Description

Title:
Ability to specify federation via federationLink when creating users in Keycloak

Description:
Currently, when creating a new user in Keycloak, it is not possible to explicitly specify which federation (user storage provider) the user should be assigned to. The current behavior is that if multiple federations are enabled, Keycloak automatically selects the first (i.e., the first active provider in the list).

Request:

• Add the ability to directly specify the federationLink value (or explicitly select the storage provider) when creating a user, either via Admin REST API or UI.

• If the federationLink is provided, Keycloak should assign the user directly to the specified provider.

• If the federationLink is not provided, the current default behavior should remain unchanged.

Discussion

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Motivation

This feature would provide better control and flexibility in managing users in Keycloak. In scenarios where multiple user storage providers are configured, administrators or automated provisioning systems would be able to directly specify which storage provider the user should be assigned to during user creation, instead of relying on the default selection logic.

Details

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