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Amazon Cognito

Official docs outline

  1. What is Cognito

    User pools, identity pools and how authentication differs from authorization.

  2. Getting started

    Creating a first user pool and app client.

  3. Planning your design

    Choosing sign-in methods and architecture.

  4. Authenticating users

    Sign-in flows, passkeys, MFA and managed login.

  5. User pool tokens

    ID, access and refresh tokens and JWT validation.

  6. Managing users

    Creating, importing and managing users and groups.

  7. Customizing user pools

    Lambda triggers and managed login branding.

  8. Protecting user pools

    Advanced security, threat protection and WAF.

  9. Integrating with apps

    OAuth 2.0 scopes, app clients, SDKs and API authorization.

  10. Identity pools

    Exchanging identities for temporary AWS credentials.

  11. Security

    IAM, data protection and compliance.

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