This guide demonstrates how your OpenID Connect application can support multi-tenancy so that you can serve multiple tenants from a single application. Tenants can be distinct realms or security domains within the same OpenID Provider or even distinct OpenID Providers.

When serving multiple customers from the same application (e.g.: SaaS), each customer is a tenant. By enabling multi-tenancy support to your applications you are allowed to also support distinct authentication policies for each tenant even though if that means authenticating against different OpenID Providers, such as Keycloak and Google.

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Prerequisites

To complete this guide, you need:

  • less than 15 minutes

  • an IDE

  • JDK 1.8+ installed with JAVA_HOME configured appropriately

  • Apache Maven 3.6.3

  • jq tool

  • Docker

Architecture

In this example, we build a very simple application which offers a single land page:

  • /{tenant}

The land page is served by a JAX-RS Resource and shows information obtained from the OpenID Provider about the authenticated user and the current tenant.

Solution

We recommend that you follow the instructions in the next sections and create the application step by step. However, you can go right to the completed example.

Clone the Git repository: git clone https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus-quickstarts.git, or download an archive.

The solution is located in the security-openid-connect-multi-tenancy directory.

Creating the Maven Project

First, we need a new project. Create a new project with the following command:

mvn io.quarkus:quarkus-maven-plugin:1.5.0.CR1:create \
    -DprojectGroupId=org.acme \
    -DprojectArtifactId=security-openid-connect-multi-tenancy \
    -Dextensions="oidc, resteasy-jsonb"
cd security-openid-connect-multi-tenancy

If you already have your Quarkus project configured, you can add the oidc extension to your project by running the following command in your project base directory:

./mvnw quarkus:add-extension -Dextensions="oidc"

This will add the following to your pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifactId>quarkus-oidc</artifactId>
</dependency>

Writing the application

Let’s start by implementing the /{tenant} endpoint. As you can see from the source code below it is just a regular JAX-RS resource:

package org.acme.quickstart.oidc;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;

import org.eclipse.microprofile.jwt.JsonWebToken;

import io.quarkus.oidc.IdToken;

@Path("/{tenant}")
public class HomeResource {

    /**
     * Injection point for the ID Token issued by the OpenID Connect Provider
     */
    @Inject
    @IdToken
    JsonWebToken idToken;

    /**
     * Returns the tokens available to the application. This endpoint exists only for demonstration purposes, you should not
     * expose these tokens in a real application.
     *
     * @return the landing page HTML
     */
    @GET
    public String getHome() {
        StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder().append("<html>").append("<body>");

        response.append("<h2>Welcome, ").append(this.idToken.getClaim("email").toString()).append("</h2>\n");
        response.append("<h3>You are accessing the application within tenant <b>").append(idToken.getIssuer()).append(" boundaries</b></h3>");

        return response.append("</body>").append("</html>").toString();
    }
}

In order to resolve the tenant from incoming requests and map it to a specific quarkus-oidc tenant configuration in application.properties, you need to create an implementation for the io.quarkus.oidc.TenantResolver interface.

package org.acme.quickstart.oidc;

import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;

import io.quarkus.oidc.TenantResolver;
import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;

@ApplicationScoped
public class CustomTenantResolver implements TenantResolver {

    @Override
    public String resolve(RoutingContext context) {
        String path = context.request().path();
        String[] parts = path.split("/");

        if (parts.length == 0) {
            // resolve to default tenant configuration
            return null;
        }

        return parts[1];
    }
}

From the implementation above, tenants are resolved from the request path so that in case no tenant could be inferred, null is returned to indicate that the default tenant configuration should be used.

