msiegenthaler/keycloak repository overview

⁠Keycloak PostgreSQL

Extends the Keycloak docker image to use PostgreSQL

⁠Usage

⁠Start a PostgreSQL instance

First start a PostgreSQL instance using the PostgreSQL docker image:

docker run --name postgres -e POSTGRES_DATABASE=keycloak -e POSTGRES_USER=keycloak -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_ROOT_PASSWORD=root_password -d postgres

⁠Start a Keycloak instance

Start a Keycloak instance and connect to the PostgreSQL instance:

docker run --name keycloak --link postgres:postgres jboss/keycloak-postgres

⁠Environment variables

When starting the Keycloak instance you can pass a number of environment variables to configure how it connects to PostgreSQL. For example:

docker run --name keycloak --link postgres:postgres -e POSTGRES_DATABASE=keycloak -e POSTGRES_USER=keycloak -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password jboss/keycloak-postgres

⁠POSTGRES_DATABASE

Specify name of PostgreSQL database (optional, default is keycloak).

⁠POSTGRES_USER

Specify user for PostgreSQL database (optional, default is keycloak).

⁠POSTGRES_PASSWORD

Specify password for PostgreSQL database (optional, default is keycloak).