Amazon DynamoDB template snippets
Application Auto Scaling with an Amazon DynamoDB table
This example sets up Application Auto Scaling for a AWS::DynamoDB::Table resource.
The template defines a TargetTrackingScaling scaling policy that scales up the WriteCapacityUnits throughput for the table.
JSON
{ "Resources": { "DDBTable": { "Type": "AWS::DynamoDB::Table", "Properties": { "AttributeDefinitions": [ { "AttributeName": "ArtistId", "AttributeType": "S" }, { "AttributeName": "Concert", "AttributeType": "S" }, { "AttributeName": "TicketSales", "AttributeType": "S" } ], "KeySchema": [ { "AttributeName": "ArtistId", "KeyType": "HASH" }, { "AttributeName": "Concert", "KeyType": "RANGE" } ], "GlobalSecondaryIndexes": [ { "IndexName": "GSI", "KeySchema": [ { "AttributeName": "TicketSales", "KeyType": "HASH" } ], "Projection": { "ProjectionType": "KEYS_ONLY" }, "ProvisionedThroughput": { "ReadCapacityUnits": 5, "WriteCapacityUnits": 5 } } ], "ProvisionedThroughput": { "ReadCapacityUnits": 5, "WriteCapacityUnits": 5 } } }, "WriteCapacityScalableTarget": { "Type": "AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget", "Properties": { "MaxCapacity": 15, "MinCapacity": 5, "ResourceId": { "Fn::Join": [ "/", [ "table", { "Ref": "DDBTable" } ] ] }, "RoleARN": { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "ScalingRole", "Arn" ] }, "ScalableDimension": "dynamodb:table:WriteCapacityUnits", "ServiceNamespace": "dynamodb" } }, "ScalingRole": { "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role", "Properties": { "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "Service": [ "application-autoscaling.amazonaws.com" ] }, "Action": [ "sts:AssumeRole" ] } ] }, "Path": "/", "Policies": [ { "PolicyName": "root", "PolicyDocument": { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "dynamodb:DescribeTable", "dynamodb:UpdateTable", "cloudwatch:PutMetricAlarm", "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms", "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics", "cloudwatch:SetAlarmState", "cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms" ], "Resource": "*" } ] } } ] } }, "WriteScalingPolicy": { "Type": "AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy", "Properties": { "PolicyName": "WriteAutoScalingPolicy", "PolicyType": "TargetTrackingScaling", "ScalingTargetId": { "Ref": "WriteCapacityScalableTarget" }, "TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration": { "TargetValue": 50, "ScaleInCooldown": 60, "ScaleOutCooldown": 60, "PredefinedMetricSpecification": { "PredefinedMetricType": "DynamoDBWriteCapacityUtilization" } } } } } }
YAML
Resources: DDBTable: Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table Properties: AttributeDefinitions: - AttributeName: "ArtistId" AttributeType: "S" - AttributeName: "Concert" AttributeType: "S" - AttributeName: "TicketSales" AttributeType: "S" KeySchema: - AttributeName: "ArtistId" KeyType: "HASH" - AttributeName: "Concert" KeyType: "RANGE" GlobalSecondaryIndexes: - IndexName: "GSI" KeySchema: - AttributeName: "TicketSales" KeyType: "HASH" Projection: ProjectionType: "KEYS_ONLY" ProvisionedThroughput: ReadCapacityUnits: 5 WriteCapacityUnits: 5 ProvisionedThroughput: ReadCapacityUnits: 5 WriteCapacityUnits: 5 WriteCapacityScalableTarget: Type: AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget Properties: MaxCapacity: 15 MinCapacity: 5 ResourceId: !Join - / - - table - !Ref DDBTable RoleARN: !GetAtt ScalingRole.Arn ScalableDimension: dynamodb:table:WriteCapacityUnits ServiceNamespace: dynamodb ScalingRole: Type: AWS::IAM::Role Properties: AssumeRolePolicyDocument: Version: "2012-10-17" Statement: - Effect: "Allow" Principal: Service: - application-autoscaling.amazonaws.com Action: - "sts:AssumeRole" Path: "/" Policies: - PolicyName: "root" PolicyDocument: Version: "2012-10-17" Statement: - Effect: "Allow" Action: - "dynamodb:DescribeTable" - "dynamodb:UpdateTable" - "cloudwatch:PutMetricAlarm" - "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms" - "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics" - "cloudwatch:SetAlarmState" - "cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms" Resource: "*" WriteScalingPolicy: Type: AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy Properties: PolicyName: WriteAutoScalingPolicy PolicyType: TargetTrackingScaling ScalingTargetId: !Ref WriteCapacityScalableTarget TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration: TargetValue: 50.0 ScaleInCooldown: 60 ScaleOutCooldown: 60 PredefinedMetricSpecification: PredefinedMetricType: DynamoDBWriteCapacityUtilization
See also
For more information, see the blog post How to use AWS CloudFormation to configure auto scaling for DynamoDB tables and
indexes
For more information about DynamoDB resources, see AWS::DynamoDB::Table.
