Amazon DynamoDB

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What is this integration?

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What Monk manages

• Table: create, update, delete

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What the Agent can do and how to use it

• Table Management: Create, update, and delete DynamoDB tables with custom schemas
• Global Tables: Configure multi-region replication for global applications
• Backup & Restore: Enable point-in-time recovery and on-demand backups
• Scaling: Configure auto-scaling for read/write capacity (provisioned mode)
• Streams: Enable DynamoDB Streams for change data capture
• TTL: Configure time-to-live settings for automatic item expiration
• Indexes: Create and manage global secondary indexes (GSI) and local secondary indexes (LSI)

1. Ensure AWS provider is added: monk cluster provider add -p aws
2. monk update <namespace>/<name>

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Auth

• Uses AWS provider credentials configured via monk cluster provider add -p aws

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Links

• Provider docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/

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Getting Started

1. Ensure AWS provider is added:

monk cluster provider add -p aws

2. Define a table (save as dynamodb.yaml):

namespace: aws-dynamo-db-example

simple-table:
  defines: aws-dynamo-db/dynamo-db-table
  region: us-east-1
  table_name: simple-example-table
  attribute_definitions:
    - AttributeName: id
      AttributeType: S
  key_schema:
    - AttributeName: id
      KeyType: HASH
  billing_mode: PAY_PER_REQUEST

3. Create/update:

monk update aws-dynamo-db-example/simple-table
monk describe aws-dynamo-db-example/simple-table