequired’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

default_client_scopes

aliases: defaultClientScopes

list / elements=string

added in community.general 4.7.0

List of default client scopes.

default_roles

aliases: defaultRoles

list / elements=string

list of default roles for this client. If the client roles referenced do not exist yet, they will be created. This is ‘defaultRoles’ in the Keycloak REST API.

description

string

Description of the client in Keycloak.

direct_access_grants_enabled

aliases: directAccessGrantsEnabled

boolean

Are direct access grants enabled for this client or not (OpenID connect). This is ‘directAccessGrantsEnabled’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

enabled

boolean

Is this client enabled or not?

Choices:

  • false

  • true

frontchannel_logout

aliases: frontchannelLogout

boolean

Is frontchannel logout enabled for this client or not. This is ‘frontchannelLogout’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

full_scope_allowed

aliases: fullScopeAllowed

boolean

Is the “Full Scope Allowed” feature set for this client or not. This is ‘fullScopeAllowed’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

http_agent

string

added in community.general 5.4.0

Configures the HTTP User-Agent header.

Default: "Ansible"

id

string

Id of client to be worked on. This is usually an UUID. Either this or client_id is required. If you specify both, this takes precedence.

implicit_flow_enabled

aliases: implicitFlowEnabled

boolean

Enable implicit flow for this client or not (OpenID connect). This is ‘implicitFlowEnabled’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

name

string

Name of the client (this is not the same as client_id).

node_re_registration_timeout

aliases: nodeReRegistrationTimeout

integer

Cluster node re-registration timeout for this client. This is ‘nodeReRegistrationTimeout’ in the Keycloak REST API.

not_before

aliases: notBefore

integer

Revoke any tokens issued before this date for this client (this is a UNIX timestamp). This is ‘notBefore’ in the Keycloak REST API.

optional_client_scopes

aliases: optionalClientScopes

list / elements=string

added in community.general 4.7.0

List of optional client scopes.

protocol

string

Type of client.

At creation only, default value will be openid-connect if protocol is omitted.

The docker-v2 value was added in community.general 8.6.0.

Choices:

  • "openid-connect"

  • "saml"

  • "docker-v2"

protocol_mappers

aliases: protocolMappers

list / elements=dictionary

a list of dicts defining protocol mappers for this client. This is ‘protocolMappers’ in the Keycloak REST API.

config

dictionary

Dict specifying the configuration options for the protocol mapper; the contents differ depending on the value of protocol_mappers[].protocolMapper and are not documented other than by the source of the mappers and its parent class(es). An example is given below. It is easiest to obtain valid config values by dumping an already-existing protocol mapper configuration through check-mode in the existing field.

consentRequired

boolean

Specifies whether a user needs to provide consent to a client for this mapper to be active.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

consentText

string

The human-readable name of the consent the user is presented to accept.

id

string

Usually a UUID specifying the internal ID of this protocol mapper instance.

name

string

The name of this protocol mapper.

protocol

string

This specifies for which protocol this protocol mapper is active.

Choices:

  • "openid-connect"

  • "saml"

  • "docker-v2"

protocolMapper

string

The Keycloak-internal name of the type of this protocol-mapper. While an exhaustive list is impossible to provide since this may be extended through SPIs by the user of Keycloak, by default Keycloak as of 3.4 ships with at least:

docker-v2-allow-all-mapper

oidc-address-mapper

oidc-full-name-mapper

oidc-group-membership-mapper

oidc-hardcoded-claim-mapper

oidc-hardcoded-role-mapper

oidc-role-name-mapper

oidc-script-based-protocol-mapper

oidc-sha256-pairwise-sub-mapper

oidc-usermodel-attribute-mapper

oidc-usermodel-client-role-mapper

oidc-usermodel-property-mapper

oidc-usermodel-realm-role-mapper

oidc-usersessionmodel-note-mapper

saml-group-membership-mapper

saml-hardcode-attribute-mapper

saml-hardcode-role-mapper

saml-role-list-mapper

saml-role-name-mapper

saml-user-attribute-mapper

saml-user-property-mapper

saml-user-session-note-mapper

An exhaustive list of available mappers on your installation can be obtained on the admin console by going to Server Info -> Providers and looking under ‘protocol-mapper’.

public_client

aliases: publicClient

boolean

Is the access type for this client public or not. This is ‘publicClient’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

realm

string

The realm to create the client in.

Default: "master"

redirect_uris

aliases: redirectUris

list / elements=string

Acceptable redirect URIs for this client. This is ‘redirectUris’ in the Keycloak REST API.

registered_nodes

aliases: registeredNodes

dictionary

dict of registered cluster nodes (with nodename as the key and last registration time as the value). This is ‘registeredNodes’ in the Keycloak REST API.

registration_access_token

aliases: registrationAccessToken

string

The registration access token provides access for clients to the client registration service. This is ‘registrationAccessToken’ in the Keycloak REST API.

root_url

aliases: rootUrl

string

Root URL appended to relative URLs for this client. This is ‘rootUrl’ in the Keycloak REST API.

secret

string

When using client_authenticator_type=client-secret (the default), you can specify a secret here (otherwise one will be generated if it does not exit). If changing this secret, the module will not register a change currently (but the changed secret will be saved).

service_accounts_enabled

aliases: serviceAccountsEnabled

boolean

Are service accounts enabled for this client or not (OpenID connect). This is ‘serviceAccountsEnabled’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

standard_flow_enabled

aliases: standardFlowEnabled

boolean

Enable standard flow for this client or not (OpenID connect). This is ‘standardFlowEnabled’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

state

string

State of the client

On present, the client will be created (or updated if it exists already).

