After trying
#Keycloak for a while - trying to integrate it with ForgeJo for Single-Sign-On (
#SSO), I wasn't really satisfied with Keycloak. Keycloak's error messages were too unhelpful. The documentation, too nebulous. I lurked in their forums a bit, but didn't really want to use Slack as some sort of depended-upon service. Whatever the Keycloak error messages said, the eventual solutions usually ended up being so disconnected with the error message, that it dawned on me that the Error messages were effectively "Red Herrings" - served only to throw me off the trail.
Keycloak had a vibe to it that I'd describe as "Enterprise Bozak". It had the *look* of professionalism - making a solid effort to *appear* attractive to higher-up management types - but it didn't really *deliver* the helpfulness I was expecting, to actually overcome technical hurdles encountered. I've set Keycloak aside for now, and I'm trying out
#Authelia instead, with an LLDAP backend. They seem easier to work with, as the error messages were good so far: had more of a technical helpfulness. After several hours of tinkering, I've set up my first LLDAP/Authelia users, including registering a passkey. I'll next see if I can integrate the Authelia SSO to
#ForgeJo.
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