Cyber Security

Create Free SSO with Keycloak Create a Free SSO System with Keycloak Want to add Single Sign-On (SSO) to your apps without paying for enterprise tools? You can do this completely free using Keycloak — a powerful open-source identity and access management solution. 🔧 What You'll Learn How to run Keycloak locally Set up users and clients Use SSO to authenticate in ASP.NET or any app 🚀 Step 1: Run Keycloak Locally You can run Keycloak using Docker in development: docker run -p 8080:8080 \ -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN=admin \ -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin \ quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:24.0.1 start-dev Then go to http://localhost:8080 and log in with: Username: admin Password: admin 🔐 Step 2: Set Up Realm, Client, and Users Create a Realm A realm is like a project or tenant. Go to the top-left menu and click “Create Realm” . Create a Client In your realm, go to Clients → Cr...

SSO with JWT in ASP.NET MVC and Web API SSO with JWT in ASP.NET MVC and Web API This article explains how to implement Single Sign-On (SSO) in an ASP.NET MVC application and consume a secure Web API using JWT tokens. We use OpenID Connect, a standard identity protocol used by providers like Auth0, Azure AD, and Okta. 🔐 Overview User logs in via an identity provider (SSO) MVC app receives a JWT access token MVC app sends the JWT to a Web API The Web API validates the JWT and returns data 🔧 Step 1: Configure Identity Provider Register your ASP.NET MVC app with an identity provider like Auth0 or Azure AD . Set the redirect URI to https://localhost:5001/signin-oidc . 🖥️ Step 2: ASP.NET MVC App (Login Client) Install the required NuGet packages: Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.Security.OpenIdConnect Install-Packag...