Phase Two has been storming ahead with our managed Keycloak hosting platform, dash.phasetwo.io. As part of our commitment to providing flexible and powerful hosting solutions, we are excited to announce that users can now set environment variables for their dedicated Keycloak clusters directly through the Phase Two Dash.
Phase Two has recently launched Auth.it, a modern authentication platform built for developers who want the power of Keycloak with the simplicity, polish, and developer experience of modern identity providers like WorkOS, Stytch, and Clerk — all at a fraction of the cost.
Last Friday, Niko Köbler (aka "Mr. Keycloak"), invited us to demonstrate Auth.it and explain how we built it on his livestream, Keycloak Friday Chat. If you're interested in an overview of the new platform, and would like to know the details of how it was implemented as a set of Keycloak extensions, please watch the recording of the livestream.
Developing custom additions to the Keycloak Admin UI can be fiddly and slow. At Phase Two we maintain several popular community extensions that must track frequent Keycloak releases. Below is the approach we use to develop and verify Admin UI changes quickly against a running Keycloak image that includes our extensions.
We’re excited to announce the release of Self-Service Resource Management in the Phase Two Dash. This new capability empowers customers running dedicated Keycloak clusters to directly upload and manage their own resources—such as custom themes and extensions—without waiting for Phase Two intervention.
Phase Two is excited to share that we have successfully completed a SOC 2 Type II audit. This independently validates that our security and availability controls were not just designed well, but operated effectively over time.
Learn more and request report access at our Trust Center: trust.phasetwo.io.
Phase Two is happy to announce that custom domains can now be configured via self-serve right in the Dashboard. This feature is only available on paid plans.
Custom domains are a key piece of branding and trust for your users. By using your own domain, you can ensure that your users see a familiar URL when interacting with your Keycloak instance.
Read more about how to set up custom domains in our Custom Domains documentation.
Get the theme: Shadcn Keycloak Theme Starter
A shadcn theme starter for Keycloak using Tailwind CSS and Radix UI components. This starter provides a foundation for building a custom, component-based Keycloak theme.
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Phase Two is thrilled to announce that we have been recognized as an official partner of CockroachDB. This partnership marks a significant milestone in our commitment to providing robust, scalable, and high-performance database solutions for our the Keycloak community and our customers.
Phase Two originally built our CockroachDB integration for Keycloak over two years ago, and since then we have been working closely with the CockroachDB team to ensure that our integration is optimized for performance and reliability. Our customers have seen significant improvements in database performance, scalability, and a overall cost savings by using CockroachDB with Keycloak.
Our commitment to CockroachDB is built on years of using the Cockroach Cloud to power all of our dedicated hosting.
Keycloak tracks various "user events" to provide auditing and monitoring capabilities related to user activities within a realm. These events capture actions performed by users, such as authentication attempts, account management operations, and more.
When these events have been tracked and not purged for a long period, for high traffic installations, trying to change the retention period can lead to a massive performance problem with your installation. We will walk you through what to consider and how to safely purge these events.
As of today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of the new Phase Two Dashboard — a fully redesigned application for managing your Keycloak resources. This update goes far beyond a fresh coat of paint. We've rebuilt the experience from the ground up, introducing new capabilities, streamlined workflows, and deep infrastructure enhancements based directly on customer feedback. We've learned that the version of Keycloak we provide, enhanced by the Phase Two library of extensions, solves for the 95% Saas use-case and this release will allow our users to better take advantage of those features. Some features are available today and others will be made available in the next few weeks.