Table of Contents
- Base Installation
- Prerequisites
- Installation of Keycloak
- Configuration of Keycloak
- Configuration of the Olvid Plugin
- Upgrading
- Additional Configuration
- Configuration of an External IdP
- Using LDAP User Federation
- x509 Client Certificates Authentication
- Configure Olvid via an MDM
- Using the management console
- How to use the Console
- Misc.
- Changelog
Changelog
Version 4.0.1 (released 2024-11-11)
- Upgrade to Keycloak 25.0.6
- Mostly bug fixes
Version 4.0.0 (released 2024-09-02)
- Upgrade to Keycloak 25.0.4, which now requires Java 21, Java 17 is no longer supported
- Complete redesign of the Olvid Management Console UI with better responsiveness and support for mobile screens!
- Possibility to generate Olvid licenses for external users (not authenticated on Keycloak)
- Fixes some issues with user exports, background synchronization jobs, etc.
Version 3.1.0 (released 2023-12-11)
- Upgrade to Keycloak 23.0.6
-
Change in theme management: keycloak administrators can now manually choose which theme to use, the olvid theme is only use as a default if no theme is selected
- Various improvements to the Olvid Management Console:
- possibility to see when a user was last active, based on their latest keycloak query (performed at each app startup)
- possibility to export users as CSV/XLSX
- please check that the master realm is not using the base theme, this could break the Keycloak Administration console!
- if your keycloak server requires a proxy for outgoing connections, make sure to update the syntax in the
run-keycloak.sh
script by removing double quotes (see the updated documentation)
Version 3.0.3 (released 2023-09-19)
- Upgrade to Keycloak 22.0.3, which now requires Java 17, Java 11 is no longer supported
- Possibility to duplicate or move a group
- Many improvements to the Olvid Management Console:
- Better search and filtering
- Improved bot support
Version 3.0.2 (released 2023-07-11)
- Many improvements to the Olvid Management Console:
- Possibility to delete groups
- Possibility to import CSV/create users without generating a password
- Per realm settings: search result count
- Redesign of some pages
- Preliminary support for bots (experimental)
- Upgrade to Keycloak 21.1.2
Version 3.0.1 (released 2023-05-13)
- Minor bug fixes
- Upgrade to Keycloak 21.1.1
Version 3.0 (released 2023-04-21)
- Many new features added to the Olvid Management Console:
- Improved user management
- Support for importing users in batch using a CSV file
- Support for olvid group discussion creation
- Dropped support for Keycloak legacy
- Upgrade to Keycloak 21.0.2
Version 2.1.1 (released 2022-11-28)
Hotfix for admin permissions being too restrictive (editor
role was equivalent to viewer
role).
Version 2.1 (released 2022-10-28)
Added the possibility to run Olvid specific background jobs on Keycloak:
- Nightly synchronisation of Olvid user licences with the Olvid server:
- Ensures all active Keycloak user licences are valid
- Release licences that are no longer associated to a user on Keycloak
Version 2.0 (released 2022-01-25)
First version of the Olvid Management Console:
- Improved interface to configure the Olvid Plugin
- Possibility to have administrators for this console without administrator privilege on Keycloak itself
- List users and revoke compromised user identities
- Revocation log of all revoked users
Version 1.0 (released 2021-09-20)
First functional version of the Keycloak Olvid Plugin, allowing users to:
- Authenticate with OpenID Connect
- Search other users in the directory
- Add them to their contacts in “one click”