Using Amazon Cognito to Manage Authentication & Authorization to your Mobile and Web Apps

This lesson explores Amazon Cognito and how it can be used to manage authentication and authorization to your apps. We'll start with a general overview of Amazon Cognito and when to use it. Then we move on to user pools and identity pools. We round off the lesson by looking at how Amazon Cognito can be integrated with mobile and web apps and how to sync your app's user data across various platforms.

Learning Objectives

• Create your own authentication mechanisms using Amazon Cognito
• Create your own customized UI for user sign in
• Create a secure user directory for all your applications and users

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for anyone who is trying to understand what mechanisms are available for user authentication within AWS and specifically, those who want to use third-party identity providers, such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon.

Prerequisites

• A decent understanding of cloud computing and cloud architectures, specifically with Amazon Web Services
• Familiarity with basic security terminology, IAM, user authentication, and federation
• It is helpful to know about Active Directory and other AD type services