diff --git a/playbooks/keyclock_quarkus.yml b/playbooks/keyclock_quarkus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebed89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/keyclock_quarkus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: Playbook for Keycloak X Hosts
+  hosts: all
+  vars:
+    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+  collections:
+    - middleware_automation.keycloak
+  roles:
+    - keycloak_quarkus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
index 19237d5..ed4fae3 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ Install [keycloak](https://keycloak.org/) >= 17.0.0 (quarkus) server configurati
 Role Defaults
 -------------
 
+* Installation options
+
+| Variable | Description | Default |
+|:---------|:------------|:--------|
+|`keycloak_quarkus_version`| keycloak.org package version | `17.0.1` |
+
+
 * Service configuration
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
@@ -20,13 +27,18 @@ Role Defaults
 |`keycloak_quarkus_https_port`| TLS HTTP port | `8443` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_ajp_port`| AJP port | `8009` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_jgroups_port`| jgroups cluster tcp port | `7600` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_java_opts`| Additional JVM options | `-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_user`| Posix account username | `keycloak` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_group`| Posix account group | `keycloak` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_pidfile`| Pid file path for service | `/run/keycloak.pid` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package`| RHEL java package runtime | `java-11-openjdk-headless` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_java_home`| JAVA_HOME of installed JRE, leave empty for using specified keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package RPM path | `None` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_java_opts`| Additional JVM options | `-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url`| Service public URL | `http://localhost:8080/auth` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path` | Service context path | `auth` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled`| Enable listener on HTTP port | `True` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_enabled`| Enable listener on HTTPS port | `False` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_key_file`| The file path to a private key in PEM format | `conf/server.key.pem` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cert_file`| The file path to a server certificate or certificate chain in PEM format | `conf/server.crt.pem` |
 
 
 * Database configuration
@@ -70,6 +82,7 @@ Role Defaults
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
 |`keycloak_quarkus_metrics_enabled`| Whether to enable metrics | `False` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled`| If the server should expose health check endpoints | `True` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_archive` | keycloak install archive filename | `keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}.zip` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_installdir` | Installation path | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_dest }}/keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_home` | Installation work directory | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_installdir }}` |
@@ -79,14 +92,19 @@ Role Defaults
 |`keycloak_force_install` | Remove pre-existing versions of service | `False` |
 |`keycloak_url` | URL for configuration rest calls | `http://{{ keycloak_quarkus_host }}:{{ keycloak_http_port }}` |
 |`keycloak_management_url` | URL for management console rest calls | `http://{{ keycloak_quarkus_host }}:{{ keycloak_management_http_port }}` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_log`| Enable one or more log handlers in a comma-separated list | `file` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_log_level`| The log level of the root category or a comma-separated list of individual categories and their levels | `info` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_log_file`| Set the log file path and filename relative to keycloak home | `data/log/keycloak.log` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_log_format`| Set a format specific to file log entries | `%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode`| The proxy address forwarding mode if the server is behind a reverse proxy | `edge` |
 
 
 Role Variables
 --------------
 
-| Variable | Description |
-|:---------|:------------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass`| Password of console admin account |
+| Variable | Description | Required |
+|:---------|:------------|----------|
+|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass`| Password of console admin account | `yes` |
 
 
 License
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml
index 6778308..7d58fe3 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 ### Configuration specific to keycloak
-keycloak_quarkus_version: 17.0.1
+keycloak_quarkus_version: 18.0.0
 keycloak_quarkus_archive: "keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}.zip"
 keycloak_quarkus_download_url: "https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}/{{ keycloak_quarkus_archive }}"  
 keycloak_quarkus_installdir: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_dest }}/keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}"
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ keycloak_quarkus_offline_install: False
 
 ### Install location and service settings
 keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package: java-11-openjdk-headless
+keycloak_quarkus_java_home:
 keycloak_quarkus_dest: /opt/keycloak
 keycloak_quarkus_home: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_installdir }}"
 keycloak_quarkus_config_dir: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_home }}/conf"
@@ -26,12 +27,18 @@ keycloak_quarkus_master_realm: master
 ### Configuration settings
 keycloak_quarkus_bind_address: 0.0.0.0
 keycloak_quarkus_host: localhost
+keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled: True
 keycloak_quarkus_http_port: 8080
 keycloak_quarkus_https_port: 8443
 keycloak_quarkus_ajp_port: 8009
 keycloak_quarkus_jgroups_port: 7600
 keycloak_quarkus_java_opts: "-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m"
 
