github.com/vtorhonen/terraform@v0.9.0-beta2.0.20170307220345-5d894e4ffda7/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/dynamodb_table.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "aws" 3 page_title: "AWS: dynamodb_table" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-dynamodb-table" 5 description: |- 6 Provides a DynamoDB table resource 7 --- 8 9 # aws\_dynamodb\_table 10 11 Provides a DynamoDB table resource 12 13 ## Example Usage 14 15 The following dynamodb table description models the table and GSI shown 16 in the [AWS SDK example documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/GSI.html) 17 18 ``` 19 resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "basic-dynamodb-table" { 20 name = "GameScores" 21 read_capacity = 20 22 write_capacity = 20 23 hash_key = "UserId" 24 range_key = "GameTitle" 25 26 attribute { 27 name = "UserId" 28 type = "S" 29 } 30 31 attribute { 32 name = "GameTitle" 33 type = "S" 34 } 35 36 attribute { 37 name = "TopScore" 38 type = "N" 39 } 40 41 global_secondary_index { 42 name = "GameTitleIndex" 43 hash_key = "GameTitle" 44 range_key = "TopScore" 45 write_capacity = 10 46 read_capacity = 10 47 projection_type = "INCLUDE" 48 non_key_attributes = ["UserId"] 49 } 50 51 tags { 52 Name = "dynamodb-table-1" 53 Environment = "production" 54 } 55 } 56 ``` 57 58 ## Argument Reference 59 60 The following arguments are supported: 61 62 * `name` - (Required) The name of the table, this needs to be unique 63 within a region. 64 * `read_capacity` - (Required) The number of read units for this table 65 * `write_capacity` - (Required) The number of write units for this table 66 * `hash_key` - (Required, Forces new resource) The attribute to use as the hash key (the 67 attribute must also be defined as an attribute record 68 * `range_key` - (Optional, Forces new resource) The attribute to use as the range key (must 69 also be defined) 70 * `attribute` - Define an attribute, has two properties: 71 * `name` - The name of the attribute 72 * `type` - One of: S, N, or B for (S)tring, (N)umber or (B)inary data 73 * `stream_enabled` - (Optional) Indicates whether Streams are to be enabled (true) or disabled (false). 74 * `stream_view_type` - (Optional) When an item in the table is modified, StreamViewType determines what information is written to the table's stream. Valid values are KEYS_ONLY, NEW_IMAGE, OLD_IMAGE, NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES. 75 * `local_secondary_index` - (Optional, Forces new resource) Describe an LSI on the table; 76 these can only be allocated *at creation* so you cannot change this 77 definition after you have created the resource. 78 * `global_secondary_index` - (Optional) Describe a GSO for the table; 79 subject to the normal limits on the number of GSIs, projected 80 attributes, etc. 81 * `tags` - (Optional) A map of tags to populate on the created table. 82 83 For both `local_secondary_index` and `global_secondary_index` objects, 84 the following properties are supported: 85 86 * `name` - (Required) The name of the LSI or GSI 87 * `hash_key` - (Required for GSI) The name of the hash key in the index; must be 88 defined as an attribute in the resource. Only applies to 89 `global_secondary_index` 90 * `range_key` - (Required) The name of the range key; must be defined 91 * `projection_type` - (Required) One of "ALL", "INCLUDE" or "KEYS_ONLY" 92 where *ALL* projects every attribute into the index, *KEYS_ONLY* 93 projects just the hash and range key into the index, and *INCLUDE* 94 projects only the keys specified in the _non_key_attributes_ 95 parameter. 96 * `non_key_attributes` - (Optional) Only required with *INCLUDE* as a 97 projection type; a list of attributes to project into the index. These 98 do not need to be defined as attributes on the table. 99 100 For `global_secondary_index` objects only, you need to specify 101 `write_capacity` and `read_capacity` in the same way you would for the 102 table as they have separate I/O capacity. 103 104 ### A note about attributes 105 106 Only define attributes on the table object that are going to be used as: 107 108 * Table hash key or range key 109 * LSI or GSI hash key or range key 110 111 The DynamoDB API expects attribute structure (name and type) to be 112 passed along when creating or updating GSI/LSIs or creating the initial 113 table. In these cases it expects the Hash / Range keys to be provided; 114 because these get re-used in numerous places (i.e the table's range key 115 could be a part of one or more GSIs), they are stored on the table 116 object to prevent duplication and increase consistency. If you add 117 attributes here that are not used in these scenarios it can cause an 118 infinite loop in planning. 119 120 121 ## Attributes Reference 122 123 The following attributes are exported: 124 125 * `arn` - The arn of the table 126 * `id` - The name of the table 127 * `stream_arn` - The ARN of the Table Stream. Only available when `stream_enabled = true` 128 129 130 ## Import 131 132 DynamoDB tables can be imported using the `name`, e.g. 133 134 ``` 135 $ terraform import aws_dynamodb_table.basic-dynamodb-table GameScores 136 ```