Set up a database in Amazon DynamoDB

This page shows you one way of how to set up an Amazon DynamoDB table. You should customize these steps to your needs accordingly.

Get {account_id} and {region} needed for IAM setup

• Log into AWS: https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?nc2=h_ct&src=header-signin

• Get the {account_id} and {region} below:

Create the DynamoDB table

• In the AWS console, search for DynamoDB (e.g. https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodbv2/home?region=us-east-1#service)

• Create table

• Table details and settings. Just set the following fields for now, leave all others to default.

  • Table name

  • Partition key

• The table will take a few moments to create and once it does, you'll see the following: