Keycloak 1.1.Beta 1 Released: SAML, Clustering, Tomcat 7

November 5, 2014

billburke java, javaee, JAX-RS, jboss, Keycloak, oauth, openid connect, SAML, SSO Leave a comment

(Copied from Stian’s announcement) Pretty big feature release:
  • SAML 2.0 support.  Keycloak already supports OpenID Connect, but with this release we’re also introducing support for SAML 2.0.  We did this by pulling in and building on top of Picketlink’s SAML libraries.
  • Vastly improved clustering support.  We’ve also significantly improved our clustering support, for the server and application adapters. The server can now be configured to use an invalidation cache for realm meta-data and user profiles, while user-sessions can be stored in a distributed cache allowing for both increased scalability and availability. Application adapters can be configured for either sticky-session or stateless if sticky-sessions are not available. We’ve also added support for nodes to dynamically register with Keycloak to receive for example logout notifications.
  • Adapter multi-tenancy support.  Thanks to Juraci Paixão Kröhling we now have multi-tenancy support in application adapters. His contribution makes it easy to use more than one realm for a single application. It’s up to you to decide which realm is used for a request, but this could for example be depending on domain name or context-path. For anyone interested in this feature there’s a simple example that shows how to get started.
  • Tomcat 7 Adapter.  A while back Davide Ungari contributed a Tomcat 7 application adapter for Keycloak, but we haven’t had time to document, test and make it a supported adapter until now.
What’s next?
The next release of Keycloak should see the introduction of more application adapters, with support for JBoss BRMS, JBoss Fuse, UberFire, Hawt.io and Jetty.
For a complete list of all features and fixes for this release check out JIRA.
I’d like to especially thank all external contributors, please keep contributing! For everyone wanting to contribute Keycloak don’t hesitate, it’s easy to get started and we’re here to help if you need any pointers.

Resteasy 3.0.9 Released

September 17, 2014

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I really want to thank Ron Sigal, Weinan Li, and the rest of the Resteasy community for having my back the last 5 months while I was focused on other things.  Thanks for your hard work and patience.  3.0.9.Final is a maintenance release.  There are a few minor migration notes you should read before you upgrade, but most applications shouldn’t be affected.  We’ll try and do another maintenance release in like 6-8 weeks.  Check out resteasy.jboss.org for download links, jira release notes, and documentation.

Keycloak 1.0 Final Released

September 10, 2014

billburke java, javaee, JAX-RS, jboss, Keycloak, oauth, openid connect, opensource, REST, security, SSO 1 Comment

After 1 year of hard work, the team is proud to release our first final 1.0 release of Keycloak.  We’ve stabilized our database schemas, improved performance, and refactored our SPIs and you should be good to go!  I don’t want to list all the features, but check out our project website at http://keycloak.org for more information.  You can find our download links there as well as screen cast tutorials on our documentation page.

What’s Next?

Keycloak 1.1 will be our integration release where we start bringing Keycloak to different protocols, projects, and environments.  Here’s a priority list of what we’re tackling

  • SAML 2.0 – by merging with Picketlink IDP
  • Uberfire/BRMS adapter
  • Fuse FSW adapter
  • EAP 6.x and Wildfly console integration
  • Tomcat 7 adapter
  • …More planned, but we’ll see how fast we can move before we announce anymore

In parallel, we hope to look into a few new features:

  • Internationalization
  • TOTP Improvements like allowing multiple token generators
  • IP Filtering

Keycloak 1.0 RC 1 Released

August 20, 2014

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Many bugs fixes and cleanup.  Not much for features although we did add a ton of tooltips to the admin console.  We’re getting very close to a final release and are still on schedule to release 2nd week on September.

See keycloak.org for links to download and documentation.

Resteasy 3.0.7.Final Released

March 31, 2014

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Ron fixed a few bugs in validation. Netty improvements. A few other bug fixes here and there.

As usual, follow links from jboss.org/resteasy to download and view documentation and release notes.

Enterprise Dev with GWT, Java EE, and Errai

March 13, 2014

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Here’s an interesting testimonial on using GWT, Java EE, and Errai to build an application.

“When I stumbled upon Errai, I was re-introduced to JEE.  We had previously explored a variety of backend frameworks, including Spring and most recently Guice.  I was instantly amazed and attracted to the simplicity and elegance of JEE – in particular the CDI API.  Once I had my JBoss AS 7 environment set up, I was incredibly pleased with how neatly everything just seemed to “work” – REST, Persistence/Transactions, CDI, and how little configuration was required.  It almost didn’t seem possible.”

