# Using Serverless Authentication Boilerplate with FaunaDB

DevFeed: [Using Serverless Authentication Boilerplate with FaunaDB](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-serverless-authentication-boilerplate-with-faunadb-14183.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/faunadb-serverless-authentication>)

Author: Chris Anderson

Published: 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [Amazon API Gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-api-gateway.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Boilerplate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boilerplate.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-gateway.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial describes using FaunaDB's secure database features with AWS API Gateway to run Lambda functions with the capabilities of the authenticated user.

## Source excerpt

Use FaunaDB's secure database features with AWS API Gateway to run Lambdas with the capabilities of the authenticated user.