Running keycloak in 4 minutes for development on Windows



Commands:


  • Starting keycloak in development mode: 
kc.bat start-dev


  • Obtaining token by curl: 
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/realms/custom-realm/protocol/openid-connect/token -H 'Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --data "client_id=custom-client&username=user&password=user&grant_type=password"



Helpful links:


  • JSON beautifier:

https://jsonformatter.org/


  • Tool for token debugging:

https://jwt.io/


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