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# Amazon Cognito

> Identity and access management for web and mobile apps.

## What is this integration?

Amazon Cognito simplifies adding authentication, authorization, and user management to applications.

## What Monk manages

* User Pool, Identity Provider, Identity Pool, User Pool Client, User Pool Domain

## What the Agent can do and how to use it

* **User Pool Management**: Create and configure user pools for authentication
* **Identity Providers**: Set up social sign-in (Google, Facebook, etc.) and SAML/OIDC providers
* **Identity Pools**: Configure federated identities for temporary AWS credentials
* **User Pool Clients**: Create applications and configure OAuth flows
* **User Management**: Enable self-service sign-up, password policies, and account recovery
* **Custom Domains**: Set up custom authentication domains with SSL certificates
* **User Groups**: Create and manage user groups with role-based permissions

Steps:

1. Ensure AWS provider is added: monk cluster provider add -p aws
2. monk update \<namespace>/\<name>

## Auth

* Uses AWS provider credentials configured via monk cluster provider add -p aws

## Links

* Provider docs: [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/)