# OpenID Connect Plugin not creating new users with AWS Cognito

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-plugin-not-creating-new-users-with-aws-cognito/195220
**Category:** SSO
**Tags:** openid-connect
**Created:** [June 28, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-plugin-not-creating-new-users-with-aws-cognito/195220 "2021-06-28T11:04:10Z")
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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-plugin-not-creating-new-users-with-aws-cognito/195220/2 "2021-06-28T11:07:40Z")

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I am not skilled with the SSO setup, but could you check through the steps detailed here to see if they help in anyway improve your integration?

> [@Anyone have a working AWS Cognito configuration w/ ouath2, openid or sso?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-have-a-working-aws-cognito-configuration-w-ouath2-openid-or-sso/123579/4):
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> For AWS Cognito as an identity provider for [OpenID Connect plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-authentication-plugin/103632) Click on Create a User Pool button within AWS Cognito web console click on Review Defaults to use mostly the default settings 2a. before creating the pool make sure to click on “Add an App Client” 2b. create an App Client; give it a name and uncheck everything except Enable refresh token based authentication (ALLOW\_REFRESH\_TOKEN\_AUTH) 3. Click Create pool 4. Now under General Settin…

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