feat: eliminate client secret requirement

This commit eliminates neccessity for providing client secret when
constructing client via Admin Client API. The requirement for client
secret became obsolete when Keycloak onboarded a X509 certificate
authorizer.

closes #33755

Signed-off-by: Igor Petrov <igor.petrov-ext@camunda.com>

integration/admin-client/src/main/java/org/keycloak/admin/client/KeycloakBuilder.java

@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ public class KeycloakBuilder {
             if (password == null) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("password required");
             }
-        } else if (CLIENT_CREDENTIALS.equals(grantType)) {
-            if (clientSecret == null) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("clientSecret required with grant_type=client_credentials");
-            }
         }
 
         if (authorization == null && clientId == null) {

integration/admin-client/src/main/java/org/keycloak/admin/client/token/TokenManager.java

@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ public class TokenManager {
         }
         this.tokenService = Keycloak.getClientProvider().targetProxy(target, TokenService.class);
         this.accessTokenGrantType = config.getGrantType();
-
-        if (CLIENT_CREDENTIALS.equals(accessTokenGrantType) && config.isPublicClient()) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't use " + GRANT_TYPE + "=" + CLIENT_CREDENTIALS + " with public client");
-        }
     }
 
     public String getAccessTokenString() {

testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/main/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/AdminClientUtil.java

@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
 package org.keycloak.testsuite.util;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
@@ -99,6 +102,22 @@ public class AdminClientUtil {
                 .scope(scope).build();
     }
 
+    public static Keycloak createMTlsAdminClientWithClientCredentialsWithoutSecret(
+        final String realmName, String clientId, String scope)
+        throws CertificateException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, IOException, KeyManagementException {
+
+        boolean ignoreUnknownProperties = false;
+        ResteasyClient resteasyClient = createResteasyClientWithKeystoreAndTruststore();
+
+        return KeycloakBuilder.builder()
+                .serverUrl(getAuthServerContextRoot() + "/auth")
+                .realm(realmName)
+                .grantType(OAuth2Constants.CLIENT_CREDENTIALS)
+                .clientId(clientId)
+                .resteasyClient(resteasyClient)
+                .scope(scope).build();
+  }
+
     public static Keycloak createAdminClient() throws Exception {
         return createAdminClient(false, getAuthServerContextRoot());
     }
@@ -145,6 +164,30 @@ public class AdminClientUtil {
         return resteasyClientBuilder.build();
     }
 
+    public static ResteasyClient createResteasyClientWithKeystoreAndTruststore() throws CertificateException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, IOException, KeyManagementException {
+        ResteasyClientBuilder resteasyClientBuilder = (ResteasyClientBuilder) ResteasyClientBuilder.newBuilder();
+
+        if ("true".equals(System.getProperty("auth.server.ssl.required"))) {
+            File truststore = new File(PROJECT_BUILD_DIRECTORY, "dependency/keystore/keycloak.truststore");
+            try {
+                resteasyClientBuilder.sslContext(getSSLContextWithTruststoreAndKeystore(
+                  truststore, "secret",
+                  new File(PROJECT_BUILD_DIRECTORY, "dependency/keystore/keycloak.jks"), "secret"));
+            } catch (UnrecoverableKeyException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+
+            System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", truststore.getAbsolutePath());
+        }
+
+        resteasyClientBuilder
+            .hostnameVerification(ResteasyClientBuilder.HostnameVerificationPolicy.WILDCARD)
+            .connectionPoolSize(NUMBER_OF_CONNECTIONS)
+            .httpEngine(getCustomClientHttpEngine(resteasyClientBuilder, 1, null));
+
+        return resteasyClientBuilder.build();
+    }
+
     private static SSLContext getSSLContextWithTruststore(File file, String password) throws CertificateException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, IOException, KeyManagementException {
         if (!file.isFile()) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Truststore file not found: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
@@ -156,6 +199,27 @@ public class AdminClientUtil {
         return theContext;
     }
 
+    private static SSLContext getSSLContextWithTruststoreAndKeystore(
+        File trustStore, String truststorePassword, File keystore, String keystorePassword)
+        throws CertificateException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, IOException, KeyManagementException, UnrecoverableKeyException {
+        if (!trustStore.isFile()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Truststore file not found: " + trustStore.getAbsolutePath());
+        }
+        if (!keystore.isFile()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Keystore file not found: " + keystore.getAbsolutePath());
+        }
+
+        KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
+        ks.load(new FileInputStream(keystore), keystorePassword.toCharArray());
+
+        SSLContext theContext = SSLContexts.custom()
+            .setProtocol("TLS")
+            .loadTrustMaterial(trustStore, truststorePassword == null ? null : truststorePassword.toCharArray())
+            .loadKeyMaterial(ks, keystorePassword.toCharArray())
+            .build();
+        return theContext;
+    }
+
     public static ClientHttpEngine getCustomClientHttpEngine(ResteasyClientBuilder resteasyClientBuilder, int validateAfterInactivity, Boolean followRedirects) {
         return new CustomClientHttpEngineBuilder43(validateAfterInactivity, followRedirects).resteasyClientBuilder(resteasyClientBuilder).build();
     }

testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/AdminClientTest.java

@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ package org.keycloak.testsuite.admin;
 import java.util.List;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.NotAuthorizedException;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.Keycloak;
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.resource.ClientResource;
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.resource.RealmResource;
+import org.keycloak.authentication.authenticators.client.X509ClientAuthenticator;
 import org.keycloak.common.constants.ServiceAccountConstants;
 import org.keycloak.models.AdminRoles;
 import org.keycloak.models.Constants;
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 public class AdminClientTest extends AbstractKeycloakTest {
 
     private static String realmName;
-    
+
     private static String userId;
     private static String userName;
 
