AWS Access¶
PynamoDB uses botocore to interact with the DynamoDB API. Thus, any method of configuration supported by botocore
works with PynamoDB.
For local development the use of environment variables such as AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
is probably preferable. You can of course use IAM users, as recommended by AWS. In addition
EC2 roles will work as well and
would be recommended when running on EC2.
As for the permissions granted via IAM, many tasks can be carried out by PynamoDB. So you should construct your policies as required, see the DynamoDB docs for more information.
If for some reason you can’t use conventional AWS configuration methods, you can set the credentials in the Model Meta class:
from pynamodb.models import Model
class MyModel(Model):
class Meta:
aws_access_key_id = 'my_access_key_id'
aws_secret_access_key = 'my_secret_access_key'
aws_session_token = 'my_session_token' # Optional, only for temporary credentials like those received when assuming a role
Finally, see the AWS CLI documentation for more details on how to pass credentials to botocore.