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UserPool

Define a Cognito User Pool.

Import

import { UserPool } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cognito';

Or use the module namespace:

import * as cognito from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cognito';
// cognito.UserPool

Properties

Configuration passed to the constructor as UserPoolProps.

accountRecoveryOptional
AccountRecovery

How will a user be able to recover their account?

Default: AccountRecovery.PHONE_WITHOUT_MFA_AND_EMAIL

advancedSecurityModeOptionalDeprecated
AdvancedSecurityMode

The user pool's Advanced Security Mode.

Default: - no value

Deprecated: Advanced Security Mode is deprecated due to user pool feature plans. Use StandardThreatProtectionMode and CustomThreatProtectionMode to set Thread Protection level.

autoVerifyOptional
AutoVerifiedAttrs

Attributes which Cognito will look to verify automatically upon user sign up. EMAIL and PHONE are the only available options.

Default: - If `signInAlias` includes email and/or phone, they will be included in `autoVerifiedAttributes` by default. If absent, no attributes will be auto-verified.

customAttributesOptional
{ [key: string]: ICustomAttribute }

Define a set of custom attributes that can be configured for each user in the user pool.

Default: - No custom attributes.

customSenderKmsKeyOptional
IKeyRef

This key will be used to encrypt temporary passwords and authorization codes that Amazon Cognito generates.

Default: - no key ID configured

customThreatProtectionModeOptional
CustomThreatProtectionMode

The Type of Threat Protection Enabled for Custom Authentication. This feature only functions if your FeaturePlan is set to FeaturePlan.PLUS

Default: - no value

deletionProtectionOptional
boolean

Indicates whether the user pool should have deletion protection enabled.

Default: false

deviceTrackingOptional
DeviceTracking

Device tracking settings.

Default: - see defaults on each property of DeviceTracking.

emailOptional
UserPoolEmail

Email settings for a user pool.

Default: - cognito will use the default email configuration

enableSmsRoleOptional
boolean

Setting this would explicitly enable or disable SMS role creation. When left unspecified, CDK will determine based on other properties if a role is needed or not.

Default: - CDK will determine based on other properties of the user pool if an SMS role should be created or not.

featurePlanOptional
FeaturePlan

The user pool feature plan, or tier. This parameter determines the eligibility of the user pool for features like managed login, access-token customization, and threat protection.

Default: - FeaturePlan.ESSENTIALS for a newly created user pool; FeaturePlan.LITE otherwise

keepOriginalOptional
KeepOriginalAttrs

Attributes which Cognito will look to handle changes to the value of your users' email address and phone number attributes. EMAIL and PHONE are the only available options.

Default: - Nothing is kept.

lambdaTriggersOptional
UserPoolTriggers

Lambda functions to use for supported Cognito triggers.

Default: - No Lambda triggers.

mfaOptional
Mfa

Configure whether users of this user pool can or are required use MFA to sign in.

Default: Mfa.OFF

mfaMessageOptional
string

The SMS message template sent during MFA verification. Use '{####}' in the template where Cognito should insert the verification code.

Default: 'Your authentication code is {####}.'

mfaSecondFactorOptional
MfaSecondFactor

Configure the MFA types that users can use in this user pool. Ignored if `mfa` is set to `OFF`.

Default: - { sms: true, otp: false, email: false }, if `mfa` is set to `OPTIONAL` or `REQUIRED`. { sms: false, otp: false, email:false }, otherwise

passkeyRelyingPartyIdOptional
string

The authentication domain that passkey providers must use as a relying party (RP) in their configuration. Under the following conditions, the passkey relying party ID must be the fully-qualified domain name of your custom domain: - The user pool is configured for passkey authentication. - The user pool has a custom domain, whether or not it also has a prefix domain. - Your application performs authentication with managed login or the classic hosted UI.

Default: - No authentication domain

passkeyUserVerificationOptional
PasskeyUserVerification

Your user-pool treatment for MFA with a passkey. You can override other MFA options and require passkey MFA, or you can set it as preferred. When passkey MFA is preferred, the hosted UI encourages users to register a passkey at sign-in.

Default: - Cognito default setting is PasskeyUserVerification.PREFERRED

passwordPolicyOptional
PasswordPolicy

Password policy for this user pool.

Default: - see defaults on each property of PasswordPolicy.

removalPolicyOptional
RemovalPolicy

Policy to apply when the user pool is removed from the stack.

Default: RemovalPolicy.RETAIN

selfSignUpEnabledOptional
boolean

Whether self sign-up should be enabled. To configure self sign-up configuration use the `userVerification` property.

Default: - false

signInAliasesOptional
SignInAliases

Methods in which a user registers or signs in to a user pool. Allows either username with aliases OR sign in with email, phone, or both. Read the sections on usernames and aliases to learn more - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-attributes.html To match with 'Option 1' in the above link, with a verified email, this property should be set to `{ username: true, email: true }`. To match with 'Option 2' in the above link with both a verified email and phone number, this property should be set to `{ email: true, phone: true }`.

Default: { username: true }

signInCaseSensitiveOptional
boolean

Whether sign-in aliases should be evaluated with case sensitivity. For example, when this option is set to false, users will be able to sign in using either `MyUsername` or `myusername`.

Default: true

signInPolicyOptional
SignInPolicy

Sign-in policy for this user pool.

Default: - see defaults on each property of SignInPolicy.

smsRoleOptional
IRoleRef

The IAM role that Cognito will assume while sending SMS messages.

Default: - a new IAM role is created.

smsRoleExternalIdOptional
string

The 'ExternalId' that Cognito service must be using when assuming the `smsRole`, if the role is restricted with an 'sts:ExternalId' conditional. Learn more about ExternalId here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-user_externalid.html This property will be ignored if `smsRole` is not specified.

Default: - No external id will be configured.

snsRegionOptional
string

The region to integrate with SNS to send SMS messages. This property will do nothing if SMS configuration is not configured.

Default: - The same region as the user pool, with a few exceptions - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-sms-settings.html#user-pool-sms-settings-first-time

standardAttributesOptional
StandardAttributes

The set of attributes that are required for every user in the user pool. Read more on attributes here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-attributes.html

Default: - All standard attributes are optional and mutable.

standardThreatProtectionModeOptional
StandardThreatProtectionMode

The Type of Threat Protection Enabled for Standard Authentication. This feature only functions if your FeaturePlan is set to FeaturePlan.PLUS

Default: - StandardThreatProtectionMode.NO_ENFORCEMENT

userInvitationOptional
UserInvitationConfig

Configuration around admins signing up users into a user pool.

Default: - see defaults in UserInvitationConfig.

userPoolNameOptional
string

Name of the user pool.

Default: - automatically generated name by CloudFormation at deploy time.

userVerificationOptional
UserVerificationConfig

Configuration around users signing themselves up to the user pool. Enable or disable self sign-up via the `selfSignUpEnabled` property.

Default: - see defaults in UserVerificationConfig.

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