PasswordPolicyType
The password policy settings for a user pool, including complexity, history, and length requirements.
This data type is a request and response parameter of CreateUserPool and UpdateUserPool, and a response parameter of DescribeUserPool.
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- MinimumLength
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The minimum length of the password in the policy that you have set. This value can't be less than 6.
Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 6. Maximum value of 99.
Required: No
- PasswordHistorySize
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The number of previous passwords that you want Amazon Cognito to restrict each user from reusing. Users can't set a password that matches any of
nprevious passwords, wherenis the value ofPasswordHistorySize.Password history isn't enforced and isn't displayed in DescribeUserPool responses when you set this value to
0or don't provide it. To activate this setting, your user pool must be in the Essentials tier or higher.Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 24.
Required: No
- RequireLowercase
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The requirement in a password policy that users must include at least one lowercase letter in their password.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- RequireNumbers
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The requirement in a password policy that users must include at least one number in their password.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- RequireSymbols
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The requirement in a password policy that users must include at least one symbol in their password.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- RequireUppercase
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The requirement in a password policy that users must include at least one uppercase letter in their password.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- TemporaryPasswordValidityDays
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The number of days a temporary password is valid in the password policy. If the user doesn't sign in during this time, an administrator must reset their password. Defaults to
7. If you submit a value of0, Amazon Cognito treats it as a null value and setsTemporaryPasswordValidityDaysto its default value.Note
When you set
TemporaryPasswordValidityDaysfor a user pool, you can no longer set a value for the legacyUnusedAccountValidityDaysparameter in that user pool.Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 365.
Required: No
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: