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AWS DynamoDB binding spec

Detailed documentation on the AWS DynamoDB binding component

Component format

To setup AWS DynamoDB binding create a component of type bindings.aws.dynamodb. See this guide on how to create and apply a binding configuration.

See Authenticating to AWS 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"

Warning

The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described here.

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"`

Important

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.

Binding support

This component supports output binding with the following operations:

create

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Last modified July 31, 2023: [Bindings] Update specs to include `direction` (#3646) (e33f5a95)