== Admin CLI {% if book.product %} NOTE: Admin CLI is a Technology Preview feature and is not fully supported. {% endif %} In previous chapters we have described how to use the {{book.project.name}} Admin Console to perform administrative tasks. All those tasks can also be performed from command line by using Admin CLI command line tool. === Installing Admin CLI Admin CLI is packaged inside {{book.project.name}} Server distribution. You can find execution scripts inside `bin` directory. The Linux script is called `kcadm.sh`, and the one for Windows is called `kcadm.bat`. In order to setup the client to be used from any location on the filesystem you may want to add {{book.project.name}} server directory to your PATH. On Linux: $ export PATH=$PATH:$KEYCLOAK_HOME/bin $ kcadm.sh On Windows: c:\> set PATH=%PATH%;%KEYCLOAK_HOME%\bin c:\> kcadm NOTE: To avoid unnecessary repetition the rest of this document will only give Windows examples in places where difference in command line is more than just in `kcadm` command name. === Using Admin CLI Usually a user will first start an authenticated session by providing credentials, then perform some CRUD operations. For example on Linux: $ kcadm.sh config credentials --server http://localhost:8080/auth --realm demo --user admin --client admin $ kcadm.sh create realms -s realm=demorealm -s enabled=true -o $ CID=$(kcadm.sh create clients -r demorealm -s clientId=my_client -s 'redirectUris=["http://localhost:8980/myapp/*"]' -i) $ kcadm.sh get clients/$CID/installation/providers/keycloak-oidc-keycloak-json Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm config credentials --server http://localhost:8080/auth --realm demo --user admin --client admin c:\> kcadm create realms -s realm=demorealm -s enabled=true -o c:\> kcadm create clients -r demorealm -s clientId=my_client -s "redirectUris=[\"http://localhost:8980/myapp/*\"]" -i > clientid.txt c:\> set /p CID= kcadm get clients/%CID%/installation/providers/keycloak-oidc-keycloak-json In a production environment {{book.project.name}} has to be accessed with `https:` to avoid exposing tokens to network sniffers. If server's certificate is not issued by one of the trusted CAs that are included in Java's default certificate truststore, then you will need to prepare a truststore.jks file, and instruct `Admin CLI` to use it. For example on Linux: $ kcadm.sh config truststore --trustpass $PASSWORD ~/.keycloak/truststore.jks Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm config truststore --trustpass %PASSWORD% %HOMEPATH%\.keycloak\truststore.jks === Authenticating Admin CLI works by making HTTP requests to Admin REST endpoints. Access to them is protected and requires authentication. When logging in with `Admin CLI` you specify a server endpoint url, and a realm. Then you specify a username, or alternatively you can only specify a client id, which will result in special service account being used. In the first case, a password for the specified user has to be used at login. In the latter case there is no user password - only client secret or a `Signed JWT` is used. The account that logs in needs to have proper permissions in order to be able to invoke Admin REST API operations. Specifically - `realm-admin` role of `realm-management` client is required for user to administer the realm within which the user is defined. There are two primary mechanisms to authenticate. One is by using `kcadm config credentials` to start an authenticated session: $ kcadm.sh config credentials --server http://localhost:8080/auth --realm master --user admin --password admin This approach maintains an authenticated session between `kcadm` command invocations by saving the obtained access token, and associated refresh token, possibly other secrets as well in a private configuration file. By default this file is called `kcadm.config` and is located under user's home directory - it's full pathname is `$HOME/.keycloak/kcadm.config` (on Windows it's `%HOMEPATH%\.keycloak\kcadm.config`). The file can be named something else by using `-c, --config` option. See <> for more info on configuration file. Another approach is to authenticate with each command invocation for the duration of that invocation only. This approach results in more load on the server, and more time spent with round-trips obtaining tokens, but has a benefit of not needing to save any tokens between invocations, thus nothing is saved to disk. For example, when performing an operation we specify all the information required for authentication: $ kcadm.sh get realms --no-config --server http://localhost:8080/auth --realm master --user admin --password admin See built-in help for more information on using `Admin CLI`. For example: $ kcadm.sh help See `kcadm.sh config credentials --help` for more information about starting an authenticated session. [[_working_with_alternative_configurations]] === Working with alternative configurations By default, `Admin CLI` automatically maintains a configuration file at a default location - `.keycloak/kcadm.config` under user's home directory. You can use `--config` option at any time to point to a different file / location. This way you can maintain multiple authenticated sessions in parallel. It is safest to perform operations tied to a single config file from a single thread. Make sure to not make a config file visible to other users on the system as it contains access tokens, and secrets that should be kept private. You may want to avoid storing any secrets at all inside a config file for the price of less convenience and having to do more token requests. In that case you can use `--no-config` option with all your commands. You will have to specify all authentication info with each `kcadm` invocation. === Basic operations, and resource URIs Admin CLI allows you to perform CRUD operations against Admin REST API endpoints in quite a generic way, with additional commands that simplify performing certain actions. Main usage pattern is the following: $ kcadm.sh create ENDPOINT [ARGUMENTS] $ kcadm.sh get ENDPOINT [ARGUMENTS] $ kcadm.sh update ENDPOINT [ARGUMENTS] $ kcadm.sh delete ENDPOINT [ARGUMENTS] Where operations `create`, `get`, `update`, and `delete` are mapped to HTTP verbs POST, GET, PUT, and DELETE, respectively. ENDPOINT is a target resource URI, and can either be absolute - starting with 'http:' or 'https:', or relative - used to compose an absolute URL of the following format: SERVER_URI/admin/realms/REALM/ENDPOINT For example, if the server we authenticate against is `http://localhost:8080/auth`, and realm is `master`, then using `users` as ENDPOINT will result in the following resource URL: `http://localhost:8080/auth/admin/realms/master/users`. If we set ENDPOINT to `clients` the effective resource URI would be: `http://localhost:8080/auth/admin/realms/master/clients`. There is `realms` endpoint which is treated slightly differently since it is the container for realms. It resolves simply to: SERVER_URI/admin/realms There is also `serverinfo` which is treated the same way since it is independent of realms. When authenticating as a user with realm-admin powers you may need to perform operations on multiple different realms. In that case you can specify `-r, --target-realm` option to tell explicitly which realm the operation should be executed against. Instead of using REALM as specified via `--realm` option of `kcadm.sh config credentials`, the TARGET_REALM will be used: SERVER_URI/admin/realms/TARGET_REALM/ENDPOINT For example: $ kcadm.sh config credentials --server http://localhost:8080/auth --realm master --user admin --password admin $ kcadm.sh create users -s username=testuser -s enabled=true -r demorealm In this example we first start a session authenticated as `admin` user in `master` realm. Then we perform a POST call against the following resource URL: http://localhost:8080/auth/admin/realms/demorealm/users === Realm operations Creating a new realm:: A new realm can be created by specifying individual attributes on command line. They will be converted into a JSON document and sent to the server: $ kcadm.sh create realms -s realm=demorealm -s enabled=true Realm is not enabled by default. By enabling it, it can be used for authentication immediately. A description for a new object can be in JSON format as well: $ kcadm.sh create realms -f demorealm.json JSON document with realm attributes can be sent directly from file or piped to standard input. For example on Linux: $ kcadm.sh create realms -f - << EOF { "realm": "demorealm", "enabled": true } EOF Or on Windows: c:\> echo { "realm": "demorealm", "enabled": true } | kcadm create realms -f - Listing existing realms:: The following will return a list of all the realms: $ kcadm.sh get realms Note, that the list of realms returned is additionally filtered on the server to only return realms the user has permissions for. Often that is too much information as we may only be interested in realm name, or - for example - if it is enabled or not. You can specify the attributes to return by using `--fields` option: $ kcadm.sh get realms --fields realm,enabled You may even display the result as comma separated values: $ kcadm.sh get realms --fields realm --format csv --noquotes Getting a specific realm:: As is common for REST web services, in order to get an individual item of a collection, append an id to collection URI: $ kcadm.sh get realms/master Updating a realm:: There are several options when updating any resource. You can first get current state of resource, and save it into a file, then edit that file, and send it to server for update. For example: $ kcadm.sh get realms/demorealm > demorealm.json $ vi demorealm.json $ kcadm.sh update realms/demorealm -f demorealm.json This way the resource on the server will be updated with all the attributes in the sent JSON document. Another option is to perform the update on-the-fly using `-s, --set` options to set new values: $ kcadm.sh update realms/demorealm -s enabled=false That would only update `enabled` attribute to `false`. Deleting a realm:: It's very simple to delete a realm: $ kcadm.sh delete realms/demorealm Turning on all login page options for the realm:: Set the attributes controlling specific capabilities to `true`. For example: $ kcadm.sh update realms/demorealm -s registrationAllowed=true -s registrationEmailAsUsername=true -s rememberMe=true -s verifyEmail=true -s resetPasswordAllowed=true -s editUsernameAllowed=true Listing the realm keys:: It's very simple to list the realm keys for a specific realm: $ kcadm.sh get keys -r demorealm Generating new realm keys:: To add a new RSA generated keypair, first get `id` of the target realm. For example, to get `id` for a realm whose `realm` attribute is 'demorealm': $ kcadm.sh get realms/demorealm --fields id --format csv --noquotes Then add a new key provider with higher priority than any of the existing providers as revealed by `kcadm.sh get keys -r demorealm`: For example on Linux: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=rsa-generated -s providerId=rsa-generated -s providerType=org.keycloak.keys.KeyProvider -s parentId=959844c1-d149-41d7-8359-6aa527fca0b0 -s 'config.priority=["101"]' -s 'config.enabled=["true"]' -s 'config.active=["true"]' -s 'config.keySize=["2048"]' Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm create components -r demorealm -s name=rsa-generated -s providerId=rsa-generated -s providerType=org.keycloak.keys.KeyProvider -s parentId=959844c1-d149-41d7-8359-6aa527fca0b0 -s "config.priority=[\"101\"]" -s "config.enabled=[\"true\"]" -s "config.active=[\"true\"]" -s "config.keySize=[\"2048\"]" Attribute `parentId` should be set to the value of target realm's `id`. The newly added key should now become the active key as revealed by `kcadm.sh get keys -r demorealm`. Adding new realm keys from Java Key Store file:: To add a new keypair already prepared as a JKS file on the server, add a new key provider as follows: For exmple on Linux: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=java-keystore -s providerId=java-keystore -s providerType=org.keycloak.keys.KeyProvider -s parentId=959844c1-d149-41d7-8359-6aa527fca0b0 -s 'config.priority=["101"]' -s 'config.enabled=["true"]' -s 'config.active=["true"]' -s 'config.keystore=["/opt/keycloak/keystore.jks"]' -s 'config.keystorePassword=["secret"]' -s 'config.keyPassword=["secret"]' -s 'config.alias=["localhost"]' Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm create components -r demorealm -s name=java-keystore -s providerId=java-keystore -s providerType=org.keycloak.keys.KeyProvider -s parentId=959844c1-d149-41d7-8359-6aa527fca0b0 -s "config.priority=[\"101\"]" -s "config.enabled=[\"true\"]" -s "config.active=[\"true\"]" -s "config.keystore=[\"/opt/keycloak/keystore.jks\"]" -s "config.keystorePassword=[\"secret\"]" -s "config.keyPassword=[\"secret\"]" -s "config.alias=[\"localhost\"]" And change attribute values for `keystore`, `keystorePassword`, `keyPassword`, and `alias` to match your specific keystore. Attribute `parentId` should be set to the value of target realm's `id`. Making key passive or disabling it:: Identify the key you wish to make passive: $ kcadm.sh get keys -r demorealm Use `providerId` attribute of the key to construct an endpoint uri - `components/PROVIDER_ID`. Then perform an `update`. For example on Linux: $ kcadm.sh update components/PROVIDER_ID -r demorealm -s 'config.active=["false"]' Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm update components/PROVIDER_ID -r demorealm -s "config.active=[\"false\"]" Analogously, other key attributes can be updated. To disable the key set new `enabled` value, for example: `'config.enabled=["false"]'` To change key's priority set new `priority` value, for example: `'config.priority=["110"]'` Deleting an old key:: Make sure that the key you are deleting has been passive for some time, and then disabled for some time in order to prevent any existing tokens held by applications and users from abruptly failing to work. Identify the key you wish to make passive: $ kcadm.sh get keys -r demorealm Use the `providerId` of that key to perform a delete. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete components/PROVIDER_ID -r demorealm Configuring event logging for a realm:: Use `update` against `events/config` endpoint. Attribute 'eventsListeners' sets the list of EventListenerProviderFactory 'id's specifying all the event listeners receiving events. Separately from that there are attributes that control a built-in event storage which allows querying of past events via Admin REST API. There is separate control over logging of service calls - 'eventsEnabled', and auditing events triggered during Admin Console or Admin REST API - 'adminEventsEnabled'. You may want to limit the time when old events expire so that your database doesn't get filled up - 'eventsExpiration' is set to time-to-live expressed in seconds. For example, this is how you set a built-in event listener that will receive all the events and log them through jboss-logging (error events are logged as `WARN`, others as `DEBUG`, using a logger called `org.keycloak.events`): On Linux: $ kcadm.sh update events/config -r demorealm -s 'eventsListeners=["jboss-logging"]' Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm update events/config -r demorealm -s "eventsListeners=[\"jboss-logging\"]" This is how you turn on storage of all available ERROR events - not auditing events - for 2 days so they can be retrieved via Admin REST: On Linux: $ kcadm.sh update events/config -r demorealm -s eventsEnabled=true -s 'enabledEventTypes=["LOGIN_ERROR","REGISTER_ERROR","LOGOUT_ERROR","CODE_TO_TOKEN_ERROR","CLIENT_LOGIN_ERROR","FEDERATED_IDENTITY_LINK_ERROR","REMOVE_FEDERATED_IDENTITY_ERROR","UPDATE_EMAIL_ERROR","UPDATE_PROFILE_ERROR","UPDATE_PASSWORD_ERROR","UPDATE_TOTP_ERROR","VERIFY_EMAIL_ERROR","REMOVE_TOTP_ERROR","SEND_VERIFY_EMAIL_ERROR","SEND_RESET_PASSWORD_ERROR","SEND_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_LINK_ERROR","RESET_PASSWORD_ERROR","IDENTITY_PROVIDER_FIRST_LOGIN_ERROR","IDENTITY_PROVIDER_POST_LOGIN_ERROR","CUSTOM_REQUIRED_ACTION_ERROR","EXECUTE_ACTIONS_ERROR","CLIENT_REGISTER_ERROR","CLIENT_UPDATE_ERROR","CLIENT_DELETE_ERROR"]' -s eventsExpiration=172800 Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm update events/config -r demorealm -s eventsEnabled=true -s "enabledEventTypes=[\"LOGIN_ERROR\",\"REGISTER_ERROR\",\"LOGOUT_ERROR\",\"CODE_TO_TOKEN_ERROR\",\"CLIENT_LOGIN_ERROR\",\"FEDERATED_IDENTITY_LINK_ERROR\",\"REMOVE_FEDERATED_IDENTITY_ERROR\",\"UPDATE_EMAIL_ERROR\",\"UPDATE_PROFILE_ERROR\",\"UPDATE_PASSWORD_ERROR\",\"UPDATE_TOTP_ERROR\",\"VERIFY_EMAIL_ERROR\",\"REMOVE_TOTP_ERROR\",\"SEND_VERIFY_EMAIL_ERROR\",\"SEND_RESET_PASSWORD_ERROR\",\"SEND_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_LINK_ERROR\",\"RESET_PASSWORD_ERROR\",\"IDENTITY_PROVIDER_FIRST_LOGIN_ERROR\",\"IDENTITY_PROVIDER_POST_LOGIN_ERROR\",\"CUSTOM_REQUIRED_ACTION_ERROR\",\"EXECUTE_ACTIONS_ERROR\",\"CLIENT_REGISTER_ERROR\",\"CLIENT_UPDATE_ERROR\",\"CLIENT_DELETE_ERROR\"]" -s eventsExpiration=172800 This is how you reset stored event types to `all available event types` - setting to empty list is the same as enumerating all: $ kcadm.sh update events/config -r demorealm -s enabledEventTypes=[] And this is how you turn on auditing events: $ kcadm.sh update events/config -r demorealm -s adminEventsEnabled=true -s adminEventsDetailsEnabled=true Here is how you get the last 100 events - they are ordered from newest to oldest: $ kcadm.sh get events --offset 0 --limit 100 Here is how you delete all saved events: $ kcadm delete events Flushing the caches:: Use `create` operation, and one of the following endpoints: `clear-realm-cache`, `clear-user-cache`, `clear-keys-cache`. Set `realm` to the same value as target realm. For example: $ kcadm.sh create clear-realm-cache -r demorealm -s realm=demorealm $ kcadm.sh create clear-user-cache -r demorealm -s realm=demorealm $ kcadm.sh create clear-keys-cache -r demorealm -s realm=demorealm === Role operations Creating a realm role:: To create a realm role use `roles` endpoint: $ kcadm.sh create roles -r demorealm -s name=user -s 'description=Regular user with limited set of permissions' Creating a client role:: To create a client role identify the client first - use `get` to list available clients: $ kcadm.sh get clients -r demorealm --fields id,clientId Then create a new role by using client's `id` attribute to construct an endpoint uri - `clients/ID/roles`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create clients/a95b6af3-0bdc-4878-ae2e-6d61a4eca9a0/roles -r demorealm -s name=editor -s 'description=Editor can edit, and publish any article' Listing realm roles:: To list existing realm roles use `get` command: $ kcadm.sh get roles -r demorealm You can also use `get-roles` command: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm Listing client roles:: Use special `get-roles` command, passing it either `clientId` (via `--cclientid` option) or `id` (via `--cid` option) to identify the client, and list defined roles: For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --cclientid realm-management Getting a specific realm role:: Use `get` command, and role `name` to construct an endpoint uri for a specific realm role - `roles/ROLE_NAME` For example: $ kcadm.sh get roles/user -r demorealm Where `user` is the name of existing role. Alternatively, use special `get-roles` command, passing it role `name` (via `--rolename` option) or `id` (via `--roleid` option). For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --rolename user Getting a specific client role:: Use special `get-roles` command, passing it either `clientId` (via `--cclientid` option) or `id` (via `--cid` option) to identify the client, and passing it either role `name` (via `--rolename` option) or 'id' (via --roleid) to identify a specific client role: For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --cclientid realm-management --rolename manage-clients Updating a realm role:: Use `update` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific realm role. For example: $ kcadm.sh update roles/user -r demorealm -s 'description=Role representing a regular user' Updating a client role:: Use `update` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific client role. For example: $ kcadm.sh update clients/a95b6af3-0bdc-4878-ae2e-6d61a4eca9a0/roles/editor -r demorealm -s 'description=User that can edit, and publish articles' Deleting a realm role:: Use `delete` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific realm role. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete roles/user -r demorealm Deleting a client role:: Use `delete` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific client role. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete clients/a95b6af3-0bdc-4878-ae2e-6d61a4eca9a0/roles/editor -r demorealm Listing assigned, available and effective realm roles for a composite role:: There is a dedicated `get-roles` command to simplify listing of both realm and client roles. It is an extension of `get` command thus it behaves like `get` command with additional semantics for listing roles. To list *assigned* realm roles for the composite role you can specify the target composite role by either `name` (via --rname option) or `id` (via --rid option). For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole To list *effective* realm roles, use additional `--effective` option. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole --effective To list realm roles that can still be added to the composite role, use `--available` option instead. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole --available Listing assigned, available, and effective client roles for a composite role:: You can again use `get-roles` command to simplify listing of roles. To list *assigned* client roles for the composite role you can specify the target composite role by either `name` (via --rname option) or `id` (via --rid option), and client by either `clientId` (via --cclientid option) or `id` (via --cid option). For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole --cclientid realm-management To list *effective* realm roles, use additional `--effective` option. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole --cclientid realm-management --effective To list realm roles that can still be added to the target composite role, use `--available` option instead. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole --cclientid realm-management --available Adding realm roles to a composite role:: There is a dedicated `add-roles` command that can be used for adding both realm roles and client roles. For example, to add 'user' role to composite role 'testrole' : $ kcadm.sh add-roles --rname testrole --rolename user -r demorealm Removing realm roles from a composite role:: There is a dedicated `remove-roles` command that can be used to remove both realm roles and client roles. For example, to remove 'user' role from target composite role 'testrole': $ kcadm.sh remove-roles --rname testrole --rolename user -r demorealm Adding client roles to a composite role:: There is a dedicated `add-roles` operation that can be used for adding both realm roles and client roles. For example, to add to `testrole` composite role two roles defined on client `realm-management` - `create-client` role and `view-users` role: $ kcadm.sh add-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole --cclientid realm-management --rolename create-client --rolename view-users Removing client roles from a composite role:: There is a dedicated `remove-roles` operation that can be used for removing both realm roles and client roles. For example, to remove from `testrole` composite role two roles defined on client `realm management` - `create-client` role and `view-users` role: $ kcadm.sh remove-roles -r demorealm --rname testrole --cclientid realm-management --rolename create-client --rolename view-users === Client operations Creating a client:: A new client can be created by using `create` command against `clients` endpoint. For example: $ kcadm.sh create clients -r demorealm -s clientId=myapp -s enabled=true Listing clients:: It's very easy to list existing clients. For example: $ kcadm.sh get clients -r demorealm --fields id,clientId Here we filter the output to only list `id`, and `clientId` attributes. Getting a specific client:: Use client's `id` to construct an endpoint uri targeting specific client - `clients/ID`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get clients/c7b8547f-e748-4333-95d0-410b76b3f4a3 -r demorealm Getting adapter configuration file (keycloak.json) for specific client:: Use client's `id` to construct an endpoint uri targeting specific client - `clients/ID/installation/providers/keycloak-oidc-keycloak-json`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get clients/c7b8547f-e748-4333-95d0-410b76b3f4a3/installation/providers/keycloak-oidc-keycloak-json -r demorealm Getting Wildfly subsystem adapter configuration for specific client:: Use client's `id` to construct an endpoint uri targeting specific client - `clients/ID/installation/providers/keycloak-oidc-jboss-subsystem`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get clients/c7b8547f-e748-4333-95d0-410b76b3f4a3/installation/providers/keycloak-oidc-jboss-subsystem -r demorealm Updating a client:: Use `update` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific client. For example on Linux: $ kcadm.sh update clients/c7b8547f-e748-4333-95d0-410b76b3f4a3 -r demorealm -s enabled=false -s publicClient=true -s 'redirectUris=["http://localhost:8080/myapp/*"]' -s baseUrl=http://localhost:8080/myapp -s adminUrl=http://localhost:8080/myapp Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm update clients/c7b8547f-e748-4333-95d0-410b76b3f4a3 -r demorealm -s enabled=false -s publicClient=true -s "redirectUris=[\"http://localhost:8080/myapp/*\"]" -s baseUrl=http://localhost:8080/myapp -s adminUrl=http://localhost:8080/myapp Deleting a client:: Use `delete` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific client. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete clients/c7b8547f-e748-4333-95d0-410b76b3f4a3 -r demorealm === User operations Creating a user:: A new user can be created using the `create` command against the `users` endpoint. For example: $ kcadm.sh create users -r demorealm -s username=testuser -s enabled=true Listing users:: Use `users` endpoint to list users. Number of users may be large, and you may want to limit how many are returned: $ kcadm.sh get users -r demorealm --offset 0 --limit 1000 It's also possible to filter users by `username`, `firstName`, `lastName`, or `email`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get users -r demorealm -q email=google.com $ kcadm.sh get users -r demorealm -q username=testuser Note that filtering doesn't use exact matching. For example, the above would match the value of `username` attribute against '\*testuser*' pattern. You can also filter across multiple attributes by specifying multiple `-q` options, which would return only users that match condition for all the attributes. Getting a specific user:: Use user `id` to compose an endpoint uri matching a specific user - `users/USER_ID`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get users/0ba7a3fd-6fd8-48cd-a60b-2e8fd82d56e2 -r demorealm Updating a user:: Use `update` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific user. For example on Linux: $ kcadm.sh update users/0ba7a3fd-6fd8-48cd-a60b-2e8fd82d56e2 -r demorealm -s 'requiredActions=["VERIFY_EMAIL","UPDATE_PROFILE","CONFIGURE_TOTP","UPDATE_PASSWORD"]' Or on Windows: c:\> kcadm update users/0ba7a3fd-6fd8-48cd-a60b-2e8fd82d56e2 -r demorealm -s "requiredActions=[\"VERIFY_EMAIL\",\"UPDATE_PROFILE\",\"CONFIGURE_TOTP\",\"UPDATE_PASSWORD\"]" Deleting a user:: Use `delete` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific user. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete users/0ba7a3fd-6fd8-48cd-a60b-2e8fd82d56e2 -r demorealm Resetting user's password:: There is a dedicated `set-password` command specifically to reset user's password. For example: $ kcadm.sh set-password -r demorealm --username testuser --password NEWPASSWORD --temporary That will set a temporary password for the user, which they will have to change the next time they login. You can use `--userid` if you want to specify the user by using `id` attribute. The same can be achieved using the `update` operation against an endpoint constructed from one for getting a specific user - `users/USER_ID/reset-password`. For example: $ kcadm.sh update users/0ba7a3fd-6fd8-48cd-a60b-2e8fd82d56e2/reset-password -r demorealm -s type=password -s value=NEWPASSWORD -s temporary=true -n The last parameter (`-n`) forces a so called 'no-merge' update which performs a PUT only, without first doing a GET to retrieve current state of the resource. In this case it is necessary since `reset-password` endpoint doesn't support GET. Listing assigned, available, and effective realm roles for a user:: There is a dedicated `get-roles` command to simplify listing of both realm and client roles. It is an extension of `get` command thus it behaves like `get` command with additional semantics for listing roles. To list *assigned* realm roles for the user you can specify the target user by either `username` or `id`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser To list *effective* realm roles, use additional `--effective` option. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser --effective To list realm roles that can still be added to the user, use `--available` option instead. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser --available Listing assigned, available, and effective client roles for a user:: You can again use `get-roles` command to simplify listing of roles. To list *assigned* client roles for the user you can specify the target user by either `username` (via --uusername option) or `id` (via --uid option), and client by either `clientId` (via --cclientid option) or `id` (via --cid option). For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser --cclientid realm-management To list *effective* realm roles, use additional `--effective` option. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser --cclientid realm-management --effective To list realm roles that can still be added to the user, use `--available` option instead. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser --cclientid realm-management --available Adding realm roles to a user:: There is a dedicated `add-roles` command that can be used for adding both realm roles and client roles. For example, to add 'user' role to user 'testuser' : $ kcadm.sh add-roles --username testuser --rolename user -r demorealm Removing realm roles from a user:: There is a dedicated `remove-roles` command that can be used to remove both realm roles and client roles. For example, to remove 'user' role from user 'testuser': $ kcadm.sh remove-roles --username testuser --rolename user -r demorealm Adding client roles to a user:: There is a dedicated `add-roles` operation that can be used for adding both realm roles and client roles. For example, to add to user `testuser` two roles defined on client `realm management` - `create-client` role and `view-users` role: $ kcadm.sh add-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser --cclientid realm-management --rolename create-client --rolename view-users Removing client roles from a user:: There is a dedicated `remove-roles` operation that can be used for removing both realm roles and client roles. For example, to remove from user `testuser` two roles defined on client `realm management` - `create-client` role and `view-users` role: $ kcadm.sh remove-roles -r demorealm --uusername testuser --cclientid realm-management --rolename create-client --rolename view-users Listing user's sessions:: First identify user's `id` then use it to compose an endpoint uri - `users/ID/sessions`. Now use `get` to retrieve a list of user's sessions. For example: $kcadm get users/6da5ab89-3397-4205-afaa-e201ff638f9e/sessions Logging out user from specific session:: To invalidate a session you only need session's `id`. You can get it by listing user's sessions. Use session's `id` to compose an endpoint uri - `sessions/ID`. The use `delete` to invalidate it. