keycloak/docs/guides/operator/realm-import.adoc
Steven Hawkins e891336167
fix: expands our warnings/notes around placeholder usage (#42151)
addresses CVE-2025-9162

closes: #42046

Signed-off-by: Steve Hawkins <shawkins@redhat.com>
2025-08-28 17:06:55 +02:00

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title="Automating a realm import"
summary="Automate a realm import using the operator.">
== Importing a {project_name} Realm
Using the {project_name} Operator, you can perform a realm import for the Keycloak Deployment.
[NOTE]
====
* If a Realm with the same name already exists in {project_name}, it will not be overwritten.
* The Realm Import CR only supports creation of new realms and does not update or delete those. Changes to the realm performed directly on {project_name} are not synced back in the CR.
* Once the realm is imported you should delete the Realm Import CR as that will cleanup the associated Kubernetes Job and Pod resources.
====
=== Creating a Realm Import Custom Resource
The following is an example of a Realm Import Custom Resource (CR):
[source,yaml]
----
apiVersion: k8s.keycloak.org/v2alpha1
kind: KeycloakRealmImport
metadata:
name: my-realm-kc
spec:
keycloakCRName: <name of the keycloak CR>
realm:
...
----
This CR should be created in the same namespace as the Keycloak Deployment CR, defined in the field `keycloakCRName`.
The `realm` field accepts a full {apidocs_adminrest_link}/index.html#RealmRepresentation[RealmRepresentation].
The recommended way to obtain a `RealmRepresentation` is by leveraging the export functionality <@links.server id="importExport"/>.
. Export the Realm to a single file.
. Convert the JSON file to YAML.
. Copy and paste the obtained YAML file as body for the `realm` key, making sure the indentation is correct.
=== Applying the Realm Import CR
Use `kubectl` to create the CR in the correct cluster namespace:
Create YAML file `example-realm-import.yaml`:
[source,yaml]
----
apiVersion: k8s.keycloak.org/v2alpha1
kind: KeycloakRealmImport
metadata:
name: my-realm-kc
spec:
keycloakCRName: <name of the keycloak CR>
realm:
id: example-realm
realm: example-realm
displayName: ExampleRealm
enabled: true
----
Apply the changes:
[source,bash]
----
kubectl apply -f example-realm-import.yaml
----
To check the status of the running import, enter the following command:
[source,bash]
----
kubectl get keycloakrealmimports/my-realm-kc -o go-template='{{range .status.conditions}}CONDITION: {{.type}}{{"\n"}} STATUS: {{.status}}{{"\n"}} MESSAGE: {{.message}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}'
----
When the import has successfully completed, the output will look like the following example:
[source,bash]
----
CONDITION: Done
STATUS: true
MESSAGE:
CONDITION: Started
STATUS: false
MESSAGE:
CONDITION: HasErrors
STATUS: false
MESSAGE:
----
=== Placeholders
Imports support placeholders referencing environment variables, see <@links.server id="importExport"/> for more.
The `KeycloakRealmImport` CR allows you to leverage this functionality via the `spec.placeholders` stanza, for example:
[source,yaml]
----
apiVersion: k8s.keycloak.org/v2alpha1
kind: KeycloakRealmImport
metadata:
name: my-realm-kc
spec:
keycloakCRName: <name of the keycloak CR>
placeholders:
ENV_KEY:
secret:
name: SECRET_NAME
key: SECRET_KEY
...
----
In the above example placeholder replacement will be enabled and an environment variable with key `ENV_KEY` will be created from the Secret ``SECRET_NAME``'s value for key `SECRET_KEY`.
Currently only Secrets are supported and they must be in the same namespace as the Keycloak CR.
=== Security Considerations
[WARNING]
====
Anyone with the ability to create or edit KeycloakRealmImport CRs should be a namespace level admin.
====
Placeholder replacement gives access to all environment variables even sensitive ones.
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