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Integrating Keycloak OIDC as an authentication method for HashiCorp Vault involves several technical challenges that require a systematic approach to overcome.
Resumo
The content describes the author's experience in configuring Keycloak OIDC as an authentication method for HashiCorp Vault. The key insights are:
The integration involves a combination of programming, packaging, and configuration aspects, making it a "hard problem" to solve.
The author follows a step-by-step framework to tackle the problem, which includes:
Locating APIs and command-line interfaces for both products
Mapping functions and parameters to the larger problem
Drafting an initial solution and iterating on it
Creating a program to automate the instructions
Writing documentation or notes for the component
The author initially asks an AI for instructions on the configuration, which provides helpful guidance but also faces several challenges:
The AI's solution fails to address the issue of the Keycloak server using a custom certificate, requiring the author to provide additional clarification.
The AI's solution does not correctly map the Vault user's identity, leading to a numeric identifier instead of a recognizable name.
The AI's solution uses a non-existent parameter in the Vault command-line interface, which the author discovers through further investigation.
The author then asks the AI to generate a shell script to automate the steps, which the AI does, but the script has issues:
It hardcodes all URLs and placeholders for credentials, which is poor practice.
It uses direct access to REST endpoints and JSON processing, instead of leveraging the Keycloak administrative CLI, which would be more maintainable.
Finally, the author asks the AI to provide step-by-step instructions for the problem in a markdown format, which the AI does reasonably well, though with some minor issues.
The content highlights the challenges of prompt engineering and the limitations of current AI systems in providing comprehensive and robust solutions for complex software integration tasks.