amazon-cognito-developer-authentication-sample | sample application | AWS library

Do one of the following:.
Option 1: Do a Quick Start Deployment using the sample using Amazon CloudFormation.
Option 2: Build the sample yourself and deploy using Amazon Elastic Beanstalk.
Go to the Amazon Cognito console, and then click the identity pool that you want to use.
Click Edit Identity Pool.
On the next screen, expand Authentication providers, and then click the Custom tab. Enter a DeveloperProviderName that you want to use for your application (e.g. login.myapp), if one does not exist.
Click Save Changes.
Use the identity pool id provided by the sample code in your application. Instructions on how to use the identity pool id in your desired sample app can be found in the ReadMe instructions for that sample.
Go to the Amazon Cognito console, and then click New Identity Pool.
On the next screen: a. Provide a valid identity pool name. b. In the Developer Authenticated Identities section, provide a DeveloperProviderName that you want to use for your application (e.g. login.myapp). c. Click Create Pool.
On the next page, click Update Roles. This allows Cognito to create roles on your behalf for the identity pool.
Use the identity pool id provided by the sample code in your application. Instructions on how to use the identity pool id in your desired sample app can be found in the ReadMe instructions for that sample.
You are now set up to run the sample server application. You can configure the CognitoSyncDemo sample application for iOS or Android to authenticate registered users using this application.
Build the AWSCognitoSampleDeveloperAuthenticationSample to get the war file by running mvn clean install in the root directory. You will need Apache Maven installed on your system to run this command. The .war file is generated in the /target directory.
Go to the Elastic Beanstalk console, and then click Create New Application.
Enter an application name, and then click Next.
Click Create web server. The Permissions window appears.
Choose the default profile ("aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role"), and then click Next.
For Predefined Configuration, choose Tomcat. For Environment type, choose Single instance. Click Next.
For the source, choose the Upload your own option and upload the CognitoDevAuthSample.war file you generated in Step 1. Click Next.
On the Environment Information page, enter an environment name, URL, and description, and then click Next.
On the Additional Resources page, no additional resources are required to configure this sample. Click Next.
On the Configuration Details page, leave the default configuration, and then click Next.
On the Environment Tags page, leave the tags blank. This sample does not require any environment tags. Click Next.
On the Review page, review the details, and then click Launch. The console will begin creating an environment. This process will take several minutes.
Click Configuration , and then click the settings icon to open Software Configuration.
Under Environment properties , add the following parameters in the custom input field at the bottom of the Property Name column: a. Add a parameter named IDENTITY_POOL_ID, with the value of identity pool id which you have configured using the Amazon Cognito Console. b. Add a parameter named DEVELOPER_PROVIDER_NAME, with the developer provider name which you used while creating this identity pool in the Amazon Cognito Console c. Optionally add a parameter named REGION with the region to use. Cognito is available in us-east-1 and eu-west-1. d. When finished, click Save.
Go to the Identity & Access Management console.
Click Roles.
Select the entry for "aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role."
Click Attach" Policy.
Choose "AmazonCognitoDeveloperAuthenticatedIdentities," and then click Attach Policy.
Register users using any web browser using ElasticBeanStalkApplicationURL/jsp/register.jsp. This URL is listed at the top of the Elastic Beanstalk console homepage and ends in ".elasticbeanstalk.com."