Cognito

Question 1

Cognito

Answer 1

• gives users an identity so that they can interact with our applications
• Users Pools
• Identity Pools
• Cognito Sync

Question 2

Cognito User Pools (CUP)

Answer 2

• serverless database for web and mobile users
• simple login email/password
• password reset
• email + phone verification
• MFA
• federated identities: Google, SAML
• block users
• login sends back a JWT

Question 3

Cognito Identity Pools (Federated Identities)

Answer 3

• Get temporary AWS Credentials
• Identity Pool can be Amazon, FB, Google
• Cognito User Pools
• OpenID
• custom login server
• allows unauthenticated (guest) access

Question 4

Cognito Sync

Answer 4

• Deprecated - use AWS AppSync
• stores user preferences, configuration
• cross device synchronization
• offline capability
• store data in data sets
• cognito streams