A few years ago, I wrote a blog about how Java EE made a huge comeback over Spring as a development platform.  159 comments later I still get people ranting for or against me on that thread.  What was interesting about this particular testimonial is that the developer investigated both Spring and Guice.

“We had previously explored a variety of backend frameworks, including Spring and most recently Guice.”

I still stand by my 2+ year old blog that Java EE made a huge comeback as a web development platform.

 

Resteasy 3.0.6 Released

December 12, 2013

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Resteasy 3.0.6.Final has been released today.  This is a maintenance release.  Netty 4 JAX-RS 2.0 Async APIs actually work now!  As usual, check out http://jboss.org/resteasy for how to download the distro and view documentation.

My new book! RESTful Java with JAX-RS 2.0

November 12, 2013

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My 2nd edition of RESTful Java is out!  RESTful Java with JAX-RS 2.0 covers the spec additions to JAX-RS 2.0 including 3 new chapters:

  • JAX-RS 2.0 Client API
  • Asynchronous Client and Server APIs
  • Filters and Interceptors

The book has also been revised here and there to cover some of the smaller features that were added to JAX-RS 2.0 like ParamConverters, Link, an the extensions added to UriBuilder.  The workbook examples and chapters have been revised and expanded to cover this new content as well, so you really get 6 new chapters in total.    Many thanks  to Fernando Nasser, Melanie Yarborough, Meghan Blanchette, Meghan Connolly, and Charlie Roumeliotis for making this happen.  I’d also like to thank the JAX-RS 2.0 JSR Expert Group, especially Marek Potociar, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen, and Sergey Beryozkin.

 

Resteasy 3.0.3 Released

August 7, 2013

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Follow the links at http://jboss.org/resteasy to download and view release notes.  The was just a maintenance release fixing a few minor bugs in async and cookie parsing.

Resteasy 3.0 Final Released!

June 18, 2013

billburke java, javaee, JAX-RS, REST, RESTEasy 1 Comment

Resteasy 3.0 has been released, follow links on the Resteasy web page to find downloads etc.  After sitting on the JAX-RS 2.0 JSR for two years and implementing it in the Resteasy master branch we’re finally ready to release!  I’d like to first thank the JAX-RS 2.0 JSR especially Marek, Santiago, and Sergey.  We butted heads a lot on the JSR and I could be difficult at times, but I think JAX-RS 2.0 is a great spec because of it. I’d also like to thank Weinan Li, Ron Sigal, and Gunnar Morling for fixing bugs and getting Bean Validation integration working in the last minute.

It is really really really important that you read the migration guide. We had to change a bunch of stuff and behavior because the JAX-RS 2.0 got really strict, specifically the request dispatch algorithm, so you really need to view it.  We also refactored some SPIs and such.  So, again, read the migration guide!

Features

  • JAX-RS 2.0 compliance.  Once Wildfly supports HTTP Digest Authentication we can officially certify Resteasy 3.0.Final.  Since this is really just red tape, I decided to release 3.0 now instead of waiting, weeks for another Wildfly release.
  • SSO and OAuth2 for browser and RESTful web services.  Built to work on AS7 and EAP 6.1, allows you to add these features on top of existing AS7 security domains
  • Bean Validation 1.1. integration support
  • More comprehensive generics support for all component types

Deprecated APIs

JAX-RS 2.0 standardized many features that existed in Resteasy 2.3.x and earlier.  Going forward we will not support these deprecated APIs in Resteasy 3.0.  They are there to ease your migration from proprietary Resteasy APIs to the JAX-RS 2.0 equivalent.  If you have a bug, you need to either provide a patch/pull request yourself, or upgrade to the JAX-RS 2.0 equivalent API.  As soon as Resteasy 3.0 gets into our commercial distribution, we will be removing these deprecated APIs from Resteasy, so you should switch sooner rather than later.

  • Resteasy Client API org.jboss.resteasy.client.ClientRequest etc.  Proxy API has been ported to work on top of JAX-RS 2.0 api.
  • Resteasy interceptor framework: MessageBodyReaderInterceptor, MessageBodyWriterIntereptor, PostProcessorInterceptor, etc… These all have JAX-RS 2.0 equivalents
  • Resteasy async API.  This also has a JAX-RS 2.0 equivalent

What’s Next?

Next few months we’ll be focusing on some point releases to mature 3.0.  I’ll also be finishing a revision of my O’Reilly JAX-RS book and you’ll see some new workbook examples in the distribution soon.  I’m also starting a new project that is going to pull in the OAuth2 work I’ve done.  More on that later though.  As for future Resteasy features, I’m looking for somebody to drive a RESTful database service interface.  If you’re interested, please ping me or our development list.

 

 

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