DynamoDB Local On Windows, Mac, Linux

Scott Beeker
Oct 20, 2021

Test your tables without burning up resources the following is a step by step guide. For windows you will need WSL2 I use Ubuntu.

  1. Download unzip sudo apt install unzip
  2. For Mac use Curl for Windows/Linux use wget
    curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dynamodb-local/dynamodb_local_latest.zip
    wget https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dynamodb-local/dynamodb_local_latest.zip
  3. mkdir dynamodblocal
  4. unzip dynamodb_local_latest.zip -d dynamodblocal

5. cd dynamodblocal

6. Next open an ide

7. java -Djava.library.path=./DynamoDBLocal_lib -jar DynamoDBLocal.jar -sharedDb

Good to go leave your terminal running

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Scott Beeker

Full Stack Developer Learning something new each and every day.