Keycloak
Overview
Keymate extends Keycloak as its identity foundation, adding authorization capabilities through custom extensions and runtime synchronization. Keycloak provides the core identity management, authentication flows, and session management, while Keymate extensions enable fine-grained authorization, session synchronization with external systems, and integration with enterprise identity providers.
When to Read This Section
When you need to understand how Keymate integrates with and extends Keycloak — including session synchronization, identity provider federation, or runtime configuration.
Who Should Start Here
- Architects designing identity and authorization integration
- Developers implementing Keycloak extensions or session sync
- Operators deploying and configuring Keycloak with Keymate extensions
- Platform engineers managing identity federation
Key Topics
- Session synchronization between Keycloak and external systems
- Identity provider configuration and federation
- Runtime synchronization patterns
- Legacy IAM parallel run strategies
Representative Journeys
- I want to synchronize sessions between Keycloak and external systems → Session Sync
- I want to understand runtime synchronization → Runtime Sync (coming soon)
- I want to configure identity providers → Identity Providers (coming soon)
Recommended Reading Order
- Session Sync — External session synchronization with hierarchical session model
- Runtime Sync — Runtime configuration synchronization (coming soon)
- Identity Providers and Federation — SAML, OIDC federation (coming soon)
- Legacy IAM Parallel Run — Migration strategies (coming soon)