In this blog, you will learn how to set up the OpenID Connect Authorization Code Flow using Keycloak. You will execute the flow yourself in order to get a better understanding of OIDC. Enjoy!
Introduction
Adding security to your application is almost always necessary. It is also something developers seem to find difficult to grasp. Therefore, you need to understand the concepts of security. Nowadays, the default is to use OpenID Connect (OIDC) for authentication. OIDC is a layer on top of OAuth 2.0 that takes care of the authorization. Authentication is about identifying the person (or system) who logs in to an application, and authorization is about which permissions you are granted in the application.
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