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
- Use the Olvid Management Console
- Misc.
- Olvid Management Console changelog
Olvid Management Console 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”.