Amazon DynamoDB

Overview

Connect Superblocks to DynamoDB to build apps with read and write access to a DynamoDB database

Setting up Amazon DynamoDB

1. Add integration

Select DynamoDB from the integrations page.

2. Configure settings

Fill out the form with the following settings:

Cloud

Setting	Required	Description
Name	TRUE	Name that will be displayed to users when selecting this integration in Superblocks
Region	TRUE	AWS region where DynamoDB is hosted, e.g. us-east-1
Access Key ID	TRUE	Access key ID for your AWS account
Secret Key	TRUE	Secret access key for your AWS account
IAM Role ARN	FALSE	ARN of the role for Superblocks to assume for accessing DynamoDB resources

On-Premise Agent

Setting	Required	Description
Name	TRUE	Name that will be displayed to users when selecting this integration in Superblocks
Auth Type	TRUE	Choose between: Access Key - Use access key ID and secret access key authorization Token File - Use Service Account Token Volume Projection to authorize your On-Premise Agent to connect to your DynamoDB databases. EC2 Instance Metadata - Use EC2 Instance Metadata to authorize your On-Premise Agent to connect to your DynamoDB databases. If you are using Kube2Iam, you would select this option.
Region	If Auth Type is Access Key	AWS region where DynamoDB is hosted, e.g. us-east-1
Access Key ID	If Auth Type is Access Key	Access key ID for your AWS account
Secret Key	If Auth Type is Access Key	Secret access key for your AWS account
IAM Role ARN	FALSE	ARN of the role for Superblocks to assume for accessing DynamoDB resources

3. Test and save

Click Test Connection to check that Superblocks can connect to the data source.

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If using Superblocks Cloud, add these Superblocks IPs to your allowlist (not necessary for On-Premise-Agent).

After connecting successfully, click Create to save the integration.

4. Set profiles

Optionally, configure different profiles for separate development environments.

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Amazon DynamoDB connected Now you can use Amazon DynamoDB in any Application, Workflow, or Scheduled Job.

Creating Amazon DynamoDB steps

Connect to your DynamoDB integration from Superblocks by creating steps in Application APIs, Workflows and Scheduled Jobs. Steps can be configured to perform any of the actions below. Configure your IAM policy for the integration accordingly depending on the desired permissions.

"dynamodb:BatchWriteItem",
"dynamodb:CreateTable",
"dynamodb:DeleteItem",
"dynamodb:DeleteTable",
"dynamodb:DescribeTable",
"dynamodb:ExecuteStatement",
"dynamodb:ExecuteTransaction",
"dynamodb:GetItem",
"dynamodb:ListTables",
"dynamodb:ListTagsOfResource",
"dynamodb:PutItem",
"dynamodb:Query",
"dynamodb:Scan",
"dynamodb:TagResource",
"dynamodb:UpdateItem",
"dynamodb:UpdateTable"

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Superblocks also supports connecting to AWS services with Boto3 in Python steps if you require additional functionality.

Troubleshooting

Check out our guide on common errors across database integrations. If you are encountering an error that you don't see in the guide, or the provided steps are insufficient to resolve the error, please contact us at help@superblocks.com.