How to create permanent admin account and remove temporary in Keycloak

🔐 Learn how to create a permanent admin account in Keycloak and safely remove the temporary one!

When you first set up Keycloak, you typically create a temporary admin account using environment variables (like KEYCLOAK_ADMIN and KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD). But for production or long-term use, it's important to create a secure, permanent admin user inside a realm and remove the temporary one for better security and cleaner configuration.

🎯 In this tutorial, you'll learn:

How to log in with the temporary admin

Steps to create a new admin user inside the master realm

Assigning the correct roles and permissions

Logging in with the new permanent admin

How to delete or disable the temporary admin user

Best practices for securing your Keycloak admin interface

🧰 Technologies used:

Keycloak (latest version)

Admin Console (Web UI)

Optional: Docker / CLI for environment variable explanation

✅ Perfect for developers, system admins, and DevOps engineers managing authentication and identity systems.

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