DynamoDb Local Image for Development Environment

This image includes both DynamoDb Local and AWS Commandline Interface applications with some setup scripts to make DynamoDb Local version ready for use in a local development environment.

The main purpose of this bundle is to create DynamoDb tables for a project before running the DynamoDb Local server.

Usage

Basic Usage Example:

docker run -it -p 8000:8000 \
  -v $(pwd)/data/dynamodb/table-schemas:/app/init/schemas \
  -v $(pwd)/data/dynamodb/table-data:/app/init/data \
  -v dynamodb-local-data:/app/data \
  -e DYNAMO_PREFIX=test. \
  gamegoscom/dynamodb-local

Volumes

Mount the container these volumes:

• /app/init/schemas location of table schema (.json) files
• /app/init/data location of exemplary data (.json) files that will be inserted in initiation
• /app/data to persist DynamoDb data

Environment Variables

• DYNAMO_PREFIX: Table name prefix
  • Default value: "dev."
  • Table name pattern: "PREFIX.TABLE_NAME"
• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID*: To override the default dummy access key ID ("DummyAccessKeyId")
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY*: To override the default dummy secret access key ("DummySecretAccessKey")
• AWS_REGION*: To override the default dummy region ("DummyRegion")

*Values are used for client initialization, ignored by DynamoDB Local server.

Docker Compose

version: "3.5"
  dynamodb:
    container_name: my-app-dynamodb
    image: gamegoscom/dynamodb-local
    ports:
      - 8000:8000
    volumes:
      - dynamodb-data:/app/data
      - ./docs/dynamodb_tables:/app/init/schemas
      - ./docs/dynamodb_data:/app/init/data
    environment:
      DYNAMO_PREFIX: test.
volumes:
  dynamodb-data: