docs/daprdocs/content/en/reference/components-reference/supported-state-stores/setup-dynamodb.md

type	title	linkTitle	description	aliases
docs	AWS DynamoDB	AWS DynamoDB	Detailed information on the AWS DynamoDB state store component	/operations/components/setup-state-store/supported-state-stores/setup-dynamodb/

Component format

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

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
  namespace: <NAMESPACE>
spec:
  type: state.aws.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

{{% 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	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]({{< ref authenticating-aws.md >}}) for information about authentication-related attributes

Related links

• [Basic schema for a Dapr component]({{< ref component-schema >}})
• Read [this guide]({{< ref "howto-get-save-state.md#step-2-save-and-retrieve-a-single-state" >}}) for instructions on configuring state store components
• [State management building block]({{< ref state-management >}})
• [Authenticating to AWS]({{< ref authenticating-aws.md >}})