Using Amazon Cognito as an identity provider with AWS Transfer Family and Amazon S3
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This article provides a detailed walkthrough on how to set up and configure an SFTP server using AWS Transfer Family, with Amazon Cognito as a custom identity provider and Amazon DynamoDB to store user entitlements. It enables fine-grained access control by dynamically generating session policies and logical directory mappings based on user entitlements.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Solution overview
- Prerequisites
- Walkthrough steps:
- Deploying resources using AWS CloudFormation
- Creating an AWS Transfer Family SFTP server
- Setting up the custom identity provider (Amazon Cognito and Lambda)
- Testing the SFTP server with different user entitlements
- Cleaning up resources
The article concludes by highlighting the benefits of using AWS Transfer Family for secure and scalable file transfer solutions, and provides links to relevant documentation and resources.
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