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AWS::DynamoDB::GlobalTable

DynamoDB GlobalTable

Version: None. Resource Type definition for AWS::DynamoDB::GlobalTable

Properties

18 configurable properties. 1 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
Replicas
Array<ReplicaSpecification>
Required
AttributeDefinitions
Array<AttributeDefinition>
BillingMode
string
GlobalSecondaryIndexes
Array<GlobalSecondaryIndex>
GlobalTableSourceArn
string
Write-only
GlobalTableWitnesses
Array<GlobalTableWitness>
KeySchema
Array<KeySchema>
LocalSecondaryIndexes
Array<LocalSecondaryIndex>
MultiRegionConsistency
string
ReadOnDemandThroughputSettings
ReadOnDemandThroughputSettings
ReadProvisionedThroughputSettings
GlobalReadProvisionedThroughputSettings
SSESpecification
SSESpecification
StreamSpecification
StreamSpecification
TableName
string
Create-only
TimeToLiveSpecification
TimeToLiveSpecification
WarmThroughput
WarmThroughput
WriteOnDemandThroughputSettings
WriteOnDemandThroughputSettings
WriteProvisionedThroughputSettings
WriteProvisionedThroughputSettings

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
Arnstring-
StreamArnstring-
TableIdstring-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::DynamoDB::GlobalTable

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::DynamoDB::GlobalTable
    Properties:
      Replicas: []

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

read

dynamodb:Describe*dynamodb:GetResourcePolicyapplication-autoscaling:Describe*cloudwatch:PutMetricDatadynamodb:ListTagsOfResourcekms:DescribeKey

create

dynamodb:CreateTabledynamodb:CreateTableReplicadynamodb:Describe*dynamodb:UpdateTabledynamodb:UpdateTimeToLivedynamodb:UpdateContributorInsightsdynamodb:UpdateContinuousBackupsdynamodb:ListTagsOfResource

update

dynamodb:Describe*dynamodb:CreateTableReplicadynamodb:UpdateTabledynamodb:UpdateTimeToLivedynamodb:UpdateContinuousBackupsdynamodb:UpdateContributorInsightsdynamodb:ListTagsOfResourcedynamodb:Query

list

dynamodb:ListTablescloudwatch:PutMetricData

delete

dynamodb:Describe*dynamodb:DeleteTableapplication-autoscaling:DeleteScalingPolicyapplication-autoscaling:DeleteScheduledActionapplication-autoscaling:DeregisterScalableTargetapplication-autoscaling:Describe*application-autoscaling:PutScalingPolicyapplication-autoscaling:PutScheduledAction

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Quick Facts

ServiceDynamoDB
Properties21
Required1
TaggingNot supported
Primary IDTableName

Supported Operations

ReadCreateUpdateListDelete

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

TableName

Related Resources

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