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Creating a DynamoDB table

Creating a DynamoDB table - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Creating a DynamoDB table

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- [Instructor] In order to test my Lambda function, which performs operations on a DynamoDB table, I need to create a DynamoDB table on which it can operate. So, from the console I can start typing in Dynamo, have the service pop up there, and since I haven't created a DynamoDB table I'm met with a big blue button, Create Table. I'll do that. I get to give it a name. So, in this case we're going to store things. I'll call it things, and I provide the name of the Primary key as well, and we'll stick with a simple partitioned key. A sort key here can be added to the primary key to allow for further partitioning of the data within the partition key, but we don't need that for this simple demo. I'm going to call the Primary key thingid, and I can keep it as a string. And then down here, they have added the ability to Add tags, as we have done on most of our resources that we have created. So, I'll keep with the cost-center…

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