Configuring the application

# Default Tenant Configuration
quarkus.oidc.auth-server-url=http://localhost:8180/auth/realms/quarkus
quarkus.oidc.client-id=multi-tenant-client
quarkus.oidc.application-type=web-app

# Tenant A Configuration
quarkus.oidc.tenant-a.auth-server-url=http://localhost:8180/auth/realms/tenant-a
quarkus.oidc.tenant-a.client-id=multi-tenant-client
quarkus.oidc.tenant-a.application-type=web-app

# HTTP Security Configuration
quarkus.http.auth.permission.authenticated.paths=/*
quarkus.http.auth.permission.authenticated.policy=authenticated

The first configuration is the default tenant configuration that should be used when the tenant can not be inferred from the request. This configuration is using a Keycloak instance to authenticate users.

The second configuration is the configuration that will be used when an incoming request is mapped to the tenant tenant-a.

Note that both configurations map to the same Keycloak server instance while using distinct realms.

You can define multiple tenants in your configuration file, just make sure they have a unique alias so that you can map them properly when resolving a tenant from your TenantResolver implementation.

Google OpenID Provider Configuration

In order to set-up the tenant-a configuration to use Google OpenID Provider, you need to create a project as described here.

Once you create the project and have your project’s client_id and client_secret, you can try to configure a tenant as follows:

# Tenant configuration using Google OpenID Provider
quarkus.oidc.tenant-b.auth-server-url=https://accounts.google.com
quarkus.oidc.tenant-b.application-type=web-app
quarkus.oidc.tenant-b.client-id={GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID}
quarkus.oidc.tenant-b.credentials.secret={GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET}
quarkus.oidc.tenant-b.token.issuer=https://accounts.google.com
quarkus.oidc.tenant-b.authentication.scopes=email,profile,openid

Starting and Configuring the Keycloak Server

To start a Keycloak Server you can use Docker and just run the following command:

docker run --name keycloak -e KEYCLOAK_USER=admin -e KEYCLOAK_PASSWORD=admin -p 8180:8080 quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:10.0.0

You should be able to access your Keycloak Server at localhost:8180/auth.

Log in as the admin user to access the Keycloak Administration Console. Username should be admin and password admin.

Now, follow the steps below to import the realms for the two tenants:

For more details, see the Keycloak documentation about how to create a new realm.

Running and Using the Application

Running in Developer Mode

To run the microservice in dev mode, use ./mvnw clean compile quarkus:dev.

Running in JVM Mode

When you’re done playing with "dev-mode" you can run it as a standard Java application.

First compile it:

./mvnw package

Then run it:

java -jar ./target/security-openid-connect-multi-tenancy-quickstart-runner.jar

Running in Native Mode

This same demo can be compiled into native code: no modifications required.

This implies that you no longer need to install a JVM on your production environment, as the runtime technology is included in the produced binary, and optimized to run with minimal resource overhead.

Compilation will take a bit longer, so this step is disabled by default; let’s build again by enabling the native profile:

./mvnw package -Pnative

After getting a cup of coffee, you’ll be able to run this binary directly:

./target/security-openid-connect-multi-tenancy-quickstart-runner

Testing the Application

To test the application, you should open your browser and access the following URL:

If everything is working as expected, you should be redirected to the Keycloak server to authenticate. Note that the requested path defines a default tenant which we don’t have mapped in the configuration file. In this case, the default configuration will be used.

In order to authenticate to the application you should type the following credentials when at the Keycloak login page:

  • Username: alice

  • Password: alice

After clicking the Login button you should be redirected back to the application.

If you try now to access the application at the following URL:

You should be redirected again to the login page at Keycloak. However, now you are going to authenticate using a different realm.

In both cases, if the user is successfully authenticated, the landing page will show the user’s name and e-mail. Even though user alice exists in both tenants, for the application they are distinct users belonging to different realms/tenants.

Programmatically Resolving Tenants Configuration

If you need a more dynamic configuration for the different tenants you want to support and don’t want to end up with multiple entries in your configuration file, you can use the io.quarkus.oidc.TenantConfigResolver.

