Front-End Web & Mobile
Configure environment variables and secrets for your Lambda functions with Amplify CLI
With the recent release, Amplify CLI allows you to set environment variables and secrets for your Lambda functions. This feature is available as an advanced setting in Amplify’s “Function” category and allows you to configure environment variables and secrets interactively. The secrets configuration uses AWS Parameter Store backed by a “SecureString” parameter. In addition, this […]
Import existing Amazon Cognito resources with Amplify Admin UI
This blog post was written by Anna Pfoertsch, Senior Product Manager at AWS Amplify. In this guide you will learn how to integrate your existing Amazon Cognito user pool and federated identities (identity pool) into an Amplify project via the Amplify Admin UI. This will enable your GraphQL API (AppSync), Storage (S3) and other resources […]
Complete guide to full-stack CI/CD workflows with AWS Amplify
June 27, 2024: This blog post covers Amplify Gen 1. For new Amplify apps, we recommend using Amplify Gen 2. You can learn more about Gen 2 in our launch blog post. Today AWS Amplify launched new enhancements to it’s CI/CD workflow for full-stack deployments that include conditional backend deployments, automatic build-time generation of the […]
Changes coming to AWS Amplify’s SMS-based authentication workflows
Starting June 1, 2021, US telecom carriers require that you register an origination phone number before you can send SMS messages to US phone numbers. As a consequence of this new requirement, when you use AWS Amplify to enable SMS-based authentication workflows for your U.S. based app users after June 1st, you must now register […]
Connect Amplify DataStore with existing SQL datasources; adding offline and sync features in your application
This blog post was written by Brice Pellé – Principal Solution Architect – AWS AppSync. Amplify DataStore is a library that provides a programming model for leveraging shared and distributed data without writing additional code for offline and online scenarios. With the Amplify CLI, you can easily set up a new application that leverages AWS […]
Announcing the general availability of data management capabilities in the Admin UI
Today, AWS Amplify announced the general availability (GA) release of the Data Manager in the Admin UI. Launched at re:Invent 2020, the AWS Amplify Admin UI is an externally hosted console for frontend teams to visually create an app backend and manage their app content and users. Data management enables developers to visually browse app […]
NEW in Amplify DataStore: Selective sync and sort functionality
AWS Amplify is the fastest and easiest way to build cloud-powered mobile and web apps on AWS. Amplify comprises a set of tools and services that enables front-end web and mobile developers to leverage the power of AWS services to build innovative and feature-rich applications. Amplify DataStore (JavaScript, Android, and iOS) provides frontend web and […]
Zero-effort Container deployment for GraphQL and REST APIs and Web Hosting with Amplify CLI
AWS Amplify is the fastest and easiest way to build cloud-powered mobile and web apps on AWS. Amplify comprises a set of tools and services that enables front-end web and mobile developers to leverage the power of AWS services to build innovative and feature-rich applications. With today’s Amplify CLI release, we’re enabling front-end web and […]
Use an existing S3 bucket or DynamoDB table for your Amplify project
AWS Amplify is the fastest and easiest way to build cloud-powered mobile and web apps on AWS. Amplify comprises a set of tools and services that enables front-end web and mobile developers to leverage the power of AWS services to build innovative and feature-rich applications. With today’s Amplify CLI release, we’re extending the newly announced […]
Use existing Cognito resources for your Amplify API, Storage and more
This post was written by Rene Brandel, Senior Product Manager, AWS In this guide you will learn how to integrate your existing Cognito User Pool & Federated Identities (Identity Pool) into an Amplify project. This will enable your GraphQL API (AppSync), Storage (S3) and other resources to leverage your existing authentication mechanism. AWS Amplify is […]




