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Create KeyCloak Users

!!! warning This is not a complete recipe - it's an optional component of the Keycloak reciperecipes/keycloak/), but has been split into its own page to reduce complexity.

Unless you plan to authenticate against an outside provider (OpenLDAPrecipes/keycloak/openldap/), below, for example), you'll want to create some local users..

Ingredients

!!! Summary Existing:

* [X] [KeyCloak](https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/)recipes/keycloak/) recipe deployed successfully

Create User

Within the "Master" realm (no need for more realms yet), navigate to Manage -> Users, and then click Add User at the top right:

Navigating to the add user interface in Keycloakimages/keycloak-add-user-1.png)

Populate your new user's username (it's the only mandatory field)

Populating a username in the add user interface in Keycloakimages/keycloak-add-user-2.png)

Set User Credentials

Once your user is created, to set their password, click on the "Credentials" tab, and procede to reset it. Set the password to non-temporary, unless you like extra work!

Resetting a user's password in Keycloakimages/keycloak-add-user-3.png)

Summary

We've setup users in KeyCloak, which we can now use to authenticate to KeyCloak, when it's used as an OIDC Providerrecipes/keycloak/setup-oidc-provider/), potentially to secure vulnerable services using Traefik Forward Authha-docker-swarm/traefik-forward-auth/).

!!! Summary Created:

* [X] Username / password to authenticate against [KeyCloak](https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/)recipes/keycloak/)