This interface allows you to dynamically create tenant configurations at runtime:

package io.quarkus.it.keycloak;

import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;

import io.quarkus.oidc.TenantConfigResolver;
import io.quarkus.oidc.runtime.OidcTenantConfig;
import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;

@ApplicationScoped
public class CustomTenantConfigResolver implements TenantConfigResolver {

    @Override
    public OidcTenantConfig resolve(RoutingContext context) {
        String path = context.request().path();
        String[] parts = path.split("/");

        if (parts.length == 0) {
            // resolve to default tenant configuration
            return null;
        }

        if ("tenant-c".equals(parts[1])) {
            OidcTenantConfig config = new OidcTenantConfig();

            config.setTenantId("tenant-c");
            config.setAuthServerUrl("http://localhost:8180/auth/realms/tenant-c");
            config.setClientId("multi-tenant-client");
            OidcTenantConfig.Credentials credentials = new OidcTenantConfig.Credentials();

            credentials.setSecret("my-secret");

            config.setCredentials(credentials);

            // any other setting support by the quarkus-oidc extension

            return config;
        }

        // resolve to default tenant configuration
        return null;
    }
}

The OidcTenantConfig returned from this method is the same used to parse the oidc namespace configuration from the application.properties. You can populate it using any of the settings supported by the quarkus-oidc extension.

Disabling Tenant Configurations

Custom TenantResolver and TenantConfigResolver implementations may return null if no tenant can be inferred from the current request and a fallback to the default tenant configuration is required.

If it is expected that the custom resolvers will always infer a tenant then the default tenant configuration is not needed. One can disable it with the quarkus.oidc.tenant-enabled=false setting.

Note that tenant specific configurations can also be disabled, for example: quarkus.oidc.tenant-a.tenant-enabled=false.

Configuration Reference

Configuration property fixed at build time - All other configuration properties are overridable at runtime

Configuration property

Type

Default

If the OIDC extension is enabled.

boolean

true

A unique tenant identifier. It must be set by TenantConfigResolver providers which resolve the tenant configuration dynamically and is optional in all other cases.

string

If this tenant configuration is enabled.

boolean

true

The application type, which can be one of the following values from enum ApplicationType.

web-app, service

service

The maximum amount of time the adapter will try connecting to the currently unavailable OIDC server for. For example, setting it to '20S' will let the adapter keep requesting the connection for up to 20 seconds.

Duration

The base URL of the OpenID Connect (OIDC) server, for example, 'https://host:port/auth'. OIDC discovery endpoint will be called by appending a '/.well-known/openid-configuration' path segment to this URL. Note if you work with Keycloak OIDC server, make sure the base URL is in the following format: 'https://host:port/auth/realms/{realm}' where '{realm}' has to be replaced by the name of the Keycloak realm.

string

Relative path of the RFC7662 introspection service.

string

Relative path of the OIDC service returning a JWK set.

string

Relative path of the OIDC end_session_endpoint.

string

Public key for the local JWT token verification.

string

The client-id of the application. Each application has a client-id that is used to identify the application

string

Path to the claim containing an array of groups. It starts from the top level JWT JSON object and can contain multiple segments where each segment represents a JSON object name only, example: "realm/groups". Use double quotes with the namespace qualified claim names. This property can be used if a token has no 'groups' claim but has the groups set in a different claim.

string

Separator for splitting a string which may contain multiple group values. It will only be used if the "role-claim-path" property points to a custom claim whose value is a string. A single space will be used by default because the standard 'scope' claim may contain a space separated sequence.

string

Expected issuer 'iss' claim value.

string

Expected audience 'aud' claim value which may be a string or an array of strings.

list of string

Life span grace period in seconds. When checking token expiry, current time is allowed to be later than token expiration time by at most the configured number of seconds. When checking token issuance, current time is allowed to be sooner than token issue time by at most the configured number of seconds.

int

Name of the claim which contains a principal name. By default, the 'upn', 'preferred_username' and sub claims are checked.

