Manage Authentication with Amazon Cognito

Lab Overview

In this Lab you will log into the Amazon Web Services Management Console. You will use the console for Cognito to create a User Pool, register an application with the User Pool, create a job to import users into the pool (bulk-add) and add users manually. You will also use the Amazon SDK to test authentication of users you previously added to the pool.

Lab Objectives

Upon completion of this lab you will be able to:

• Create a Cognito User Pool, and configure it with various policies
• Create a job to Import users into a User Pool
• Manually add users into the User Pool
• Use the AWS SDK to authenticate users

Lab Prerequisites

You should be familiar with:

• Amazon Web Services Management Console
• Although not required, familiarity with JavaScript and SDKs is preferred
• Basic understanding of GitHub is also helpful

Lab Environment

After completing the lab instructions the environment should look similar to: