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SAML | Keycloak

Keycloak is an open source identity and access management solution built by JBoss. Need a Keycloak lab environment for testing? An example is available here.

​​ Set up Keycloak (SAML)

To set up Keycloak (SAML) as your identity provider:

  1. In Keycloak, select Clients in the navigation bar and create a new client.

  2. Under Client ID, enter your team domain followed by this callback at the end of the path: /cdn-cgi/access/callback. For example:

    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback

    SAML Client interface with team domain and callback in Client ID

  3. Change the Name ID Format to email

  4. Next, set the valid redirect URI to the Keycloak domain that you are using. For example, https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback.

  5. Set the Master SAML Processing URL using the same Keycloak domain: https://<keycloak_domain>/auth/realms/master/protocol/saml.

  6. If you wish to enable client signatures, enable Client Signature Required and click save.

    1. You will need to follow the steps here to get the certificate and enable it in the Cloudflare dashboard.

    2. Import the Access certificate you downloaded into the SAML Keys tab. Use Certificate PEM as the format.

  7. Set the built-in protocol mapper for the email property.

    Protocol Mapper with email property set

    Next, you will need to integrate with Cloudflare Access.

  8. In Zero Trust, navigate to Settings > Authentication.

  9. Under Login methods, click Add new.

  10. Choose SAML on the next page.

    You will need to input the Keycloak details manually. The examples below should be replaced with the specific domains in use with Keycloak and Cloudflare Access.

    FieldExample
    Single Sign-On URLhttps://<keycloak_domain>/auth/realms/master/protocol/saml
    IdP Entity ID or Issuer URLhttps://<unique_id>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
    Signing certificateUse the X509 Certificate in the Realm Settings from Keycloak
  11. Click Save.

To test that your connection is working, navigate to Authentication > Login methods and click Test next to the login method you want to test.