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete sessions/d0eaa7cc-8c5d-489d-811a-69d3c4ec84d1 Logging out user from all sessions:: You need user's `id` to construct an endpoint uri - `users/ID/logout`. Use 'create' to send logout-from-all-sessions request: $ kcadm.sh create users/6da5ab89-3397-4205-afaa-e201ff638f9e/logout -r demorealm -s realm=demorealm -s user=6da5ab89-3397-4205-afaa-e201ff638f9e === Group operations Creating a group:: Use `create` operation, and `groups` endpoint to create a new group: $ kcadm.sh create groups -r demorealm -s name=Group Listing groups:: Use `get` operation, and `groups` endpoint to list groups: $ kcadm.sh get groups -r demorealm Getting a specific group:: Use group's `id` to construct an endpoint uri - groups/GROUP_ID: For example: $ kcadm.sh get groups/51204821-0580-46db-8f2d-27106c6b5ded -r demorealm Updating a group:: Use `update` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific group. For example: $ kcadm.sh update groups/51204821-0580-46db-8f2d-27106c6b5ded -s 'attributes.email=["group@example.com"]' -r demorealm Deleting a group:: Use `delete` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific group. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete groups/51204821-0580-46db-8f2d-27106c6b5ded -r demorealm Creating a sub-group:: Find 'id' of the parent group - by listing groups for example. Use that `id` to construct an endpoint uri - groups/GROUP_ID/children: For example: $ kcadm.sh create groups/51204821-0580-46db-8f2d-27106c6b5ded/children -r demorealm -s name=SubGroup Moving a group under another group:: Find 'id' of existing parent group, and of existing child group. Use parent group's `id` to construct and endpoint uri - groups/PARENT_GROUP_ID/children. Make 'create' operation against this endpoint, and pass child group `id` as JSON body. For example: $ kcadm.sh create groups/51204821-0580-46db-8f2d-27106c6b5ded/children -r demorealm -s id=08d410c6-d585-4059-bb07-54dcb92c5094 Get groups for specific user:: To get user's membership in groups, use user's `id` to compose a resource URI - `users/USER_ID/groups` For example: $ kcadm.sh get users/b544f379-5fc4-49e5-8a8d-5cfb71f46f53/groups -r demorealm Adding user to a group:: To join user to a group use `update` operation against a resource uri composed from user's `id`, and group's `id` - users/USER_ID/groups/GROUP_ID. For example: $ kcadm.sh update users/b544f379-5fc4-49e5-8a8d-5cfb71f46f53/groups/ce01117a-7426-4670-a29a-5c118056fe20 -r demorealm -s realm=demorealm -s userId=b544f379-5fc4-49e5-8a8d-5cfb71f46f53 -s groupId=ce01117a-7426-4670-a29a-5c118056fe20 -n Removing user from a group:: To remove user from a group use `delete` operation against the same resource uri as used for adding user to a group - users/USER_ID/groups/GROUP_ID. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete users/b544f379-5fc4-49e5-8a8d-5cfb71f46f53/groups/ce01117a-7426-4670-a29a-5c118056fe20 -r demorealm Listing assigned, available, and effective realm roles for a group:: There is a dedicated 'get-roles' command to simplify listing of roles. It is an extension of `get` command thus it behaves like `get` command with additional semantics for listing roles. To list *assigned* realm roles for the group you can specify the target group by `name` (via `--gname` option), `path` (via `--gpath` option), or `id` (via `--gid` option). For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --gname Group To list *effective* realm roles, use additional `--effective` option. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --gname Group --effective To list realm roles that can still be added to the group, use `--available` option instead. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --gname Group --available Listing assigned, available, and effective client roles for a group:: A dedicated 'get-roles' command can be used to list for both realm roles and client roles. To list *assigned* client roles for the user you can specify the target group by either `name` (via --gname option) or `id` (via `--gid` option), and client by either `clientId` (via `--cclientid` option) or `id` (via `--id` option). For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --gname Group --cclientid realm-management To list *effective* realm roles, use additional `--effective` option. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --gname Group --cclientid realm-management --effective To list realm roles that can still be added to the group, use `--available` option instead. For example: $ kcadm.sh get-roles -r demorealm --gname Group --cclientid realm-management --available === Identity Providers operations Listing available identity providers:: Use `serverinfo` endpoint to list available identity providers. For example: $ kcadm.sh get serverinfo -r demorealm --fields 'identityProviders(*)' Note that `serverinfo` endpoint is handled similarly to `realms` endpoint in that it is not resolved into resource URI as relative to target realm. Listing configured identity providers:: Use `identity-provider/instances` endpoint. For example: $ kcadm.sh get identity-provider/instances -r demorealm --fields alias,providerId,enabled Getting a specific configured identity provider:: To get a specific identity provider use an `alias` attribute of identity provider to construct an endpoint uri - `identity-provider/instances/ALIAS`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get identity-provider/instances/facebook -r demorealm Removing a specific configured identity provider:: Use `delete` operation with the same endpoint uri as for getting a specific configured identity provider. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete identity-provider/instances/facebook -r demorealm Configuring a Keycloak OpenID Connect identity provider:: For Keycloak OpenID Connect use `keycloak-oidc` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide config attributes `authorizationUrl`, `tokenUrl`, `clientId`, and `clientSecret`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=keycloak-oidc -s providerId=keycloak-oidc -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.authorizationUrl=http://localhost:8180/auth/realms/demorealm/protocol/openid-connect/auth -s config.tokenUrl=http://localhost:8180/auth/realms/demorealm/protocol/openid-connect/token -s config.clientId=demo-oidc-provider -s config.clientSecret=secret Configuring an OpenID Connect identity provider:: You configure the generic OpenID Connect provider the same way as Keycloak OpenID Connect provider, except that you set `providerId` attribute value to `oidc`. Configuring a SAML 2 identity provider:: Use `saml` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `singleSignOnServiceUrl`, `nameIDPolicyFormat`, and `signatureAlgorithm`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=saml -s providerId=saml -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.singleSignOnServiceUrl=http://localhost:8180/auth/realms/saml-broker-realm/protocol/saml -s config.nameIDPolicyFormat=urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent -s config.signatureAlgorithm=RSA_SHA256 