DynamoDB local is now accessible on AWS CloudShell

Today, Amazon DynamoDB announces the general availability of DynamoDB local on AWS CloudShell, a browser-based, pre-authenticated shell that you can launch directly from the AWS Management Console. With DynamoDB local, you can develop and test your applications by running DynamoDB in your local development environment without incurring any costs.

DynamoDB local works with your existing DynamoDB API calls without impacting your production environment. You can now start DynamoDB local just by using dynamodb-local alias in CloudShell to develop and test your DynamoDB tables anywhere in the console without downloading or installing the AWS CLI nor DynamoDB local. To interact with DynamoDB local running in CloudShell with CLI commands, use the --endpoint-url parameter and point it to localhost:8000.

You can navigate to CloudShell from the AWS Management Console a few different ways. For more information, see Getting started with AWS CloudShell. To learn more about using DynamoDB local command line options see DynamoDB local usage notes.