Deploy Keycloak on Azure Cobalt 100-based Arm64 virtual machines for identity and access management
Introduction
Understand Keycloak for identity and access management on Azure Cobalt 100-based virtual machines
Create an Azure Cobalt 100-based Arm64 virtual machine
Allow access to Keycloak and the Flask application on Azure
Deploy Keycloak on an Azure Cobalt 100-based Arm64 virtual machine
Integrate a Flask OAuth2 application with Keycloak on an Azure Cobalt 100-based Arm64 virtual machine
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About this Learning Path

Skill level:  Introductory
Reading time:  1 hr 30 min
Last updated:  08 Jun 2026
Skill level:
  Introductory
Reading time:
  1 hr 30 min
Last updated:
  08 Jun 2026
Author:Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:Neoverse
Tags: Web Microsoft Azure Linux Keycloak PostgreSQL Flask Python Java
Author:
  • Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:
Neoverse
Tags:
Web Microsoft Azure Linux Keycloak PostgreSQL Flask Python Java

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for developers, DevOps engineers, platform engineers, and cloud architects who want to deploy centralized authentication and identity management using Keycloak on Arm-based cloud environments.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

  • Install and configure Keycloak on Azure Cobalt 100-based Arm64 virtual machines
  • Configure PostgreSQL as the backend database for Keycloak
  • Configure realms, users, and OAuth2/OpenID Connect clients
  • Integrate a Flask application with Keycloak authentication
  • Validate OAuth2/OpenID Connect authentication workflows

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

  • A Microsoft Azure account with access to Cobalt 100-based instances (Dpsv6)
  • Basic knowledge of Linux command-line operations
  • Familiarity with SSH and remote server access
  • Basic understanding of authentication, OAuth2, and identity management concepts
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