Configuring a Facebook identity provider:: Use `facebook` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `clientId` and `clientSecret` as obtained from Facebook Developers application configuration page for your application. $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=facebook -s providerId=facebook -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.clientId=FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID -s config.clientSecret=FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET Configuring a Google identity provider:: Use `google` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `clientId` and `clientSecret` as obtained from Google Developers application configuration page for your application. $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=google -s providerId=google -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.clientId=GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID -s config.clientSecret=GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET Configuring a Twitter identity provider:: Use `twitter` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `clientId` and `clientSecret` as obtained from Twitter Application Management application configuration page for your application. $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=google -s providerId=google -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.clientId=TWITTER_API_KEY -s config.clientSecret=TWITTER_API_SECRET Configuring a GitHub identity provider:: Use `github` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `clientId` and `clientSecret` as obtained from GitHub Developer Application Settings page for your application. $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=github -s providerId=github -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.clientId=GITHUB_CLIENT_ID -s config.clientSecret=GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET Configuring a LinkedIn identity provider:: Use `linkedin` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `clientId` and `clientSecret` as obtained from LinkedIn Developer Console application page for your application. $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=linkedin -s providerId=linkedin -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.clientId=LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID -s config.clientSecret=LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET Configuring a Microsoft Live identity provider:: Use `microsoft` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `clientId` and `clientSecret` as obtained from Microsoft Application Registration Portal page for your application. $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=microsoft -s providerId=microsoft -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.clientId=MICROSOFT_APP_ID -s config.clientSecret=MICROSOFT_PASSWORD Configuring a StackOverflow identity provider:: Use `stackoverflow` as `providerId` when creating a new identity provider instance. Provide `config` attributes - `clientId`, `clientSecret` and `key` as obtained from Stack Apps OAuth page for your application. $ kcadm.sh create identity-provider/instances -r demorealm -s alias=stackoverflow -s providerId=stackoverflow -s enabled=true -s 'config.useJwksUrl="true"' -s config.clientId=STACKAPPS_CLIENT_ID -s config.clientSecret=STACKAPPS_CLIENT_SECRET -s config.key=STACKAPPS_KEY === Storage Providers operations Configuring a Kerberos storage provider:: Use `create` against `user-federation/instances` endpoint. Specify `kerberos` as a value of `providerName` attribute. For example: $ kcadm.sh create user-federation/instances -r demorealm -s providerName=kerberos -s priority=0 -s config.debug=false -s config.allowPasswordAuthentication=true -s 'config.editMode="UNSYNCED"' -s config.updateProfileFirstLogin=true -s config.allowKerberosAuthentication=true -s 'config.kerberosRealm="KEYCLOAK.ORG"' -s 'config.keyTab="http.keytab"' -s 'config.serverPrincipal="HTTP/localhost@KEYCLOAK.ORG"' Configuring an LDAP user storage provider:: Use `create` against `components` endpoint. Specify `ldap` as a value of `providerId` attribute, and `org.keycloak.storage.UserStorageProvider` as value of `providerType` attribute. Provide realm `id` as value of `parentId` attribute. For example, to create a Kerberos integrated LDAP provider: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=kerberos-ldap-provider -s providerId=ldap -s providerType=org.keycloak.storage.UserStorageProvider -s parentId=3d9c572b-8f33-483f-98a6-8bb421667867 -s 'config.priority=["1"]' -s 'config.fullSyncPeriod=["-1"]' -s 'config.changedSyncPeriod=["-1"]' -s 'config.cachePolicy=["DEFAULT"]' -s config.evictionDay=[] -s config.evictionHour=[] -s config.evictionMinute=[] -s config.maxLifespan=[] -s 'config.batchSizeForSync=["1000"]' -s 'config.editMode=["WRITABLE"]' -s 'config.syncRegistrations=["false"]' -s 'config.vendor=["other"]' -s 'config.usernameLDAPAttribute=["uid"]' -s 'config.rdnLDAPAttribute=["uid"]' -s 'config.uuidLDAPAttribute=["entryUUID"]' -s 'config.userObjectClasses=["inetOrgPerson, organizationalPerson"]' -s 'config.connectionUrl=["ldap://localhost:10389"]' -s 'config.usersDn=["ou=People,dc=keycloak,dc=org"]' -s 'config.authType=["simple"]' -s 'config.bindDn=["uid=admin,ou=system"]' -s 'config.bindCredential=["secret"]' -s 'config.searchScope=["1"]' -s 'config.useTruststoreSpi=["ldapsOnly"]' -s 'config.connectionPooling=["true"]' -s 'config.pagination=["true"]' -s 'config.allowKerberosAuthentication=["true"]' -s 'config.serverPrincipal=["HTTP/localhost@KEYCLOAK.ORG"]' -s 'config.keyTab=["http.keytab"]' -s 'config.kerberosRealm=["KEYCLOAK.ORG"]' -s 'config.debug=["true"]' -s 'config.useKerberosForPasswordAuthentication=["true"]' Removing a user storage provider instance:: Use storage provider instance's `id` attribute to compose an endpoint uri - `components/ID`. Perform `delete` operation against this endpoint. For example: $ kcadm.sh delete components/3d9c572b-8f33-483f-98a6-8bb421667867 -r demorealm Triggering synchronization of all users for specific user storage provider:: Use storage provider's `id` attribute to compose an endpoint uri - user-storage/ID_OF_USER_STORAGE_INSTANCE/sync Add `action=triggerFullSync` query parameter and use `create`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create user-storage/b7c63d02-b62a-4fc1-977c-947d6a09e1ea/sync?action=triggerFullSync Triggering synchronization of changed users for specific user storage provider:: Use storage provider's `id` attribute to compose an endpoint uri - user-storage/ID_OF_USER_STORAGE_INSTANCE/sync