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How do I authenticate AWS API gateway?

Last updated on September 25, 2022 @ 6:23 pm

AWS API gateway is a cloud-based service that makes it easy to create, publish, and consume web services. To authenticate API gateway, you need to create an AWS credentials file and set the API gateway authentication mode to required.

Then, you can use the AWS-api-gateway-auth command to authenticate API gateway requests.

To create your credentials file, open the AWS credentials file editor. You can find this editor at the following location on your AWS account:

Local Machine: C:\Program Files (x86)\AWS\AmazonAPI Gateway\credentials

AWS Account: ~/.AWS/credentials

In the editor, create a new credentials file and name it AWS-api-gateway. credentials. Copy and paste the following contents into the file:

AWS-access-key-id :

AWS-secret-access-key :

You can find your access key ID and secret access key in the Amazon Web Services Console.

PRO TIP: If you are authenticating your AWS API gateway, be sure to use a secure method such as SSL/TLS. Do not use basic authentication methods such as HTTP basic authentication, as these are not secure.

To set the authentication mode for API gateway, open the API gateway settings. Choose the Security tab, and then choose the Authentication mode option.

In the Authentication mode field, choose Required.

Now, you can use the AWS-api-gateway-auth command to authenticate API gateway requests. To authenticate a request, use the –credentials parameter.

For example, the following command authenticates a request using the access key ID and secret access key that you copied from the AWS credentials file.

AWS-api-gateway-auth –credentials AWS-access-key-id –secret-access-key

The AWS-api-gateway-auth command returns the following message if the request is successful:

Authentication succeeded.

Madison Geldart

Madison Geldart

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