AWS Cognito SSO Login with Drupal OAuth Client | Drupal SSO Login

Drupal AWS Cognito SSO integration will allow you to configure Single Sign-On ( SSO ) login between your Drupal site and AWS Cognito using OAuth/OpenID protocol. Drupal OAuth 2.0/OpenID connect module gives the ability to enable login using OAuth 2.0/OIDC Single Sign-On to Drupal Site. We provide the Drupal OAuth/OpenID Client module for Drupal 7, Drupal 8, Drupal 9 and Drupal 10.
Here we will go through a guide to configure the SSO login between Drupal and AWS Cognito. By following these steps, users of AWS Cognito will be able to log into the Drupal site using their AWS Cognito credentials.
If you have any queries or if you need any sort of assistance in configuring the module, you can contact us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. If you want, we can also schedule an online meeting to help you configure the Drupal OAuth & OpenID Connect Login – OAuth2 Client SSO Login module.

Video Setup AWS Cognito Single Sign-on Integration with Drupal OAuth/OpenID Client

You can refer the steps to configure AWS Cognito SSO integration with the Drupal OAuth/OIDC Client module from the Video or Documentation given below:

How to Integrate AWS Cognito Single Sign-on with Drupal OAuth/OpenID Client

1. Setup Drupal as OAuth Client

• After installing the module, navigate to the Configuration tab and click on the Drupal OAuth Client Configuration module link.

• In the Configure OAuth tab, select AWS Cognito from the Select Application dropdown list.

• Copy the Callback/Redirect URL and keep it handy.

Please Note: If your provider only supports HTTPS Callback/Redirect URL and you have an HTTP site, just save your base site URL in the Sign In Settings tab with HTTPS.

• Enter the application name in the Display Name text field. For example, AWS

2. Setup AWS Cognito as an OAuth Provider

• Login to AWS console.
• Search for Cognito and click on it.

• Click on Create user pool button to create new user pools. (User Pool is a user directory. Users in User Pool can access the app using AWS Cognito credentials.)

• Select the Provider types (keep it default if you are not sure) and the Cognito user pool sign-in options as per requirement.

• Select the appropriate options based on the need from the Password policy, Multi-factor authentication, User account recovery and click on Next button.

• Select the suitable options from the Configure sign-up experience as per requirements and click on the Next button.

• Choose the message delivery option. Click on the Next button.

• Enter the User Pool name. Under the Initial app client select the Confidential client radiobutton. Enter the App client name. Click on the Next button

• Verify the required information, scroll down and click on Create user pool button.
• Now search for the user pool you created and click on it.

• Now, lets create a user for the app.
• Click on Create user.

• Enter the user information like email and password and click on Create User button.

• Click on App integration.

• Under Domain section expand Actions and click on Create Cognito Domain.

• Enter the domain name and click on Create Cognito Domain. Copy the Cognito domain it will be required later for Authorization and Access Token endpoints.

• Scroll down, find your app and click on it.

• Scroll down to Hosted UI. Click on Edit button.
• Click on Add callback URL button.

• Paste the copied Callback/Redirect URL into the URL text field.
• Click on Save button.

• Copy the ClientID and Client Secret.

• Go to miniOrange OAuth Client module. Paste the copied Client ID and Client Secret into the respective field.
• Replace the inital URL with the Cognito domain for the Authorize Endpoint and Access Token Endpoint textfields. Enable the Login with OAuth checkbox and click on Save Configuration button.
• The Send Client ID and Secret in header or body checkbox is used to send client ID and secret inside header or body of the Token End Point Request.

You have succesfully configured AWS Cognito as OAuth server and Drupal as OAuth client.

3. Test Configuration of Drupal with AWS Cognito

• After succesfully saving the configuration, click on Test Configuration to test the connection between Drupal and AWS.

• This Test Configuration window will provide you with a list of the attributes that are coming from the AWS Cognito.
• Select the Email Attribute from the dropdown menu in which the user's email ID is obtained and click on the Done button.

• Now, in the Attribute & Role Mapping tab, you can also choose the Username Attribute from the dropdown and click on the Save Configuration button.


Please note: Mapping the Email Attribute is mandatory for your login to work.

• Now log out and go to your Drupal site’s login page. You will automatically find a Login with AWS Cognito link there. If you want to add the SSO link to other pages as well, please follow the steps given in the image below :

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If you face any issues or if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. In case you want some additional features to be included in the module, please get in touch with us, and we can get that custom-made for you. Also, If you want, we can also schedule an online meeting to help you configure the Drupal OAuth/OpenID Single Sign On module.

Additional Resources

• What is OAuth 2.0?
• What is OpenID Connect?
• What is OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Grant?
• What is OAuth 2.0 Impicit Grant?
• What is OAuth 2.0 Password Grant?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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