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Implementing Identity Management on AWS

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800562288
Pages 504 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Jon Lehtinen Jon Lehtinen
Profile icon Jon Lehtinen

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface Section 1: IAM and AWS – Critical Concepts, Definitions, and Tools
Chapter 1: An Introduction to IAM and AWS IAM Concepts Chapter 2: An Introduction to the AWS CLI Chapter 3: IAM User Management Chapter 4: Access Management, Policies, and Permissions Chapter 5: Introducing Amazon Cognito Chapter 6: Introduction to AWS Organizations and AWS Single Sign-On Chapter 7: Other AWS Identity Services Section 2: Implementing IAM on AWS for Administrative Use Cases
Chapter 8: An Ounce of Prevention – Planning Your Administrative Model Chapter 9: Bringing Your Admins into the AWS Administrative Backplane Chapter 10: Administrative Single Sign-On to the AWS Backplane Section 3: Implementing IAM on AWS for Application Use Cases
Chapter 11: Bringing Your Users into AWS Chapter 12: AWS-Hosted Application Single Sign-On Using an Existing Identity Provider Other Books You May Enjoy

What is Amazon Cognito?

Amazon Cognito provides identity management, user authentication, and authorization for web applications. Amazon Cognito is a service that externalizes the components for application user identity management and authorization for application developers who do not wish to manage those items within the context of their own application. The Amazon Cognito service, within a given AWS account, can accommodate several distinct collections of user accounts, called pools. While Amazon Cognito is an identity service, it is distinct from AWS IAM in terms of its purpose and functionality. However, there are use cases and design patterns where Amazon Cognito and AWS IAM interact:

Figure 5.1 – The Amazon Cognito service from within the Management Console

Like nearly everything else in AWS, Amazon Cognito can be fully configured using both the Administrative Console and the AWS CLI. As shown in the preceding screenshot, Amazon Cognito offers...

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