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Sumanth Shetty
Sumanth Shetty

Reputation: 677

"aws dynamodb list-tables" not showing the tables present

When I use:

aws dynamodb list-tables

I am getting:

{
    "TableNames": []
}

I gave the region as default as I did the same while aws configure.

I also tried with specific region name.

When I check in AWS console also I don't see any DynamoDB tables, but i am able to access the table programmatically. Able to add and modify item as well.

But no result when enter I use aws dynamodb list-tables and also no tables when I check in console.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 12471

Answers (3)

Karl Linfeldt
Karl Linfeldt

Reputation: 1

Check the region you set up in AWS configuration vs what is displayed at the top of the AWS console. I had my app configured to us-east-2 but the AWS console had us-east-1 as the default. I was able to view my table once the correct region was selected in the AWS console.

Upvotes: 0

Sumanth Shetty
Sumanth Shetty

Reputation: 677

We need to specify the endpoint in the command which will work . As the above dynamodb is used programmatically and used as wed app.

this command will work :

aws dynamodb list-tables --endpoint-url http://localhost:8080 --region us-west-2

Upvotes: 1

John Rotenstein
John Rotenstein

Reputation: 270224

This is clearly a result of the commands looking in the wrong place.

DynamoDB tables are stored in an account within a region. So, if there is definitely a table but none are showing, then the credentials being used either belong to a different AWS Account or the command is being sent to the wrong region.

You can specify a region like this:

aws dynamodb list-tables --region ap-southeast-2

If you are able to access the table dynamically, the make sure the same credentials being used by your program are also being used for the AWS CLI.

Upvotes: 13

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