AWS DynamoDB

Detailed information on the AWS DynamoDB state store component

Component format

To setup a DynamoDB state store create a component of type state.dynamodb. See this guide on how to create and apply a state store configuration.

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
  namespace: <NAMESPACE>
spec:
  type: state.dynamodb
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: table
    value: "mytable"
  - name: accessKey
    value: "abcd" # Optional
  - name: secretKey
    value: "abcd" # Optional
  - name: endpoint
    value: "http://localhost:8080" # Optional
  - name: region 
    value: "eu-west-1" # Optional
  - name: sessionToken
    value: "abcd" # Optional

Warning

The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described here.

Spec metadata fields

Field	Required	Details	Example
table	Y	name of the DynamoDB table to use	`“mytable”`
accessKey	N	ID of the AWS account with appropriate permissions to SNS and SQS. Can be `secretKeyRef` to use a secret reference	`“AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE”`
secretKey	N	Secret for the AWS user. Can be `secretKeyRef` to use a secret reference	`“wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY”`
region	N	The AWS region to the instance. See this page for valid regions: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html. Ensure that DynamoDB are available in that region.	`“us-east-1”`
endpoint	N	AWS endpoint for the component to use. Only used for local development. The `endpoint` is unncessary when running against production AWS	`“http://localhost:4566“`
sessionToken	N	AWS session token to use. A session token is only required if you are using temporary security credentials.	`“TOKEN”`

Setup AWS DynamoDB

See Authenticating to AWS for information about authentication-related attributes

AWS DynamoDB

AWS DynamoDB

Component format

Warning

Spec metadata fields

Setup AWS DynamoDB

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