Creating a Table Using the AWS Console

  1. Sign in to the AWS management console.
  2. Use the AWS console search bar to search for “DynamoDB” and select “DynamoDB” from the search results.
  3. Click the “Create table” button.
  4. Write a table name, partition key, and sort key.
  5. From the “Settings” section, select the “Customize settings” option.
  6. Under the “Read/write capacity setting” section, select the “Provisioned” option.
  7. Scroll down and turn auto-scaling off under “Read capacity” and “Write capacity”. We will enter 1 as our read and write capacity unit.
  8. Let the “Encryption at rest” option stay as it is.
  9. Click the “Create table” button to complete the process.

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