Pain point · Setup & onboarding · Blocks work
Setting up Keycloak requires hard-won knowledge that is slow to acquire
5 source threads · first seen 2022-08 · last seen 2026-08
Summary
The commenter says Keycloak can do anything, but learning how to configure it takes a lot of time and the knowledge is not easy to pick up.
Evidence
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“there's a lot of knowledge of how to set things up that takes time and is not readily acquired”
“it was annoying to setup but worked okay in practice”
“I've also self hosted Keycloak and use mod_auth_openidc to simplify it, but it was quite annoying to setup”
“is an absolute pain to configure”
“Keycloak is really cumbersome to get up and running and also to maintain”