# AuthConfig
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Contains the authentication settings that Connect Customer uses to call an external application endpoint.

## Contents
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 ** AudienceOverride **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-app-integrations_AuthConfig-AudienceOverride"></a>
The value that Connect Customer uses as the audience (`aud`) claim of the JSON Web Token (JWT) that it issues. You can specify this parameter only when `AuthType` is `CONNECT_JWT`. If you don't specify it, the audience is the `AccessUrl` of the application. The value can't contain `connect.amazonaws.com`.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: No

 ** AuthType **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-app-integrations_AuthConfig-AuthType"></a>
The type of authentication that Connect Customer uses to call the external application endpoint. You must specify an authentication type for `A2A_SERVER` applications. Valid values:  
+  `API_KEY`: Connect Customer sends an API key that is stored in the AWS Secrets Manager secret that you specify in `CredentialProviderIdentifier`.
+  `CONNECT_JWT`: Connect Customer issues a short-lived, signed JSON Web Token (JWT). This authentication type doesn't require a stored credential.
Type: String  
Valid Values: `API_KEY | CONNECT_JWT`   
Required: No

 ** CredentialProviderIdentifier **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-app-integrations_AuthConfig-CredentialProviderIdentifier"></a>
The ARN of the AWS Secrets Manager secret that stores the credentials. The secret must be accessible to Connect Customer.  
You must specify this ARN when `AuthType` is `API_KEY`. Don't specify it when `AuthType` is `CONNECT_JWT`.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `^arn:aws:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_/.-]{0,62}:[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]{0,63}:[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]{0,63}:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9:_/+=,@.-]{0,1023}$`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/appintegrations-2020-07-29/AuthConfig) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/appintegrations-2020-07-29/AuthConfig) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/appintegrations-2020-07-29/AuthConfig)