string

Refresh expired ID tokens. If this property is enabled then a refresh token request is performed and, if successful, the local session is updated with the new set of tokens. Otherwise, the local session is invalidated as an indication that the session at the OpenID Provider no longer exists. This option is only valid when the application is of type ApplicationType#WEB_APP}.

boolean

false

Client secret which is used for a 'client_secret_basic' authentication method. Note that a 'client-secret.value' can be used instead but both properties are mutually exclusive.

string

string

basic, post

client_secret_jwt: JWT which includes client id as one of its claims is signed by the client secret and is submitted as a 'client_assertion' form parameter, while 'client_assertion_type' parameter is set to "urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer".

string

JWT life-span in seconds. It will be added to the time it was issued at to calculate the expiration time.

int

10

The host (name or IP address) of the Proxy. Note: If OIDC adapter needs to use a Proxy to talk with OIDC server (Provider), then at least the "host" config item must be configured to enable the usage of a Proxy.

string

The port number of the Proxy. Default value is 80.

int

80

The username, if Proxy needs authentication.

string

The password, if Proxy needs authentication.

string

Relative path for calculating a "redirect_uri" query parameter. It has to start from a forward slash and will be appended to the request URI’s host and port. For example, if the current request URI is 'https://localhost:8080/service' then a 'redirect_uri' parameter will be set to 'https://localhost:8080/' if this property is set to '/' and be the same as the request URI if this property has not been configured. Note the original request URI will be restored after the user has authenticated.

string

If this property is set to 'true' then the original request URI which was used before the authentication will be restored after the user has been redirected back to the application.

boolean

true

Remove the query parameters such as 'code' and 'state' set by the OIDC server on the redirect URI after the user has authenticated by redirecting a user to the same URI but without the query parameters.

boolean

true

Force 'https' as the 'redirect_uri' parameter scheme when running behind an SSL terminating reverse proxy. This property, if enabled, will also affect the logout post_logout_redirect_uri and the local redirect requests.

boolean

false

list of string

Cookie path parameter value which, if set, will be used for the session and state cookies. It may need to be set when the redirect path has a root different to that of the original request URL.

string

Certificate validation and hostname verification, which can be one of the following values from enum Verification. Default is required.

required, none

required

The relative path of the logout endpoint at the application. If provided, the application is able to initiate the logout through this endpoint in conformance with the OpenID Connect RP-Initiated Logout specification.

string

Relative path of the application endpoint where the user should be redirected to after logging out from the OpenID Connect Provider. This endpoint URI must be properly registered at the OpenID Connect Provider as a valid redirect URI.

string

Additional properties which will be added as the query parameters to the authentication redirect URI.

Map<String,String>

required

Additional named tenants

Type

Default

A unique tenant identifier. It must be set by TenantConfigResolver providers which resolve the tenant configuration dynamically and is optional in all other cases.

string

If this tenant configuration is enabled.

boolean

true

The application type, which can be one of the following values from enum ApplicationType.

web-app, service

service

The maximum amount of time the adapter will try connecting to the currently unavailable OIDC server for. For example, setting it to '20S' will let the adapter keep requesting the connection for up to 20 seconds.

Duration

The base URL of the OpenID Connect (OIDC) server, for example, 'https://host:port/auth'. OIDC discovery endpoint will be called by appending a '/.well-known/openid-configuration' path segment to this URL. Note if you work with Keycloak OIDC server, make sure the base URL is in the following format: 'https://host:port/auth/realms/{realm}' where '{realm}' has to be replaced by the name of the Keycloak realm.

string

Relative path of the RFC7662 introspection service.

string

Relative path of the OIDC service returning a JWK set.

string

Relative path of the OIDC end_session_endpoint.

string

Public key for the local JWT token verification.