+### TLS/HTTPS configuration
+keycloak_quarkus_https_enabled: False
+keycloak_quarkus_key_file: conf/server.key.pem
+keycloak_quarkus_cert_file: conf/server.crt.pem
+
 ### Enable configuration for database backend, clustering and remote caches on infinispan
 keycloak_quarkus_ha_enabled: False
 ### Enable database configuration, must be enabled when HA is configured
@@ -41,7 +48,11 @@ keycloak_quarkus_db_enabled: "{{ True if keycloak_quarkus_ha_enabled else False
 keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path: auth
 keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url: http://localhost:8080/auth
 
+# proxy address forwarding mode if the server is behind a reverse proxy. [edge, reencrypt, passthrough]
+keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode: edge
+
 keycloak_quarkus_metrics_enabled: False
+keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled: True
 
 ### infinispan remote caches access (hotrod)
 keycloak_quarkus_ispn_user: supervisor
@@ -67,4 +78,10 @@ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc:
     version: 9.4.1212
   mariadb:
     url: 'jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/keycloak'
-    version: 2.7.4
\ No newline at end of file
+    version: 2.7.4
+
+### logging configuration
+keycloak_quarkus_log: file
+keycloak_quarkus_log_level: info
+keycloak_quarkus_log_file: data/log/keycloak.log
+keycloak_quarkus_log_format: '%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n'
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 78382f9..19fb8df 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: "java-11-openjdk-headless"
                 description: "RHEL java package runtime"
                 type: "str"
+            keycloak_quarkus_java_home:
+                description: "JAVA_HOME of installed JRE, leave empty for using specified keycloak_jvm_package RPM path"
+                type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_dest:
                 # line 13 of defaults/main.yml
                 default: "/opt/keycloak"
@@ -91,11 +94,27 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: "localhost"
                 description: "hostname"
                 type: "str"
+            keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled:
+                default: true
+                description: "Enable listener on HTTP port"
+                type: "bool"                
             keycloak_quarkus_http_port:
                 # line 29 of defaults/main.yml
                 default: 8080
                 description: "HTTP port"
                 type: "int"
+            keycloak_quarkus_https_enabled:
+                default: false
+                description: "Enable listener on HTTPS port"
+                type: "bool" 
+            keycloak_quarkus_key_file:
+                default: "conf/server.key.pem"
+                description: "The file path to a private key in PEM format"
+                type: "str"
+            keycloak_quarkus_cert_file:
+                default: "conf/server.crt.pem"
+                description: "The file path to a server certificate or certificate chain in PEM format"
+                type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_https_port:
                 # line 30 of defaults/main.yml
                 default: 8443
@@ -141,6 +160,10 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: false
                 description: "Whether to enable metrics"
                 type: "bool"
+            keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled:
+                default: true
+                description: "If the server should expose health check endpoints"
+                type: "bool"
             keycloak_quarkus_ispn_user:
                 # line 46 of defaults/main.yml
                 default: "supervisor"
@@ -201,3 +224,23 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].version }}"
                 description: "Version for JDBC driver"
                 type: "str"
+            keycloak_quarkus_log:
+                default: "file"
+                type: "str"
+                description: "Enable one or more log handlers in a comma-separated list"
+            keycloak_quarkus_log_level:
+                default: "info"
+                type: "str"
+                description: "The log level of the root category or a comma-separated list of individual categories and their levels"
+            keycloak_quarkus_log_file:
+                default: "data/log/keycloak.log"
+                type: "str"
+                description: "Set the log file path and filename relative to keycloak home"
+            keycloak_quarkus_log_format:
+                default: '%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n'
+                type: "str"
+                description: "Set a format specific to file log entries"
+            keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode:
+                default: 'edge'
+                type: "str"
+                description: "The proxy address forwarding mode if the server is behind a reverse proxy"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/fastpackages.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/fastpackages.yml
index 78bc556..3dd28e1 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/fastpackages.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/fastpackages.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         packages_to_install: "{{ packages_to_install | default([]) + rpm_info.stdout_lines | map('regex_findall', 'package (.+) is not installed$') | flatten }}"
       when: rpm_info.failed
 
