Setting up DynamoDB (web service) - Amazon DynamoDB
Signing up for AWSConfiguring your credentialsIntegrating with other DynamoDB services
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Setting up DynamoDB (web service)

To use the Amazon DynamoDB web service:

  1. Sign up for an AWS account

  2. Configure your credentials (used to access DynamoDB programmatically).

    Note

    If you plan to interact with DynamoDB only through the AWS Management Console, you don't need an AWS access key, and you can skip ahead to Using the console.

Signing up for AWS

Sign up for an AWS account

To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see Getting started with an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Reference Guide.

Configuring your credentials

Before you can access DynamoDB programmatically or through the AWS CLI, you must configure your credentials to enable authorization for your applications.

There are several ways to do this. For example, you can manually create the credentials file to store your access key ID and secret access key. You also can use the AWS CLI command aws configure to automatically create the file. Alternatively, you can use environment variables. For more information about configuring your credentials, see the programming-specific AWS SDK developer guide.

To install and configure the AWS CLI, see Using the AWS CLI.

Integrating with other DynamoDB services

You can integrate DynamoDB with many other AWS services. For more information, see the following: