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Administration
Here you will find the tasks that are required for administration of your HCL Link product.
Keycloak
This documentation describes about the Keycloak functionality.
User Administration
After you install Keycloak, you must consider how the software manages users and authentication.
Default User Administration
Keycloak uses the concept of a realm to manage and authenticate users. When you install the Keycloak server, a realm called testserver is created for you in Keycloak. All server users belong to this realm and when they log in to the server, they log into that realm.
Configuring Clients
This topic documents how to configure clients.

Administration
Here you will find the tasks that are required for administration of your HCL Link product.
- User Management
  HCL Link provides inbuilt support for managing users who may create, deploy and run integrations.
- Keycloak
  This documentation describes about the Keycloak functionality.
  - Introduction
    Keycloak is an open-source identity and Access Management solution. It is a single sign-on security application for web applications and RESTful web services. Link and Runtime REST API supports Keycloak solution of user administration and authorization.
  - Installation
    To install Keycloak refer to the latest “Getting Started” documentation available on the Keycloak product website.
  - User Administration
    After you install Keycloak, you must consider how the software manages users and authentication.
    - Default User Administration
      Keycloak uses the concept of a realm to manage and authenticate users. When you install the Keycloak server, a realm called testserver is created for you in Keycloak. All server users belong to this realm and when they log in to the server, they log into that realm.
      - Creating a Realm
        This topic documents how to create a realm.
      - Configuring Clients
        This topic documents how to configure clients.
      - Connecting to Link
        This topic documents how to set up connection between Keycloack and Link.
    - LDAP User Authentication
      You are using a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and Active Directory HTTP server to manage users and authentication. You want to know the best practices to use that LDAP/AD server to manage user access to Link.
    - Runtime REST API
      Runtime REST API supports Keycloak authentication of user credentials for running maps and flows. Like Link, Runtime REST API can be configured to authenticate users with Keycloak.

Configuring Clients

This topic documents how to configure clients.

Procedure

Log in to the Keycloak Admin Console.
Click on Clients option from the Configure property. The Clients page opens. User can see the list of application available in the Keycloak.
Click on the link-rest client from the list. The Link-rest page opens. When you select the link-rest, it will automatically configure all the properties available in the Settings tab.
Go to Credentials tab, click on Regenerate Secret button to create client secret for user.
Go to Roles tab to edit the attributes of respective role, if required.