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Serverless Programming Cookbook

By : Heartin Kanikathottu
Book Image

Serverless Programming Cookbook

By: Heartin Kanikathottu

Overview of this book

Managing physical servers will be a thing of the past once you’re able to harness the power of serverless computing. If you’re already prepped with the basics of serverless computing, Serverless Programming Cookbook will help you take the next step ahead. This recipe-based guide provides solutions to problems you might face while building serverless applications. You'll begin by setting up Amazon Web Services (AWS), the primary cloud provider used for most recipes. The next set of recipes will cover various components to build a Serverless application including REST APIs, database, user management, authentication, web hosting, domain registration, DNS management, CDN, messaging, notifications and monitoring. The book also introduces you to the latest technology trends such as Data Streams, Machine Learning and NLP. You will also see patterns and practices for using various services in a real world application. Finally, to broaden your understanding of Serverless computing, you'll also cover getting started guides for other cloud providers such as Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM cloud. By the end of this book, you’ll have acquired the skills you need to build serverless applications efficiently using various cloud offerings.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Federated identity with Amazon Cognito

Federated identity is a process where a user's identity and attributes are stored across different identity management systems. For example, we can use federated identity to allow users to log in to our system with another identity provider's credentials. In this recipe, we will see how to use federated identity with Cognito user pools. For the purpose of demonstration, we will be using Google Plus as the identity provider and Cognito will act as the identity broker. The general process will be the same for any other providers, such as Facebook or Amazon.

Getting ready

The following are the prerequisites for this recipe:

  • A working AWS account.
  • An S3 static website with a real...