Amazon Cognito
Amazon Cognito is a fully managed user identity and authentication service that enables developers to add sign-up, sign-in, and access control to web and mobile applications. It supports OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0, and OpenID Connect standards, providing secure user directories that scale to millions of users. Cognito offers user pools for authentication and identity pools for authorization, allowing integration with social identity providers and enterprise identity systems.
APIs
Cognito User Pools API
Amazon Cognito User Pools API provides user directory management, sign-up, sign-in, and token-based authentication for web and mobile applications. It supports multi-factor auth...
Cognito Identity Pools API
Amazon Cognito Identity Pools (Federated Identities) API enables developers to create unique identities for users and federate them with identity providers. It provides temporar...
Capabilities
Amazon Cognito User Authentication
Workflow capability for managing user authentication, identity federation, and access control using Amazon Cognito User Pools and Identity Pools. Used by application developers ...
Run with NaftikoFeatures
Fully managed user directories with sign-up, sign-in, and account management supporting millions of users.
Grant temporary AWS credentials to authenticated users from social identity providers, SAML, or user pools.
Add SMS-based, TOTP, or email-based MFA to user pools for enhanced security.
Standards-compliant OAuth 2.0 authorization server with OIDC support for easy integration.
Federate with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and any OIDC or SAML 2.0 compatible provider.
Risk-based adaptive authentication, compromised credential detection, and IP-based restriction.
Lambda triggers for custom authentication challenges, migration, pre/post sign-up, and token customization.
Organize users into groups with associated IAM roles for role-based access control.
Use Cases
Add user sign-up and sign-in to web and mobile applications without managing authentication infrastructure.
Protect APIs using Cognito-issued JWT tokens validated by API Gateway or application code.
Federate with corporate SAML 2.0 identity providers for single sign-on in enterprise applications.
Enable users to sign in with their Google, Facebook, or Apple credentials.
Secure serverless applications with temporary AWS credentials dispensed through identity pools.
Create isolated user pools per tenant for multi-tenant SaaS applications.
Integrations
Authorize API requests using Cognito User Pool authorizers.
Customize authentication with Lambda triggers for sign-up, sign-in, and token generation.
Map Cognito groups and roles to IAM permissions for granular access control.
Secure GraphQL APIs with Cognito User Pool authorization.
Offload authentication to Cognito from Application Load Balancers.
Social identity provider federation for consumer applications.
Enterprise identity provider federation via SAML for corporate SSO.