Error: Unable to start DynamoDB Local process
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Solution
Error occuring when trying to start a Local offline DynamoDB instance, often appearning when using Serverless Framework.
First, make sure you have Java JDK & JRE (Java Runtime Engine) version 6.x or newer is installed on your machine since it is required by the Local DynamoDB.
Usually error gets fixed by executing the following set of commands:
yarn remove serverless-dynamodb-local yarn add serverless-dynamodb-local@0.2.35 sls dynamodb install
If you want to use versions after 0.2.26 make sure to execute the
following command instead of sls dynamodb install:
sls dynamodb install --localPath ./bin
After you have installed the Local DynamoDB, you can start it by executing the following command:
sls offline start
If DynamoDB Offline is still not running, it might be failing to do so because
port 8000 is already in use. You can run DynamoDB Offline on a
different port by specifying -p option to the
sls offline start command like so:
sls dynamodb start -p 8000
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