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)
- dynamodb-admin is not recognized as an internal or external command
- dynamodb can not resolve withkeyconditionexpression
- name key is not defined dynamodb
- Float types are not supported. Use decimal types instead.
- DynamoDB Network Error: self signed certificate in chain
- ExpressionAttributeValues contains invalid value: One or more parameter values were invalid: An AttributeValue may not contain an empty string
- DynamoDB Invalid UpdateExpression Syntax Error Token
- DynamoDB ConditionalCheckFailedException
- DynamoDB Code Working In Node But Not SAM
- dynamodb cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'bytelength')
- could not unconvert attribute dynamodb
- dynamodb cannot convert undefined or null to object
- DynamoDB TTL Not Working
- lambda function not triggering from dynamodb
- ConfigError: Missing region in config