AWS SSO Login integration with Drupal - AWS Cognito login using Drupal Credentials ( IDP ) will allow your users to login into AWS Cognito using their Drupal credentials. This SSO integration can be achieved by using our Drupal SAML IDP 2.0 Single Sign On (SSO) - SAML Identity Provider module that is compatible with Drupal 7, Drupal 8, and as well as Drupal 9.
Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SAML IDP SSO login between Drupal site and AWS Cognito by considering AWS Cognito as SP ( Service Provider ) and Drupal as IDP ( Identity Provider )

If you have any doubts or queries, you can contact us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. We will help you to configure the module. If you want, we can also schedule an online meeting to help you configure the Drupal SAML IDP Single Sign on (SSO) module.

Steps to configure AWS Cognito SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Drupal site

1. Download Metadata XML file from Drupal:

• Go to IDP Metadata tab. Click on Download XML Metadata button. Keep this XML file to configure your SP.

2. Configure AWS Cognito Service Provider:

• First of all, go to Cognito Console and sign up/login in your account to Configure AWS Cognito.
• Go to Services > Security, Identity, & Compliance > Cognito.

• Click Manage User Pools, then Create a user pool.


• Enter a name for the Pool Name. Click Review Defaults, then Create Pool .

• After creating a pool keep the Pool ID handy or you can note down so that it will help to configure your IdP.

• On the left pane, click on Domain Name under App Integration. Enter an available domain prefix, then save it. Keep this Domain it will require in ACS URL to configure your IDP.

• On the left pane, click on Identity provider under Federation. Then Selct SAML

• Upload the downloaded in step-1 Drupal IDP metadata file, name it, then click Create Provider.

• Under Federation, select Attribute mapping .
• Add this

   http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress 

  attribute in SAML attribute text field and select User Pool Attribute as Email.

• Click Save changes.

3. Configuring Drupal as Identity Provider (IDP):

• In Drupal SAML IDP Module, go to Service Provider tab.
• In the SP Entity ID field, enter urn:amazon:cognito:sp:(YourUserPoolId) and add your user pool id which you have already copied above while creating the pool.
• Replace "yourUserPoolId" with your Amazon Cognito user pool ID.
• To find the User Pool ID:
• Log in to the AWS Management Console as an administrator.
• Go to Services > Security, Identity, & Compliance, then select Cognito.
• Select Manage User Pools, then the user pool you want to use in the configuration.
• Find Pool Id at the top of the list.
• In the ACS URL field, enter the following URL:

  https://YourSubdomain.amazoncognito.com/saml2/idpresponse

  and save it.
• Please replace YourSubdomain with which you have created in the above step.

• To find YourSubdomain
• Click on Domain Name under App Integration
• Copy the whole URL and replace it with YourSubdomain in the ACS URL (please remove all the whitespaces here).

• Enable the Assertion Sign checkbox to sign the assertion and click on the Save button.

4. Configure App Client in AWS Cognito:

• Now click on the App Clients under General Settings. Click on Add an App Client.

• Enter App client name. For eg. Drupal IdP. Disable the Generate client secret checkbox and click on the Create App Client button at the bottom.

• Now click on the App Client settings under App Integration at the left pane.
• Enable Select all checkbox, enter Callback URL(s) and Sign out URL(s).
• Select Implicit Grant under Allowed OAuth Flows.
• Now Enable email and openid checkbox under Allowed OAuth Scopes and click on Save Changes button at the bottom right corner.

• Now click on Launch Hosted UI at the bottom to perform SSO.

• You can also use the following SSO URL for perform the SSO.

  https://(domain_prefix).auth.(region).amazoncognito.com/login?
  response_type=token&client_id=(app client id)&redirect_uri=(your redirect URI)

• Now you have successfully configured miniOrange Drupal SAML IDP with AWS Cognito as SP.

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Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• what is SSO? How works SAML SSO authentication?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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