On absent, the client will be removed if it exists

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

surrogate_auth_required

aliases: surrogateAuthRequired

boolean

Whether or not surrogate auth is required. This is ‘surrogateAuthRequired’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

token

string

added in community.general 3.0.0

Authentication token for Keycloak API.

use_template_config

aliases: useTemplateConfig

boolean

Whether or not to use configuration from the client_template. This is ‘useTemplateConfig’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

use_template_mappers

aliases: useTemplateMappers

boolean

Whether or not to use mapper configuration from the client_template. This is ‘useTemplateMappers’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

use_template_scope

aliases: useTemplateScope

boolean

Whether or not to use scope configuration from the client_template. This is ‘useTemplateScope’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

validate_certs

boolean

Verify TLS certificates (do not disable this in production).

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

web_origins

aliases: webOrigins

list / elements=string

List of allowed CORS origins. This is ‘webOrigins’ in the Keycloak REST API.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: full

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create or update Keycloak client (minimal example), authentication with credentials
  community.general.keycloak_client:
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    client_id: test
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost


- name: Create or update Keycloak client (minimal example), authentication with token
  community.general.keycloak_client:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    token: TOKEN
    client_id: test
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost


- name: Delete a Keycloak client
  community.general.keycloak_client:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    client_id: test
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost


- name: Create or update a Keycloak client (minimal example), with x509 authentication
  community.general.keycloak_client:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    realm: master
    state: present
    client_id: test
    client_authenticator_type: client-x509
    attributes:
      x509.subjectdn: "CN=client"
      x509.allow.regex.pattern.comparison: false


- name: Create or update a Keycloak client (with all the bells and whistles)
  community.general.keycloak_client:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    state: present
    realm: master
    client_id: test
    id: d8b127a3-31f6-44c8-a7e4-4ab9a3e78d95
    name: this_is_a_test
    description: Description of this wonderful client
    root_url: https://www.example.com/
    admin_url: https://www.example.com/admin_url
    base_url: basepath
    enabled: true
    client_authenticator_type: client-secret
    secret: REALLYWELLKEPTSECRET
    redirect_uris:
      - https://www.example.com/*
      - http://localhost:8888/
    web_origins:
      - https://www.example.com/*
    not_before: 1507825725
    bearer_only: false
    consent_required: false
    standard_flow_enabled: true
    implicit_flow_enabled: false
    direct_access_grants_enabled: false
    service_accounts_enabled: false
    authorization_services_enabled: false
    public_client: false
    frontchannel_logout: false
    protocol: openid-connect
    full_scope_allowed: false
    node_re_registration_timeout: -1
    client_template: test
    use_template_config: false
    use_template_scope: false
    use_template_mappers: false
    always_display_in_console: true
    registered_nodes:
      node01.example.com: 1507828202
    registration_access_token: eyJWT_TOKEN
    surrogate_auth_required: false
    default_roles:
      - test01
      - test02
    authentication_flow_binding_overrides:
        browser: 4c90336b-bf1d-4b87-916d-3677ba4e5fbb
    protocol_mappers:
      - config:
          access.token.claim: true
          claim.name: "family_name"
          id.token.claim: true
          jsonType.label: String
          user.attribute: lastName
          userinfo.token.claim: true
        consentRequired: true
        consentText: "${familyName}"
        name: family name
        protocol: openid-connect
        protocolMapper: oidc-usermodel-property-mapper
      - config:
          attribute.name: Role
          attribute.nameformat: Basic
          single: false
        consentRequired: false
        name: role list
        protocol: saml
        protocolMapper: saml-role-list-mapper
    attributes:
      saml.authnstatement: true
      saml.client.signature: true
      saml.force.post.binding: true
      saml.server.signature: true
      saml.signature.algorithm: RSA_SHA256
      saml.signing.certificate: CERTIFICATEHERE
      saml.signing.private.key: PRIVATEKEYHERE
      saml_force_name_id_format: false
      saml_name_id_format: username
      saml_signature_canonicalization_method: "http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"
      user.info.response.signature.alg: RS256
      request.object.signature.alg: RS256
      use.jwks.url: true
      jwks.url: JWKS_URL_FOR_CLIENT_AUTH_JWT
      jwt.credential.certificate: JWT_CREDENTIAL_CERTIFICATE_FOR_CLIENT_AUTH
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

end_state

dictionary

Representation of client after module execution (sample is truncated).

Returned: on success

Sample: {"adminUrl": "http://www.example.com/admin_url", "attributes": {"request.object.signature.alg": "RS256"}}

existing

dictionary

Representation of existing client (sample is truncated).

Returned: always

Sample: {"adminUrl": "http://www.example.com/admin_url", "attributes": {"request.object.signature.alg": "RS256"}}

msg

string

Message as to what action was taken.

Returned: always

Sample: "Client testclient has been updated"

proposed

dictionary

Representation of proposed client.

Returned: always

Sample: {"clientId": "test"}

Authors

  • Eike Frost (@eikef)