--- title: Keycloak with istio and Oauth2-Proxy. | daily.dev description: The post guides you through setting up Istio with Keycloak and OAuth2 Proxy to add authentication and authorization to a microservices architecture. Keycloak... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/keycloak-with-istio-and-oauth2-proxy--9tvazty4q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Keycloak with istio and Oauth2-Proxy. | daily.dev og:description: The post guides you through setting up Istio with Keycloak and OAuth2 Proxy to add authentication and authorization to a microservices architecture. 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