Add `action=triggerChangedUsersSync` query parameter and use `create`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create user-storage/b7c63d02-b62a-4fc1-977c-947d6a09e1ea/sync?action=triggerChangedUsersSync Test LDAP user storage connectivity:: Perform `get` operation against `testLDAPConnection` endpoint. Provide query parameters `bindCredential`, `bindDn`, `connectionUrl`, and `useTruststoreSpi`, and set `action` query parameter to `testConnection`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get testLDAPConnection -q action=testConnection -q bindCredential=secret -q bindDn=uid=admin,ou=system -q connectionUrl=ldap://localhost:10389 -q useTruststoreSpi=ldapsOnly Test LDAP user storage authentication:: Perform `get` operation against `testLDAPConnection` endpoint. Provide query parameters `bindCredential`, `bindDn`, `connectionUrl`, and `useTruststoreSpi`, and set `action` query parameter to `testAuthentication`. For example: $ kcadm.sh get testLDAPConnection -q action=testAuthentication -q bindCredential=secret -q bindDn=uid=admin,ou=system -q connectionUrl=ldap://localhost:10389 -q useTruststoreSpi=ldapsOnly === Adding mappers Adding a hardcoded role LDAP mapper:: Use `create` against `components` endpoint. Set `providerType` attribute to `org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`. Set `parentId` attribute to `id` of LDAP provider instance. Set `providerId` attribute to `hardcoded-ldap-role-mapper`. Make sure to provide a value of `role` config parameter. For example: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=hardcoded-ldap-role-mapper -s providerId=hardcoded-ldap-role-mapper -s providerType=org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper -s parentId=b7c63d02-b62a-4fc1-977c-947d6a09e1ea -s 'config.role=["realm-management.create-client"]' Adding a MS Active Directory mapper:: Use `create` against `components` endpoint. Set `providerType` attribute to `org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`. Set `parentId` attribute to `id` of LDAP provider instance. Set `providerId` attribute to `msad-user-account-control-mapper`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=msad-user-account-control-mapper -s providerId=msad-user-account-control-mapper -s providerType=org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper -s parentId=b7c63d02-b62a-4fc1-977c-947d6a09e1ea Adding a user attribute LDAP mapper:: Use `create` against `components` endpoint. Set `providerType` attribute to `org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`. Set `parentId` attribute to `id` of LDAP provider instance. Set `providerId` attribute to `user-attribute-ldap-mapper`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=user-attribute-ldap-mapper -s providerId=user-attribute-ldap-mapper -s providerType=org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper -s parentId=b7c63d02-b62a-4fc1-977c-947d6a09e1ea -s 'config."user.model.attribute"=["email"]' -s 'config."ldap.attribute"=["mail"]' -s 'config."read.only"=["false"]' -s 'config."always.read.value.from.ldap"=["false"]' -s 'config."is.mandatory.in.ldap"=["false"]' Adding a group LDAP mapper:: Use `create` against `components` endpoint. Set `providerType` attribute to `org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`. Set `parentId` attribute to `id` of LDAP provider instance. Set `providerId` attribute to `group-ldap-mapper`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=group-ldap-mapper -s providerId=group-ldap-mapper -s providerType=org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper -s parentId=b7c63d02-b62a-4fc1-977c-947d6a09e1ea -s 'config."groups.dn"=[]' -s 'config."group.name.ldap.attribute"=["cn"]' -s 'config."group.object.classes"=["groupOfNames"]' -s 'config."preserve.group.inheritance"=["true"]' -s 'config."membership.ldap.attribute"=["member"]' -s 'config."membership.attribute.type"=["DN"]' -s 'config."groups.ldap.filter"=[]' -s 'config.mode=["LDAP_ONLY"]' -s 'config."user.roles.retrieve.strategy"=["LOAD_GROUPS_BY_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE"]' -s 'config."mapped.group.attributes"=["admins-group"]' -s 'config."drop.non.existing.groups.during.sync"=["false"]' -s 'config.roles=["admins"]' -s 'config.groups=["admins-group"]' -s 'config.group=[]' -s 'config.preserve=["true"]' -s 'config.membership=["member"]' Adding a full name LDAP mapper:: Use `create` against `components` endpoint. Set `providerType` attribute to `org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`. Set `parentId` attribute to `id` of LDAP provider instance. Set `providerId` attribute to `full-name-ldap-mapper`. For example: $ kcadm.sh create components -r demorealm -s name=full-name-ldap-mapper -s providerId=full-name-ldap-mapper -s providerType=org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper -s parentId=b7c63d02-b62a-4fc1-977c-947d6a09e1ea -s 'config."ldap.full.name.attribute"=["cn"]' -s 'config."read.only"=["false"]' -s 'config."write.only"=["true"]' === Authentication operations Setting a password policy:: Set realm's `passwordPolicy` attribute to an enumeration expression including specific policy provider id, and an optional configuration: For example, to set password policy to 20000 hash iterations, requiring at least one special character, at least one uppercase character, at least one digit character, not be equal to user's `username`, and be at least 8 characters long you would use the following: $ kcadm.sh update realms/demorealm -s 'passwordPolicy="hashIterations and specialChars and upperCase and digits and notUsername and length"' If you want want to use values different from defaults, pass configuration in brackets. For example, to set password policy to 25000 hash iterations, requiring at least two special characters, at least two uppercase characters, at least two lowercase characters, at least two digits, be at least nine characters long, not be equal to user's username, and not repeat for at least four changes back: $ kcadm.sh update realms/demorealm -s 'passwordPolicy="hashIterations(25000) and specialChars(2) and upperCase(2) and lowerCase(2) and digits(2) and length(9) and notUsername and passwordHistory(4)"' Getting the current password policy:: Get current realm configuration and filter out everything but `passwordPolicy` attribute. For example, to display `passwordPolicy` for demorealm: $ kcadm.sh get realms/demorealm --fields passwordPolicy Listing authentication flows:: Use `get` operation against `authentication/flows` endpoint. For example: $ kcadm.sh get authentication/flows -r demorealm