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kcadm.sh — Perform administration tasks. More information: <https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/server_admin/#

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Problem

How to use the kcadm.sh command: Perform administration tasks. More information: <https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/server_admin/#admin-cli>.

Solution

kcadm.sh — Perform administration tasks. More information: <https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/server_admin/#admin-cli>.

Start an authenticated session:

kcadm.sh config credentials --server {{host}} --realm {{realm_name}} --user {{username}} --password {{password}}

Create a user:

kcadm.sh create users -s username={{username}} -r {{realm_name}}

List all realms:

kcadm.sh get realms

Update a realm with JSON config:

kcadm.sh update realms/{{realm_name}} -f {{path/to/file.json}}

Code Snippets

Start an authenticated session

kcadm.sh config credentials --server {{host}} --realm {{realm_name}} --user {{username}} --password {{password}}

Create a user

kcadm.sh create users -s username={{username}} -r {{realm_name}}

List all realms

kcadm.sh get realms

Update a realm with JSON config

kcadm.sh update realms/{{realm_name}} -f {{path/to/file.json}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/kcadm.sh

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