DynamoDB tables

Let's look at how to create a DynamoDB table.

AWS Management Console

The AWS Management Console allows us to easily create and manage the AWS services.

Creating a table

Go to AWS DynamoDB Management Console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/home:

1. Click on Create table: 

Figure 6.2: Creating a table

Provide the following details:

• • Table name: Type in awsbootcamp.
  • Primary key:
    • Partition key: Type in id and select Number as the data type
    • Sort key: Type in name and select String as the data type
  • Table settings: If we want to change the default table settings, then uncheck Use default settings and configure the Secondary indexes, Provisioned capacity, and Auto Scaling. For our example, we will change the Read capacity units to 1 and the Write capacity units to 1:

Figure 6.3: Table settings

2. Once the table configuration has been done, click Create. The table will be created, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 6.4: Table listing

Here, we can see the created table and on the right...