user840930
user840930

Reputation: 5578

Can we add users to keycloak in realms other than 'master'?

I can add users to keycloak but only in the master realm. Is there a way to add users to other realms beside master?

I tried and received an HTTP 401 Unauthorized Exception.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1917

Answers (2)

Richard K. Campion
Richard K. Campion

Reputation: 81

//Here's how I created a user to my realm using Java 

@Override
public UserDto registerNewUserAccount(final UserDto accountDto) {
    String keycloakPassword = accountDto.getPassword();

    accountDto.setPassword(passwordEncoder.encode(accountDto.getPassword()));
    accountDto.setEnabled(1);
    UserDto user = userRepository.save(accountDto);

    AuthorityDto role = new AuthorityDto();
    role.setUserName(accountDto.getLogin());
    role.setAuthority("ROLE_USER");

    authorityRepository.save(role);

    Keycloak kc = Keycloak.getInstance(
            "https://www.zdslogic.com/keycloak/auth",  /your server
            "zdslogic",  //your realm
            "richard.campion", //user 
            "Changit", //password
            "admin-cli"); //client


    CredentialRepresentation credential = new CredentialRepresentation();
    credential.setType(CredentialRepresentation.PASSWORD);
    credential.setValue(keycloakPassword);

    UserRepresentation keycloakUser = new UserRepresentation();
    keycloakUser.setUsername(accountDto.getLogin());
    keycloakUser.setFirstName(accountDto.getFirstName());
    keycloakUser.setLastName(accountDto.getLastName());
    keycloakUser.setEmail(accountDto.getEmail());
    keycloakUser.setCredentials(Arrays.asList(credential));
    keycloakUser.setEnabled(true);
    keycloakUser.setRealmRoles(Arrays.asList("user"));

    // Get realm
    RealmResource realmResource = kc.realm("zdslogic");
    UsersResource usersRessource = realmResource.users();

    // Create Keycloak user
    Response result = null;
    try {
        result = usersRessource.create(keycloakUser);
    } catch(Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e);
    }

    if (result==null || result.getStatus() != 201) {
        System.err.println("Couldn't create Keycloak user.");
    }else{
        System.out.println("Keycloak user created.... verify in keycloak!");
    }

    return user;

}   

Upvotes: 0

ChristopherS
ChristopherS

Reputation: 883

Sounds like your user doesn't have the manage-users role in other realms.

Just go to the admin realm, look up your user, navigate to Role mappings tab, then in the Client Roles drop down select the correct realm and then add manage-users as a role. Repeat for all realms.

Upvotes: 1

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