Amplication simplifies this critical aspect of development by providing a plugin-based authentication system with a variety of providers. This allows you to easily add and manage robust authentication to your services without getting bogged down in intricate configurations.

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Amplication’s Approach: Plugin-Based Authentication

We have designed our authentication system around plugins. This approach offers several advantages for platform teams:

Flexibility to Choose

Select the authentication method that best fits your organization’s security policies and application requirements. Whether it’s industry-standard JWT, or integration with enterprise providers like Auth0 or Keycloak, Amplication has you covered.

Standardization and Best Practices

Plugins are pre-configured with security best practices in mind, ensuring your services are secure from the outset. This aligns with your goal of working with established, well-maintained standards.

Reduced Boilerplate

Amplication generates the necessary authentication code, eliminating the tedious and repetitive setup work. You can focus on your business logic, not wrestling with authentication libraries.

Consistent Implementation

By using Amplication’s plugin system across your services, you ensure a consistent authentication approach throughout your organization. This addresses the pain point of inconsistent standards and “drift” between services.

Simplified Updates

As authentication best practices evolve, Amplication’s plugin system can be updated, and these updates can be seamlessly applied to your services, reducing maintenance burden and technical debt.

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How it Works

To enable authentication, you’ll first need to have an Authentication Entity defined in your Amplication service. This entity represents the users who will be authenticated against your service. If you haven’t already, learn how to create an Authentication Entity in our Authentication Entity Guide.

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Choose Your Provider

Amplication offers a range of authentication provider plugins (like JWT, Basic Auth, Auth0, Supertokens, and more) for both Node.js and .NET services.

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Install and Configure

With just a few clicks in the Amplication UI, you can install the necessary plugins and configure them to match your chosen provider and specific needs.

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Amplication Generates the Code

When you build your service, Amplication automatically generates all the authentication logic, including middleware, endpoints, and necessary configurations, based on the plugins you’ve selected.

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Focus on Your Application

You can then concentrate on developing the core features of your application, knowing that authentication is handled securely and consistently by Amplication.

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Next Steps

Ready to dive into the specifics and choose the right authentication provider for your service?

Authentication Provider Plugins

Explore available authentication options and learn how to configure them for your service.

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