Work with DynamoDB global tables and multi-Region replication with eventual consistency (MREC) using AWS Command Line Interface v2 - Amazon DynamoDB

Work with DynamoDB global tables and multi-Region replication with eventual consistency (MREC) using AWS Command Line Interface v2

The following code example shows how to manage DynamoDB global tables with multi-Region replication with eventual consistency (MREC).

  • Create a table with multi-Region replication (MREC).

  • Put and get items from replica tables.

  • Remove replicas one-by-one.

  • Clean up by deleting the table.

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Create a table with multi-Region replication.

# Step 1: Create a new table (MusicTable) in US East (Ohio), with DynamoDB Streams enabled (NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES)
aws dynamodb create-table \
    --table-name MusicTable \
    --attribute-definitions \
        AttributeName=Artist,AttributeType=S \
        AttributeName=SongTitle,AttributeType=S \
    --key-schema \
        AttributeName=Artist,KeyType=HASH \
        AttributeName=SongTitle,KeyType=RANGE \
    --billing-mode PAY_PER_REQUEST \
    --stream-specification StreamEnabled=true,StreamViewType=NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES \
    --region us-east-2

# Step 2: Create an identical MusicTable table in US East (N. Virginia)
aws dynamodb update-table --table-name MusicTable --cli-input-json \
'{
  "ReplicaUpdates":
  [
    {
      "Create": {
        "RegionName": "us-east-1"
      }
    }
  ]
}' \
--region us-east-2

# Step 3: Create a table in Europe (Ireland)
aws dynamodb update-table --table-name MusicTable --cli-input-json \
'{
  "ReplicaUpdates":
  [
    {
      "Create": {
        "RegionName": "eu-west-1"
      }
    }
  ]
}' \
--region us-east-2

Describe the multi-Region table.

# Step 4: View the list of replicas created using describe-table
aws dynamodb describe-table \
    --table-name MusicTable \
    --region us-east-2 \
    --query 'Table.{TableName:TableName,TableStatus:TableStatus,MultiRegionConsistency:MultiRegionConsistency,Replicas:Replicas[*].{Region:RegionName,Status:ReplicaStatus}}'

Put items in a replica table.

# Step 5: To verify that replication is working, add a new item to the Music table in US East (Ohio)
aws dynamodb put-item \
    --table-name MusicTable \
    --item '{"Artist": {"S":"item_1"},"SongTitle": {"S":"Song Value 1"}}' \
    --region us-east-2

Get items from replica tables.

# Step 6: Wait for a few seconds, and then check to see whether the item has been 
# successfully replicated to US East (N. Virginia) and Europe (Ireland)
aws dynamodb get-item \
    --table-name MusicTable \
    --key '{"Artist": {"S":"item_1"},"SongTitle": {"S":"Song Value 1"}}' \
    --region us-east-1

aws dynamodb get-item \
    --table-name MusicTable \
    --key '{"Artist": {"S":"item_1"},"SongTitle": {"S":"Song Value 1"}}' \
    --region eu-west-1

Remove replicas.

# Step 7: Delete the replica table in Europe (Ireland) Region
aws dynamodb update-table --table-name MusicTable --cli-input-json \
'{
  "ReplicaUpdates":
  [
    {
      "Delete": {
        "RegionName": "eu-west-1"
      }
    }
  ]
}' \
--region us-east-2

# Delete the replica table in US East (N. Virginia) Region
aws dynamodb update-table --table-name MusicTable --cli-input-json \
'{
  "ReplicaUpdates":
  [
    {
      "Delete": {
        "RegionName": "us-east-1"
      }
    }
  ]
}' \
--region us-east-2

Clean up by deleting the table.

# Clean up: Delete the primary table
aws dynamodb delete-table --table-name MusicTable --region us-east-2

echo "Global table demonstration complete."

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using DynamoDB with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.