API authentication with AWS ALB

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Is it possible to use AWS ALB to validate jwt token authentication issued by IDP ?

Youez
asked 10 months ago792 views
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This should provide what you are looking for.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/listener-authenticate-users.html

Authenticate users using an Application Load Balancer

You can configure an Application Load Balancer to securely authenticate users as they access your applications. This enables you to offload the work of authenticating users to your load balancer so that your applications can focus on their business logic.

The following use cases are supported:

  • Authenticate users through an identity provider (IdP) that is OpenID Connect (OIDC) compliant.
  • Authenticate users through social IdPs, such as Amazon, Facebook, or Google, through the user pools supported by Amazon Cognito.
  • Authenticate users through corporate identities, using SAML, LDAP, or Microsoft AD, through the user pools supported by Amazon Cognito.
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iBehr
answered 10 months ago
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Apart from above, another common pattern is to delegate authentication to the backend that the ALB is fronting, as ALB it is just a load balancer.

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