AWS CloudFormation DynamoDB Patterns

Provides production-ready NoSQL database infrastructure patterns using AWS CloudFormation templates with DynamoDB tables, GSIs, LSIs, auto-scaling, encryption, TTL, and streams.

Overview

Covers DynamoDB tables, primary keys, secondary indexes (GSI/LSI), capacity modes, auto-scaling, encryption, TTL, streams, and best practices for parameters, outputs, and cross-stack references.

When to Use

Creating DynamoDB tables, configuring keys and indexes, setting capacity modes, implementing auto-scaling, enabling encryption/TTL/streams, and organizing CloudFormation templates.

Instructions

Follow these steps to create DynamoDB tables with CloudFormation: