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Difficulty: EasyAmazon Cognito Authentication and Authorization

A startup is building a new mobile application for ride-sharing. The developer needs to establish a secure user directory that manages user registration, sign-in, password recovery, and multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Which Amazon Cognito feature should the developer implement to meet these requirements?

  1. A
    Amazon Cognito Identity Pools
  2. Amazon Cognito User PoolsAnswer
  3. C
    Amazon API Gateway Lambda Authorizer
  4. D
    AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Roles

Answer

Amazon Cognito User Pools
Amazon Cognito User Pools is the correct choice because it is a user directory that provides sign-up and sign-in options for web and mobile applications, including features like user directory management, password recovery, and multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the primary requirement, which is to build a secure user directory for managing user registration, sign-in, password recovery, and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
The requirement points to a user directory management and authentication solution.
Determining whether authentication/user directory or authorization/AWS resource access is needed.
2
Compare Cognito User Pools and Cognito Identity Pools.
User Pools handle authentication, registration, and user directory management, whereas Identity Pools handle authorization by exchanging tokens for temporary AWS credentials.
Cognito User Pools is the direct match for hosting a user directory and managing user signup/signin.

Key Concept

Amazon Cognito User Pools provide authentication and user directory management, whereas Identity Pools provide authorization to AWS resources.
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