# X.509 and Smartcard Authentication with Keycloak

DevFeed: [X.509 and Smartcard Authentication with Keycloak](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/x-509-and-smartcard-authentication-with-keycloak-31565.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.keycloak.org/2017/10/x509-and-smartcard-authentication-with>)

Author: Stian Thorgersen

Published: 2017-10-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Keycloak Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/keycloak-blog.md>)

Topics: [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Keycloak](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/keycloak.md>), [NEO](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/neo.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [idm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idm.md>), [kerberos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kerberos.md>), [keycloak](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keycloak.md>), [ldap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ldap.md>), [openid-connect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openid-connect.md>), [saml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saml.md>), [setup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/setup.md>), [sso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sso.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on setting up X.509 authentication with Keycloak and a Yubikey Neo device.

## Source excerpt

If you want to do X.509 and Smartcard authentication with Keycloak check out this blog post from Stephen Higgs. It walks you through how to setup X.509 authentication with Keycloak and a Yubikey Neo device.