docs/daprdocs/content/en/reference/components-reference/supported-bindings/dynamodb.md

type	title	linkTitle	description	aliases
docs	AWS DynamoDB binding spec	AWS DynamoDB	Detailed documentation on the AWS DynamoDB binding component	/operations/components/setup-bindings/supported-bindings/dynamodb/

Component format

To setup AWS DynamoDB binding create a component of type bindings.aws.dynamodb. See [this guide]({{< ref "howto-bindings.md#1-create-a-binding" >}}) on how to create and apply a binding configuration.

See [Authenticating to AWS]({{< ref authenticating-aws.md >}}) for information about authentication-related attributes

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
spec:
  type: bindings.aws.dynamodb
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: table
    value: "items"
  - name: region
    value: "us-west-2"
  - name: accessKey
    value: "*****************"
  - name: secretKey
    value: "*****************"
  - name: sessionToken
    value: "*****************"
  - name: direction
    value: "output"

{{% alert title="Warning" color="warning" %}} The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described [here]({{< ref component-secrets.md >}}). {{% /alert %}}

Spec metadata fields

Field	Required	Binding support	Details	Example
table	Y	Output	The DynamoDB table name	"items"
region	Y	Output	The specific AWS region the AWS DynamoDB instance is deployed in	"us-east-1"
accessKey	Y	Output	The AWS Access Key to access this resource	"key"
secretKey	Y	Output	The AWS Secret Access Key to access this resource	"secretAccessKey"
sessionToken	N	Output	The AWS session token to use	"sessionToken"
direction	N	Output	The direction of the binding	"output"

{{% alert title="Important" color="warning" %}} When running the Dapr sidecar (daprd) with your application on EKS (AWS Kubernetes), if you're using a node/pod that has already been attached to an IAM policy defining access to AWS resources, you must not provide AWS access-key, secret-key, and tokens in the definition of the component spec you're using.
{{% /alert %}}

Binding support

This component supports output binding with the following operations:

• create

Related links

• [Basic schema for a Dapr component]({{< ref component-schema >}})
• [Bindings building block]({{< ref bindings >}})
• [How-To: Trigger application with input binding]({{< ref howto-triggers.md >}})
• [How-To: Use bindings to interface with external resources]({{< ref howto-bindings.md >}})
• [Bindings API reference]({{< ref bindings_api.md >}})
• [Authenticating to AWS]({{< ref authenticating-aws.md >}})