Hi, I need help/support on below custom requirement in Keycloak. Requirement: 1. A user can be able to set Password and 6-digit PIN as credential and preferred login method for first time. Then the user should able to login/authenticate using username + Password (OR) Username + PIN . Also for PIN…

You will need to implement several Keycloak SPIs, as a “PIN” credential is not a feature that Keycloak has out of the box. There is an example of a similar extension in the Server Developer documentation here: Server Developer Guide This section has an extension for a “Secret question” credential, …

Are you sure you really want such a weak authentication ( 6 digits is much weaker than 6 character passwords, which are slo extremly weak). Or do you actually want something more along OTP passwords, where the 6-digit code is generated either by an authentication app/device or sent by email/sms/wh…

Thank you for your reply. Once Username/PIN authentication is achieved, we will try to implement Multifactor / 2nd Factor authentication with the PIN to make it a stronger authentication method. Thank you, Regards, Samarendra

Thank you for your reply. I also need REST endpoint to develop so that I can able to set/reset PIN using REST api call and also require to set PIN expiration policy. could you please advise and provide any guidelines to proceed on this. Thank you, Regards, Samarendra

Require Keycloak custom login api using username and 6-digit PIN credential

bpedersen2 November 13, 2024, 9:40am 6

I would suggest that you do yourself a favor and just use the already available OTP password support, see Server Administration Guide and Server Administration Guide

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Require Keycloak custom login api using username and 6-digit PIN credential

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