Step 9. Deploy the data model

Objective

• Deploy the DynamoDB table (or tables) to the AWS Region.

Process

• DevOps architect creates an AWS CloudFormation template or other infrastructure as code (IaC) tool for the DynamoDB table (or tables). AWS CloudFormation provides an automated way to provision and configure your tables and associated resources.

Tools and resources

• AWS CloudFormation

RACI

Business user	Business analyst	Solutions architect	Database engineer	Application developer	DevOps engineer
I	I	C	C		R/A

Outputs

• AWS CloudFormation template

Example

mySecondDDBTable:
   Type: AWS::DynamoDB::
   Table DependsOn: "myFirstDDBTable" 
   Properties:  
   AttributeDefinitions:
      -  AttributeName: "ArtistId" 
         AttributeType: "S"
      -  AttributeName: "Concert" 
         AttributeType: "S"
      -  AttributeName: "TicketSales" 
         AttributeType: "S"
   KeySchema:
      -  AttributeName: "ArtistId" 
         KeyType: "HASH"
      -  AttributeName: "Concert" 
         KeyType: "RANGE"
   ProvisionedThroughput: 
      ReadCapacityUnits:
         Ref: "ReadCapacityUnits" 
      WriteCapacityUnits:
         Ref: "WriteCapacityUnits" 
   GlobalSecondaryIndexes:
      -  IndexName: "myGSI" 
         KeySchema:
            - AttributeName: "TicketSales" 
            KeyType: "HASH"
         Projection:
            ProjectionType: "KEYS_ONLY" 
         ProvisionedThroughput: 
         ReadCapacityUnits:
            Ref: "ReadCapacityUnits" 
         WriteCapacityUnits:
            Ref: "WriteCapacityUnits" 
   Tags:
      -  Key: mykey 
         Value: myvalue