Pain point · Performance · Annoyance
Keycloak realm configuration is complex and RAM-hungry
2 source threads · first seen 2021-01 · last seen 2025-06
Summary
Setting up Keycloak for user management on Kubernetes needs OAuth and complex realm configuration and consumes a lot of RAM, which the commenter finds excessive.
- Affects
- Kubernetes operators
Evidence
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“complex realm configuration. It's a mess. It requires a lot of RAM to work”
“Keycloak is much heavier than Hydra”