Joomla OAuth Client Integration with AWS Cognito Single Sign-On (SSO)

Integration of AWS Cognito Single Sign-on( Amazon Web Services Cognito SSO ) with Joomla using OAuth 2.0 Protocol. The miniOrange Joomla OAuth / OpenID Connect Single SIgn-on (SSO) plugin makes it simple to set up AWS Cognito SSO into Joomla and enable secure login into Joomla. As a result, users can log in to Joomla and access the site by authenticating with their AWS Cognito identity provider credentials.

Visit our Joomla OAuth Client Plugin page to learn more about the features and Pricing plans we offer for the Joomla OAuth Single Sign-on (OAuth & OpenID connect) plugin.

Joomla OAuth Client Handbook

Please refer our detailed Handbook for the Joomla OAuth/OpenID Single Sign-On plugin, which gives an in-depth explanation of the various features of the plugin. You can get to the handbook at anytime directly from the plugin's UI for quicker access.

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Setup AWS Cognito as OAuth Provider with Joomla OAuth Client

Follow the steps given below to setup the Joomla OAuth Client plugin. You can also refer to this Setup video for configuring the plugin.

1. Download and Setup Joomla OAuth Client

• Download the zip file for the miniOrange OAuth Client plugin for Joomla from the given link.
• Login into your Joomla site’s administrator console.
• From Menu, click on System, then under Install section click on Extension.

• Upload the downloaded zip file to install the Joomla OAuth Client plugin.

• Installation of plugin successful. Now click on Start Using miniOrange OAuth Client plugin.

2. Configure AWS Cognito as OAuth Provider

• Sign in to AWS Amazon.
• Now enter “Cognito” in search box & select Cognito from dropdown.

• Now click on “Manage User Pools”

• Click on “Create a user pool”

• Enter your pool name and click on “Review Defaults”.

• Click on “Add app client” & then click on Add an app client

• Enter App client name & then Click on “Create app client”.

• Click on Return to pool details. After this click on “Create Pool”.
• Navigate to App client settings.
• Select “Cognito User Pool”.
• Go to your Joomla Dashboard and Copy the Callback/Redirect URL from Configure OAuth tab of Joomla OAuth Client plugin and paste it into the Callback URL(s) text-field.

• Also, Click on checkbox of Authorization code grant of Allowed OAuth Flows & click on checkbox of OpenID of Allowed OAuth Scope. Then click on Save Changes button

• Now go to “App client” from left menu and then click on “Show details” to get a App Client ID and Client secret.

• Go to domain name and enter a domain name for your app. After adding domain name you can check its availability by clicking on “Check availability” button. After entering valid domain name click Save changes button.

• Complete domain name: The complete domain name that you need to enter in module is {your domain name}.auth.{region name}.amazoncognito.com
• On your Joomla Dashboard, Go to miniOrange Joomla OAuth Client plugin, Paste the App Client ID, Client Secret and Domain then click on Save Settings button.

• Add Users / Groups to Cognito App : Go to Users and groups and then click on Users. After this click on Create user.

• Fill all required informations and click on Create user.

• Click on Groups and then click on Create group.

• Fill all required informations and click on Create group.

• AWS Cognito Endpoints and scope:

Scope:	openid
Authorize Endpoint:	https://<cognito-app-domain>/oauth2/authorize
Access Token Endpoint:	https://<cognito-app-domain>/oauth2/token
Get User Info Endpoint:	https://{domain}/oauth2/userInfo
Set Client Credentials:	In Both (In Header and In Body)

3. Test SSO and Attribute Mapping

• Once you click on Test Configuration button, You will be able to see the attributes in the Test Configuration output as follows.

• Now you have to do Attribute Mapping to perform SSO. Select the attribute name for Email and Username from dropdown.

• Now you can use Login / SSO URL to perform SSO.

In this Guide, you have successfully configured Joomla AWS Cognito Single Sign-On (SSO) by configuring AWS Cognito as OAuth Provider and Joomla as OAuth Client using our Joomla OAuth Client plugin.This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Joomla site using AWS Cognito login credentials within minutes.

Additional Resources

• What is OAuth 2.0?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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