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Lab 7 — Local DynamoDB

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Objectives
  • Install and configure the AWS CLI
  • Install AWS DynamoDB locally
  • Create a local AWS DynamoDB table
  • Load seed data into a local table
  • Scan local data
  • Query local data
Lab Details
  1. Install the AWS CLI.
  2. Use the aws configure command to create a valid AWS credentials file.
  3. Download and start a local instance of AWS DynamoDB.
  4. Create a table using the following command: 
    aws dynamodb create-table --table-name BaseballStats \
  --attribute-definitions AttributeName=TeamID,AttributeType=S AttributeName=SK,AttributeType=S \
  --key-schema AttributeName=TeamID,KeyType=HASH AttributeName=SK,KeyType=RANGE \
  --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5 \
  --endpoint-url http://localhost:8000

    Take a screenshot of the command line confirmation.

  5. Load BaseballStats seed data for players, games, and teams using the JSON starter files:

    Take a screenshot of the command line confirmation.

  6. Running against the local instance of DynamoDB, scan the entire table.

    Take a screenshot of the results showing the scanned data.

  7. Running against the local instance of DynamoDB, query the table for TeamID = TEAMINFO_SDP.

    Take a screenshot of the results showing the queried data.

What did I learn?
  • Install and use of the AWS CLI
  • Creating a new (local) table
  • Loading seed data into DynamoDB
  • Scanning and querying DynamoDB from the AWS CLI