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Keycloak Single Sign-On (SSO) TYPO3 OAuth & OpenID | TYPO3 Keycloak SSO

Typo3 OAuth 2.0 Authentication and Authorization Single Sign-On (SSO) extension allows your Frontend & Backend (Admin & Customer) users to seamlessly login into Typo3 site using Keycloak credentials. The Typo3 OAuth / OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) extension makes it easy to use OAuth2 to set up Keycloak Login on Typo3 (Keycloak Single Sign on).

The Typo3 OAuth & OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) extension makes it possible to log into Typo3 securely using any OAuth and OpenID Connect provider such as Azure AD, Azure B2C, Okta, Keycloak, Salesforce etc. Advanced Single Sign-On (SSO) features such as user profile Attribute Mapping, Role Mapping, and so on are also supported in this extension. Click here to read more about the Typo3 OAuth Single Sign-On (OAuth & OpenID Connect Client) extensions's premium features.

In this guide, We'll go over how to set up SSO between Typo3 and Keycloak. Users should be able to log in to Typo3 through Keycloak by the end of this guide.

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

miniorange img Installing OAuth Client / OpenID Connect extension in TYPO3


  • Use the below command to install the extension using composer:
    composer req miniorange/miniorange_oidc
  • Now search for the "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
  • After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
    • Typo3 miniorange OpenIDCconnect settings
  • After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
    • miniorange license oauth oidc login
  • If you are not a premium customer you can seamlessly login by submitting miniOrange credentials.
  • After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
    • Typo3 OAuth Single Sign-On account detilas
  • Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.
  • Download the zip file of the OAuth / OIDC extension from TYPO3 marketplace
  • Go to your TYPO3 backend, and click on Extensions section at the left side of your screen.
  • Upload the zip file,as represented in the below image.
    • Typo3 OAuth OIDC SSO upload plugin
  • Now search for the "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
  • After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
    • Typo3 miniorange OpenIDCconnect settings
  • After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
    • minorange license oauth oidc login
  • If you are not a premium customer you can direcly login submitting miniOrange credentials.
  • After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
  • Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.

miniorange img Integrate extension with TYPO3

  • Click on the Pages from the left navigation.
  • Then you need to create a folder to store the frontend users in it by right clicking on the Home page and select New subpage.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO create frontend
  • Select Folder type from the dropdown.
    • Typo3 OAuth openid SSO create frontend
  • Name the folder as Website Users and click on the Save.
    • Typo3 OAuth Single Sign-On create frontend
  • Go to behaviour tab and add Website Users in it.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO add website users
  • If you see a hyphen sign in red on the created folder, it means that the folder is not enabled. You can then enable it by right clicking on that folder and clicking Enable.
  • You need to add two STANDARD pages within the HOME page. If you are using Premium Plugin you can create three pages.
  • Here we will consider Page Names as: FEOIDC, RESPONSE, LOGOUT (Logout is optional for premium customers).
  • To create a FEOIDC page, right click on Home page then select New subpage and select STANDARD type from dropdown.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO create frontend
  • Add Page Title as FEOIDC and click Save.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO create frontend
  • Then again Click on FEOIDC Page and click on Add content. Go to plugins and add FEOIDC Plugin and click on the Save.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO create frontend Typo3 OAuth Single Sign-On select plugin
  • Navigate to plugin tab and select FEOIDC plugin.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO create frontend
  • Add website users in Record Storage Page and save the settings.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO create frontend
  • You can enable the FEOIDC page by right clicking and selecting Enable option.
    • Typo3 OAuth SSO create frontend
  • If you need to make changes in URL segment, which will also be your initial SSO URL, right click on FEOIDC page, select edit and click on "toggle URL" button to set URL according to your way.
  • Follow the same steps to create and configure Standard pages of Response.
  • Ensure you will be selecting Response Plugin for Response page.
  • Keep the FEOIDC and RESPONSE page urls handy as you will need them while configuring the OAuth/OpenID Connect extension.

