So, you want to build the most secure digital platforms on the planet, without the burden of worrying about security, and simultaneously grant your users sovereignty over their identities? Great!
This developer guide will take you through the minimal steps to build your own Single-Page React application, secured with TideCloak - all in under 10 minutes .
TideCloak gives you a plug and play tool that incorporates all the concepts and technology discussed in this series. It allows you to manage your web users' roles and permissions - It's an adaptation of Redhat's open-source KeyCloak, one of the most robust, powerful and feature-rich Identity and Access Management system. But best of all it's secured by Tide's Cybersecurity Fabric so no-one holds the keys to the kingdom.
Before starting, make sure you have:
- Docker installed and running on your machine
- NPM installed
- Internet connectivity
For the purpose of this guide, we assume to run on a Debian linux host (either under Windows WSL or not).
Start a TideCloak-Dev docker container that already includes all the basic configuration and settings to get you going. To get it, open your Docker/WSL/Linux terminal and run the following command:
sudo docker run \
-d \
-v .:/opt/keycloak/data/h2 \
-p 8080:8080 \
-e KC_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME=admin \
-e KC_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password \
tideorg/tidecloak-dev:latestThis will take a minute or two, and when it's done, you'll be able to go to TideCloak's console at: http://localhost:8080
To get your TideCloak host to tap into Tide's Cybersecurity Fabric, you'll need to activate your license. Tide offers free developer license for up to 100 users. To do that, you'll need to:
- Access your TideCloak administration console at http://localhost:8080/admin/master/console/#/myrealm/identity-providers/tide/tide/settings
- Log in using your admin credentials (Username: admin, Password: password, if you haven't changed it) (You should be automatically navigated to: myrealm realm --> Identity Providers --> tide IdP --> Settings screen)
- Click on the
Manage Licensebutton next toLicense - Click on the blue
Request Licensebutton - Go through the checkout process by providing a contact email
Within few seconds, you'll get your TideCloak host licenced and activated!
Let's create the following simple React project structure:
MyProject/
│
├── public/
│ ├── index.html
│ └── silent-check-sso.html
│
├── src/
│ ├── index.js
│ └── IAMService.js
│
└── package.json
This can be done by either:
- Cloning this repository:
git clone https://github.com/tide-foundation/tidecloak-gettingstarted.git - Downloading and unzipping this repository from https://github.com/tide-foundation/tidecloak-gettingstarted/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
- Creating it from scratch by following these steps below:
mkdir -p MyProject/public
mkdir -p MyProject/src
cd MyProject<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>TideCloak Test React App</title>
</head>
<body>
<noscript> You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. </noscript>
<div id="root">Loading application...</div>
</body>
</html><html><body><script>parent.postMessage(location.href, location.origin)</script></body></html>import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
import IAMService from "./IAMService";
const RenderOnAnonymous = ({ children }) => (!IAMService.isLoggedIn() ? children : null);
const RenderOnAuthenticated = ({ children }) => (IAMService.isLoggedIn() ? children : null);
const IsAllowedToViewProfile = () => (IAMService.hasOneRole("default-roles-myrealm") ? "Yes" : "No");
const App = () => (
<div>
<RenderOnAnonymous>
<div>
<h1>Hello!</h1>
<p>Please authenticate yourself!</p>
<p><button onClick={() => IAMService.doLogin()}>Login</button></p>
</div>
</RenderOnAnonymous>
<RenderOnAuthenticated>
<div>
<p>Signed in as <b>{IAMService.getName()}</b></p>
<p>Has Default Roles? <b>{IsAllowedToViewProfile()}</b></p>
<p><button onClick={() => IAMService.doLogout()}>Logout</button></p>
</div>
</RenderOnAuthenticated>
</div>
);
const renderApp = () => createRoot(document.getElementById("root")).render(<App />);
IAMService.initIAM(renderApp);import TideCloak from "keycloak-js";
const _tc = new TideCloak({
url: "http://localhost:8080",
realm: "myrealm",
clientId: "mytest",
});
const initIAM = (onAuthenticatedCallback) => {
_tc.init({
onLoad: "check-sso",
silentCheckSsoRedirectUri: window.location.origin "/silent-check-sso.html",
pkceMethod: "S256",
})
.then((authenticated) => {
if (!authenticated) {
console.log("user is not authenticated..!");
}
onAuthenticatedCallback();
console.log("AccessToken is " _tc.token);
})
.catch(console.error);
};
const doLogin = _tc.login;
const doLogout = _tc.logout;
const isLoggedIn = () => !!_tc.token;
const updateToken = (successCallback) => _tc.updateToken(5).then(successCallback).catch(doLogin);
const getName = () => _tc.tokenParsed?.preferred_username;
const hasOneRole = (role) => _tc.hasRealmRole(role);
const IAMService = {
initIAM,
doLogin,
doLogout,
isLoggedIn,
updateToken,
getName,
hasOneRole,
};
export default IAMService;{
"name": "tidecloak-react",
"version": "1.0.0",
"private": false,
"main": "src/index.js",
"dependencies": {
"keycloak-js": "26.0.6",
"react": "^18.3.1",
"react-dom": "^18.3.1",
"react-scripts": "5.0.1"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test",
"eject": "react-scripts eject"
},
"browserslist": {
"production": [
">0.2%",
"not dead",
"not op_mini all"
],
"development": [
"last 1 chrome version",
"last 1 firefox version",
"last 1 safari version"
]
}
}Download and install all the dependencies for this project:
npm installBuild and run your project:
npm startAll done!
- Go to http://localhost:3000 You should see a "Hello!" message.
- Click on the
Loginbutton - Click on
Create an account - Provide a new username, password, recovery email
It will now show you that you're "Signed in" and it will show you your anonymous Tide username for this app.
Let's review what just happened and what you've just accomplished:
- You have programmed, compiled, built and deployed, from the ground-up, a fully-functional ReactJS Single-Page-Application (SPA).
- Web users can now sign up and sign in to your SPA, being served customized content to authenticated and unauthenticated users and based on their predefined roles.
- Your web users' roles and permissions are managed locally on your very own self-hosted instance of TideCloak - one of the most robust, powerful and feature-rich Identity and Access Management system which you have downloaded, installed, configured and deployed locally.
- Your web users enjoy fully-secured Tide accounts, with their identity and access-credentials sitting outside of anyone's reach.
- Your TideCloak instance is secured by the global Tide Cybersecurity Fabric that you have activated and licensed.
There's two additional layers of protection you can configure through TideCloak:
- Identity Governance: Establish workflow processes ensuring that no compromised administrator can cause damage.
- User walletization: Ability to lock user data with unique user keys secured by Tide's Cybersecurity Fabric - so ownership and privacy can be guaranteed.