AWS CLI for DynamoDB - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to list all DynamoDB tables in your AWS account.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb [1]

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Adescribe-table

Blist-tables

Ccreate-table

Ddelete-table

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Common Mistakes

Using describe-table instead of list-tables

Trying to create or delete tables when just listing

The list-tables command shows all DynamoDB tables in your account.

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medium

Complete the command to create a DynamoDB table named 'Books' with a primary key 'ISBN' of type string.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb create-table --table-name Books --attribute-definitions AttributeName=ISBN,AttributeType=[1] --key-schema AttributeName=ISBN,KeyType=HASH --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5

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AS

BN

CB

DBOOL

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Common Mistakes

Using 'N' which means number

Using 'B' which means binary

The attribute type S stands for string, which is used for the ISBN key.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to delete a DynamoDB table named 'Users'.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb [1] --table-name Users

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Aremove-table

Bdestroy-table

Cdrop-table

Ddelete-table

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Common Mistakes

Using remove-table or drop-table which are invalid commands

Using destroy-table which does not exist

The correct command to delete a table is delete-table.

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hard

Fill both blanks to update the provisioned throughput of the 'Orders' table to 10 read and 5 write units.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb update-table --table-name Orders --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=[1],WriteCapacityUnits=[2]

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A10

B5

C15

D20

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Common Mistakes

Swapping read and write units

Using values not matching the requirement

Set ReadCapacityUnits to 10 and WriteCapacityUnits to 5 as required.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to put an item with 'UserId' 123 and 'Name' 'Alice' into the 'Customers' table.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb put-item --table-name Customers --item '{"UserId": {"[1]": "[2]"}, "Name": {"[3]": "Alice"}}'

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AN

B123

CS

DBOOL

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Common Mistakes

Using string type for UserId number

Using wrong type letters

UserId is a number, so type 'N' and value 123. Name is a string, so type 'S'.