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Create A DynamoDB Table Using AWS CLI

In this article, we will create a DynamoDB table using AWS CLI.

Configure CLI

The first step is to configure CLI. Please follow this link for CLI configuration.

Write Command To Create A Table

In this article, we will create a table Articles. The table contains 2 columns: -

Id
ArticleName

So, the command would be: -

aws dynamodb create-table 
--table-name Articles 
--attribute-definitions  
         AttributeName=Id,AttributeType=N         
         AttributeName=ArticleName,AttributeType=S  
--key-schema 
        AttributeName=Id,KeyType=HASH 
        AttributeName=ArticleName,KeyType=RANGE     
--provisioned-throughput 
         ReadCapacityUnits=1,WriteCapacityUnits=1

In the above code: -

Attribute Name	Description
--table-name	Specifies the name of the table
--attribute-definitions	Specifies the column name (AttributeName attribute) and their data types (AttributeType attribute).
--key-schema	Specifies the partition key and the sort key.KeyType = HASH means partition key and KeyType = RANGE means sort key
--provisioned-throughput	Specifies the read and write capacity.

Picture showing the execution of aws dynamodb create-table command in AWS cli

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Output

Picture showing the table created in dynamodb

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, February 3, 2022

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