Cognito user pools vs identity pools

DVA-C02 · Security · Updated

When to use Amazon Cognito user pools for sign-in and tokens and identity pools for temporary AWS credentials, plus API Gateway authorizers.

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In this lesson
  • User pools
  • Identity pools
  • Protecting APIs
  • Signed requests and roles
  • Exam traps
  • Practice questions

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DVA-C02 course outline

All 7 lessons · Course overview
  1. Lambda triggers, limits and configurationDevelopment with AWS Services Free
  2. DynamoDB keys, indexes and capacityDevelopment with AWS Services Free
  3. Cognito user pools vs identity poolsSecurity Full access
  4. KMS, Secrets Manager and Parameter StoreSecurity Full access
  5. Deployment strategies for Beanstalk and LambdaDeployment Full access
  6. SAM, CloudFormation and CI/CD pipelinesDeployment Full access
  7. X-Ray, CloudWatch and caching for troubleshootingTroubleshooting and Optimization Full access