-- name: "Install packages: {{ packages_to_install }}"
+- name: "Install packages: {{ packages_to_install | join(',') }}"
   become: yes
   ansible.builtin.yum:
     name: "{{ packages_to_install }}"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml
index d350f6f..0ed3ece 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for keycloak
-
 - name: Check prerequisites
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: prereqs.yml
   tags:
@@ -32,10 +31,27 @@
   notify:
     - restart keycloak
 
+- name: "Configure quarkus config for keycloak service"
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: quarkus.properties.j2
+    dest: "{{ keycloak.home }}/conf/quarkus.properties"
+    owner: "{{ keycloak.service_user }}"
+    group: "{{ keycloak.service_group }}"
+    mode: 0644
+  notify:
+    - restart keycloak    
+
 - name: "Start and wait for keycloak service"
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: start.yml
 
 - name: Check service status
   ansible.builtin.command: "systemctl status keycloak"
   register: keycloak_service_status
-  changed_when: False
\ No newline at end of file
+  changed_when: False
+
+- name: Link default logs directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    state: link
+    src: "{{ keycloak.home }}/{{ keycloak.log.file }}"
+    dest: /var/log/keycloak
+    force: yes
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/systemd.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/systemd.yml
index 578802c..ee8a1cc 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/systemd.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/systemd.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 ---
+- name: Determine JAVA_HOME for selected JVM RPM  # noqa blocked_modules
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    set -o pipefail
+    rpm -ql {{ keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package }} | grep -Po '/usr/lib/jvm/.*(?=/bin/java$)'
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
+  changed_when: False
+  register: rpm_java_home
+
 - name: "Configure sysconfig file for keycloak service"
   become: yes
   ansible.builtin.template:
@@ -7,6 +16,8 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644
+  vars:
+    keycloak_rpm_java_home: "{{ rpm_java_home.stdout }}"
   notify:
     - restart keycloak
 
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2 b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2
index 13a589e..5315708 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
 KEYCLOAK_ADMIN={{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_user }}
-KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD='{{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass }}'
\ No newline at end of file
+KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD='{{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass }}'
+JAVA_HOME={{ keycloak_java_home  | default(keycloak_rpm_java_home, true) }}
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2 b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2
index 59d82a2..63fcae1 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2
@@ -1,51 +1,47 @@
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
 
+{% if keycloak_quarkus_db_enabled %}
 # Database
-# Database vendor [dev-file, dev-mem, mariadb, mssql, mysql, oracle, postgres]
-#db=postgres
-# The username of the database user.
-#db-username=keycloak
-# The password of the database user.
-#db-password=password
-# The full database JDBC URL. If not provided, a default URL is set based on the selected database vendor.
-#db-url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/keycloak
+db={{ keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine }}
+db-url={{ keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_url }}
+db-username={{ keycloak_quarkus_db_user }}
+db-password={{ keycloak_quarkus_db_pass }}
+{% endif %}
 
 # Observability
-# If the server should expose metrics and healthcheck endpoints.
-#metrics-enabled=true
+metrics-enabled={{ keycloak_quarkus_metrics_enabled }}
+health-enabled={{ keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled }}
 
 # HTTP
-http-enabled=true
-http-port=8080
-https-port=8443
-# The file path to a server certificate or certificate chain in PEM format.
-#https-certificate-file=${kc.home.dir}conf/server.crt.pem
-# The file path to a private key in PEM format.
-#https-certificate-key-file=${kc.home.dir}conf/server.key.pem
-# The proxy address forwarding mode if the server is behind a reverse proxy.
-#proxy=reencrypt
-# Do not attach route to cookies and rely on the session affinity capabilities from reverse proxy
-#spi-sticky-session-encoder-infinispan-should-attach-route=false
+http-enabled={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled }}
+http-port={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_port }}
+
+# HTTPS
+https-port={{ keycloak_quarkus_https_port }}
+{% if keycloak_quarkus_https_enabled %}
+https-certificate-file={{ keycloak.home }}/{{ keycloak_quarkus_cert_file}}
+https-certificate-key-file={{ keycloak.home }}/{{ keycloak_quarkus_key_file }}
+{% endif %}
 