@@ -60,6 +62,11 @@ public class AdminClientTest extends AbstractKeycloakTest {
     private static String clientId;
     private static String clientSecret;
 
+    private static String x509ClientUUID;
+    private static String x509ClientId;
+
+    private static String x509UserName;
+
     @Rule
     public AssertEvents events = new AssertEvents(this);
 
@@ -83,6 +90,17 @@ public class AdminClientTest extends AbstractKeycloakTest {
                 .build();
         realm.client(enabledAppWithSkipRefreshToken);
 
+        x509ClientId = "x509-client-sa";
+        ClientRepresentation x509ServiceAccountClient = ClientBuilder.create()
+              .clientId(x509ClientId)
+              .serviceAccountsEnabled(true)
+              .build();
+        x509ServiceAccountClient.setClientAuthenticatorType(X509ClientAuthenticator.PROVIDER_ID);
+        x509ServiceAccountClient.setAttributes(Map.of(
+            X509ClientAuthenticator.ATTR_SUBJECT_DN, "(.*?)(?:$)",
+            X509ClientAuthenticator.ATTR_ALLOW_REGEX_PATTERN_COMPARISON, "true"));
+        realm.client(x509ServiceAccountClient);
+
         userId = KeycloakModelUtils.generateId();
         userName = ServiceAccountConstants.SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_PREFIX + enabledAppWithSkipRefreshToken.getClientId();
         UserBuilder serviceAccountUser = UserBuilder.create()
@@ -91,6 +109,17 @@ public class AdminClientTest extends AbstractKeycloakTest {
                 .role(Constants.REALM_MANAGEMENT_CLIENT_ID, AdminRoles.REALM_ADMIN);
         realm.user(serviceAccountUser);
 
+        // This user is associated with the x509-client-sa service account above and
+        // give the service account a service account role "realm-management:realm-admin".
+        // Without the "realm-management:realm-admin" role we won't be able to test any actual
+        // admin call.
+        x509UserName = ServiceAccountConstants.SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_PREFIX + x509ServiceAccountClient.getClientId();
+        UserBuilder x509ServiceAccountUser = UserBuilder.create()
+            .username(x509UserName)
+            .serviceAccountId(x509ServiceAccountClient.getClientId())
+            .role(Constants.REALM_MANAGEMENT_CLIENT_ID, AdminRoles.REALM_ADMIN);
+        realm.user(x509ServiceAccountUser);
+
         UserBuilder defaultUser = UserBuilder.create()
                 .id(KeycloakModelUtils.generateId())
                 .username("test-user@localhost")
@@ -105,6 +134,7 @@ public class AdminClientTest extends AbstractKeycloakTest {
     public void importRealm(RealmRepresentation realm) {
         super.importRealm(realm);
         if (Objects.equals(realm.getRealm(), realmName)) {
+            x509ClientUUID = adminClient.realm(realmName).clients().findByClientId(x509ClientId).get(0).getId();
             clientUUID = adminClient.realm(realmName).clients().findByClientId(clientId).get(0).getId();
             userId = adminClient.realm(realmName).users().searchByUsername(userName, true).get(0).getId();
         }
@@ -183,12 +213,40 @@ public class AdminClientTest extends AbstractKeycloakTest {
             clientId, clientSecret, scopeName)) {
             final AccessTokenResponse accessToken = adminClient.tokenManager().getAccessToken();
             Assert.assertTrue(accessToken.getScope().contains(scopeName));
+            Assert.assertNotNull(adminClient.realm(realmName).clientScopes().get(scopeId).toRepresentation());
         }
         // without scope
         try (Keycloak adminClient = AdminClientUtil.createAdminClientWithClientCredentials(realmName,
             clientId, clientSecret, null)) {
             final AccessTokenResponse accessToken = adminClient.tokenManager().getAccessToken();
             Assert.assertFalse(accessToken.getScope().contains(scopeName));
+            Assert.assertNotNull(adminClient.realm(realmName).clientScopes().get(scopeId).toRepresentation());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // A client secret in not necessary when authentication is
+    // performed via X.509 authorizer.
+    @Test
+    public void noClientSecretWithClientCredentialsAuthSuccess() throws Exception {
+        final RealmResource testRealm = adminClient.realm(realmName);
+
+        final String scopeName = "dummyScope";
+        String scopeId = createScope(testRealm, scopeName, KeycloakModelUtils.generateId());
+        testRealm.clients().get(x509ClientUUID).addOptionalClientScope(scopeId);
+
+        // with scope and no client secret
+        try (Keycloak adminClient = AdminClientUtil.
+            createMTlsAdminClientWithClientCredentialsWithoutSecret(realmName, x509ClientId, scopeName)) {
+            final AccessTokenResponse accessToken = adminClient.tokenManager().getAccessToken();
+            Assert.assertTrue(accessToken.getScope().contains(scopeName));
+            Assert.assertNotNull(adminClient.realm(realmName).clientScopes().get(scopeId).toRepresentation());
+        }
+        // without scope and no client secret
+        try (Keycloak adminClient = AdminClientUtil.
+            createMTlsAdminClientWithClientCredentialsWithoutSecret(realmName, x509ClientId, null)) {
+            final AccessTokenResponse accessToken = adminClient.tokenManager().getAccessToken();
+            Assert.assertFalse(accessToken.getScope().contains(scopeName));
+            Assert.assertNotNull(adminClient.realm(realmName).clientScopes().get(scopeId).toRepresentation());
         }
     }