DBS05-AWS100 - Create a DynamoDB table

Cloud Service Provider

Amazon Web Services

Difficulty

Level 100 (Introductory)

Project's Author(s)

Objectives

You need to complete the following:

Create a DynamoDB table with provisioned capacity
Create three random items in the table
Run a scan on the table that returns all three items
Run a query on the table that returns a single item

You need to answer the following:

What is an "item" in DynamoDB?
What data types can you store in a DynamoDB table?
What is the maximum size of an item in DynamoDB?
What capacity modes are available for DynamoDB?
What are Write Capacity and Read Capacity Units (WCU/RCU)?
What is the size of a single WCU and RCU?
How does DynamoDB support autoscaling?
Does DynamoDB support encryption?
Which key type is required for creating a table?
Which three data types does the Primary Key support?
What is the difference between a Primary (Hash) Key and a Secondary (Sort) Key?
What is a DynamoDB Stream?
What are Global Tables?
How do backups work in DynamoDB?
Can DynamoDB be performant at-scale?

References

Costs

25GB of storage is included in the free tier
25 WCUs/RCUs are included in the free tier

Estimated time to complete

30 minutes

Tips

Use numbers as your Primary Keys for this getting started project.
Do not use a sort key for this project.