 # Hostname for the Keycloak server.
 hostname={{ keycloak_quarkus_host }}
 hostname-path={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path }}
 
 # Cluster
-#cache=ispn
-#Defines the cache mechanism for high-availability. [local, ispn]
-#cache-config-file=conf/cache-ispn.xml
-#Defines the file from which cache configuration should be loaded from.
-#cache-stack=tcp
-#Define the default stack to use for cluster communication and node discovery. [tcp, udp, kubernetes, ec2, azure, google]
+{% if keycloak_quarkus_ha_enabled %}
+cache=ispn
+cache-config-file=conf/cache-ispn.xml
+cache-stack=tcp
+{% endif %}
 
 # Proxy
-# The proxy address forwarding mode if the server is behind a reverse proxy. [edge, reencrypt, passthrough]
-#proxy=
+proxy={{ keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode }}
+# Do not attach route to cookies and rely on the session affinity capabilities from reverse proxy
+#spi-sticky-session-encoder-infinispan-should-attach-route=false
 
 # Logging
-# The format of log entries.
 #log-format=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n
-# The log level of the root category or a comma-separated list of individual categories and their levels.
-#log-level=info
-
+log={{ keycloak_quarkus_log }}
+log-level={{ keycloak.log.level }}
+log-file={{ keycloak.log.file }}
+log-file-format={{ keycloak.log.format }}
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.service.j2 b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.service.j2
index a710ee2..90242cf 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.service.j2
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.service.j2
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ After=network.target
 Type=simple
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/keycloak
 PIDFile={{ keycloak_quarkus_service_pidfile }}
-ExecStart={{ keycloak.home }}/bin/kc.sh start 
-#--http-relative-path={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path }}
+ExecStart={{ keycloak.home }}/bin/kc.sh start --auto-build --log={{ keycloak_quarkus_log }}
+User={{ keycloak.service_user }}
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/quarkus.properties.j2 b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/quarkus.properties.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf133a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/quarkus.properties.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+{% if keycloak_quarkus_ha_enabled %}
+quarkus.infinispan-client.server-list={{ keycloak_quarkus_ispn_url }}
+quarkus.infinispan-client.client-intelligence=HASH_DISTRIBUTION_AWARE
+quarkus.infinispan-client.use-auth=true
+quarkus.infinispan-client.auth-username={{ keycloak_quarkus_ispn_user }}
+quarkus.infinispan-client.auth-password={{ keycloak_quarkus_ispn_pass }}
+quarkus.infinispan-client.auth-realm=default
+quarkus.infinispan-client.auth-server-name=infinispan
+quarkus.infinispan-client.sasl-mechanism={{ keycloak_quarkus_ispn_sasl_mechanism }}
+{% if keycloak_quarkus_ispn_use_ssl %}
+quarkus.infinispan-client.trust-store={{ keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_path }}
+quarkus.infinispan-client.trust-store-password={{ keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_password }}
+quarkus.infinispan-client.trust-store-type=jks
+{% endif %}
+#quarkus.infinispan-client.use-schema-registration=true
+#quarkus.infinispan-client.auth-client-subject
+#quarkus.infinispan-client.auth-callback-handler
+{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml
index bca7d88..e5302f4 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ keycloak:
   cli_path: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_home }}/bin/kcadm.sh"
   service_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_service_user }}"
   service_group: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_service_group }}"
-  offline_install: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_offline_install }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+  offline_install: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_offline_install }}"
+  log:
+    file: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_log_file }}"
+    level: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_log_level }}"
+    format: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_log_format }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_realm/README.md b/roles/keycloak_realm/README.md
index cf098a7..91e6b8f 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_realm/README.md
+++ b/roles/keycloak_realm/README.md
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ Role Defaults
 -------------
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
-|:---------|:------------|:---------|
+|:---------|:------------|:--------|
 |`keycloak_admin_user`| Administration console user account | `admin` |
 |`keycloak_host`| hostname | `localhost` |
+|`keycloak_context`| Context path for rest calls | `/auth` |
 |`keycloak_http_port`| HTTP port | `8080` |
 |`keycloak_https_port`| TLS HTTP port | `8443` |
 |`keycloak_auth_realm`| Name of the main authentication realm | `master` |