string

The client-id of the application. Each application has a client-id that is used to identify the application

string

Path to the claim containing an array of groups. It starts from the top level JWT JSON object and can contain multiple segments where each segment represents a JSON object name only, example: "realm/groups". Use double quotes with the namespace qualified claim names. This property can be used if a token has no 'groups' claim but has the groups set in a different claim.

string

Separator for splitting a string which may contain multiple group values. It will only be used if the "role-claim-path" property points to a custom claim whose value is a string. A single space will be used by default because the standard 'scope' claim may contain a space separated sequence.

string

Expected issuer 'iss' claim value.

string

Expected audience 'aud' claim value which may be a string or an array of strings.

list of string

Life span grace period in seconds. When checking token expiry, current time is allowed to be later than token expiration time by at most the configured number of seconds. When checking token issuance, current time is allowed to be sooner than token issue time by at most the configured number of seconds.

int

Name of the claim which contains a principal name. By default, the 'upn', 'preferred_username' and sub claims are checked.

string

Refresh expired ID tokens. If this property is enabled then a refresh token request is performed and, if successful, the local session is updated with the new set of tokens. Otherwise, the local session is invalidated as an indication that the session at the OpenID Provider no longer exists. This option is only valid when the application is of type ApplicationType#WEB_APP}.

boolean

false

Client secret which is used for a 'client_secret_basic' authentication method. Note that a 'client-secret.value' can be used instead but both properties are mutually exclusive.

string

string

basic, post

client_secret_jwt: JWT which includes client id as one of its claims is signed by the client secret and is submitted as a 'client_assertion' form parameter, while 'client_assertion_type' parameter is set to "urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer".

string

JWT life-span in seconds. It will be added to the time it was issued at to calculate the expiration time.

int

10

The host (name or IP address) of the Proxy. Note: If OIDC adapter needs to use a Proxy to talk with OIDC server (Provider), then at least the "host" config item must be configured to enable the usage of a Proxy.

string

The port number of the Proxy. Default value is 80.

int

80

The username, if Proxy needs authentication.

string

The password, if Proxy needs authentication.

string

Relative path for calculating a "redirect_uri" query parameter. It has to start from a forward slash and will be appended to the request URI’s host and port. For example, if the current request URI is 'https://localhost:8080/service' then a 'redirect_uri' parameter will be set to 'https://localhost:8080/' if this property is set to '/' and be the same as the request URI if this property has not been configured. Note the original request URI will be restored after the user has authenticated.

string

If this property is set to 'true' then the original request URI which was used before the authentication will be restored after the user has been redirected back to the application.

boolean

true

Remove the query parameters such as 'code' and 'state' set by the OIDC server on the redirect URI after the user has authenticated by redirecting a user to the same URI but without the query parameters.

boolean

true

Force 'https' as the 'redirect_uri' parameter scheme when running behind an SSL terminating reverse proxy. This property, if enabled, will also affect the logout post_logout_redirect_uri and the local redirect requests.

boolean

false

list of string

Additional properties which will be added as the query parameters to the authentication redirect URI.

Map<String,String>

required

Cookie path parameter value which, if set, will be used for the session and state cookies. It may need to be set when the redirect path has a root different to that of the original request URL.

string

Certificate validation and hostname verification, which can be one of the following values from enum Verification. Default is required.

required, none

required

The relative path of the logout endpoint at the application. If provided, the application is able to initiate the logout through this endpoint in conformance with the OpenID Connect RP-Initiated Logout specification.

string

Relative path of the application endpoint where the user should be redirected to after logging out from the OpenID Connect Provider. This endpoint URI must be properly registered at the OpenID Connect Provider as a valid redirect URI.

string

About the Duration format

The format for durations uses the standard java.time.Duration format. You can learn more about it in the Duration#parse() javadoc.

You can also provide duration values starting with a number. In this case, if the value consists only of a number, the converter treats the value as seconds. Otherwise, PT is implicitly prepended to the value to obtain a standard java.time.Duration format.

References