Error: Unable to start DynamoDB Local process
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
Other Common DynamoDB Errors (with Solutions)
- could not unconvert attribute dynamodb
- name key is not defined dynamodb
- dynamodb local shell not working
- ValidationException: Invalid KeyConditionExpression: Attribute name is a reserved keyword;
- DynamoDB FilterExpression Not Working
- cognitoidentitycredentials is not authorized to perform dynamodb describetable
- dynamodb query key condition not supported
- AWS CLI DynamoDB Error Parsing Parameter
- dynamodb-admin command not found
- dynamodb list_append if_not_exists not working
- KMS Key Access Denied Error DynamoDB
- dynamodb connection timeout
- dynamodb list_append returns true but does not work
- DynamoDB Scan Not Working
- Conditional Update Error DynamoDB