Steps to configure Keycloak OAuth & OpenID Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Typo3

1. Setup Keycloak as OAuth Provider

Follow the steps below to configure Keycloak as OAuth Provider

miniorange img Configure Keycloak as OAuth Provider
  • First of all, Download Keycloak and install it.
  • Start Server: Start the keycloak server by running the _standalone.sh_ file

    Root Directory of keycloak/bin/standalone.sh

  • Add Realm: Now login to keycloak administration console and navigate to your desired realm. You can add new realm by selecting Add Realm option.
    • Keycloak SSO Typo3 OAuth SSO add realm
  • Create Realm: Enter Realm Name and click on CREATE to add realm.
  • Create Role: The Role will be used by your applications to define which users will be authorized to access the application. Click on the Roles and choose Add Role.
    • Typo3 Keycloak SSO OAuth openid connect Add Role
  • Add User: We need to add users to realm who will be able to access the resources of realm. Click on the Users and choose to Add a new User.
    • Keycloak Typo3 login OAuth Typo3 SSO Add User
  • User Configuration: After user is created following action needs to be performed on it.
    • Setting a password for it so click on Credentials and set a new Password for the user.
      • Keycloak SSO OAuth Typo3 Credentials

      NOTE : Disabling Temporary will make user password permanent


  • Map User: We need to map user to a role. Click on Role Mappings and assign the user desired role from available roles and clicking on add selected.
    • Typo3 Keycloak SSO OAuth Role Mapping
  • Create groups: Click on the Groups and choose New to create a new group.
    • Keycloak OAuth openid connect SSO for Typo3 Create Group
  • Assign user to group: Select the user whom you want to add in group. Choose Groups option from tab and then select the group-name and click on join.
    • Keycloak SSO OAuth openid connect Assign User to Group
  • Create OpenID client: Click on the Clients and choose create to create a new client. Enter any random string as Client ID and keep it handy because you will need it in the next step. Select client protocol openeid-connect and select Save.
    • Keycloak SSO OAuth Openid connect Create Openid Client
  • Enter Change Access Type: Afterclient is created change it's access type to confidential
    • Jboss Keycloak Typo3 SSO Change Access Type
  • Enter Valid Redirect URLs: Copy callback URL (Enter from miniOrange Typo3 OAuth Single Sign On (SSO) plugin which you copied in the last step) in the last step and then click on SAVE.
    Ex -- https://oauth/callback
  • Keycloak Group Mapper: Now to get group details we need to perform its client mapping with group membership else group details will not be fetched. So in client select Mappers and then click on create. Select mapper type Group Membership and enter name and token claim-name i.e the attribute name corresponding which groups will be fetched and click on Save Group mapper Typo3 Keycloak Group Mapper

    Note: -- If full path is on group path will be fetched else group name will be fetched.

  • Get Client Secret: Now we need to get client secret. So select Clients and select credentials and copy your secret from here.
    • Client secret Oauth SSO redentials Typo3 SSO

You have successfully configured Keycloak as OAuth Provider for achieving Keycloak Single Sign-On (SSO) with Typo3 for user authentication.

2. Configuring Typo3 as OAuth Client

  • After successfully configuring OAuth Provider, enter the OAuth Provider Name, Client ID, Client Secret, Scope and provided endpoints.

    Please refer below Endpoints to configure the OAuth client


    Scope: email profile
    Authorize Endpoint: <Keycloak base URL>/realms/{realm-name}/protocol/openid-connect/auth
    Access Token Endpoint: <Keycloak base URL>/realms/{realm-name}/protocol/openid-connect/token
    Get User Info Endpoint: <Keycloak base URL>/realms/{realm-name}/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo
  • Click on the Save button to save the settings.
    • Typo3 OAuth 2.0 SSO credentials | Typo3 Keycloak SSO
  • Click on the Test Configuration button.
    • Typo3 OAuth credentials Keycloak SSO OAuth
  • You will see all the values returned by your OAuth Provider to Typo3 in a table. If you don't see value for First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, make the required settings in your OAuth Provider to return this information.
  • You have successfully configured your Typo3 as an OAuth Client. Now you can create your custom SSO button in your Typo3 Frontend site and embed the FEOIDC page URL to it to initiate the SSO.
    • Typo3 OAuth 2.0 SSO Keycloak SSO

3: Attribute Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

  • You can map attributes in the Attribute Mapping tab. Only username and email are allowed to be mapped in free version of the extension. However, in the premium version of the extension, you can map various attributes coming from your OAuth Provider to the attributes present in your Typo3 site.
    • Typo3 OAuth attribute mapping Typo3 SSO

4: Group Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

  • You can specify a default role in the free extension that will be allocated to all non-admin users when they conduct SSO.
  • Go to Group mapping tab and navigate to Group Mapping section.
  • Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.
    • Keycloak Typo3 SSO - Keycloak Single Sign-On(SSO) Login in Typo3 - role mapping

By configuring Keycloak as an OAuth Provider and Typo3 as an OAuth Client using our Typo3 OAuth Client extension, you have successfully installed Typo3 Keycloak Single Sign-On (SSO). Within minutes, you'll be able to provide safe access to your Typo3 site utilising Keycloak login credentials thanks to this solution.

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