How to setup or install Amazon DynamoDB on Ubuntu

This tutorial is a complete guide for setting up DynamoDB database on Ubuntu 16.04 locally. The tutorial is tested on Ubuntu 16.04 with completely working commands.

Must Read - What is Amazon DynamoDB?

Prerequisites

JAVA
DynamoDB requires java for working.DynamoDB supports the Java Runtime Engine (JRE) version 6.x or newer; it does not run on older JRE versions.
Run the following commands to install Java JRE 7

# Open terminal & give following commands
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

#IF YOU ARE GETTING PROBLEM TO INSTALL JRE/JDK 7 then use following commands(Optional)
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa  
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

To check which java version is install on system.

# Open terminal & give following commands
java -version

DynamoDB Local ( Downloadable Version )
Download the Amazon Dynamo Database Downloadable Version using following links:
1) .tar.gz format: http://dynamodb-local.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dynamodb_local_latest.tar.gz
2) .zip format: http://dynamodb-local.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dynamodb_local_latest.zip
After Downloading the Dynamo Database Extract it in Home Folder

Running DynamoDB Locally on Ubuntu

# Open terminal & give following commands
# Change directory
cd dynamodb_local_latest
java -jar DynamoDBLocal.jar

That's it, DynamoDB is running Locally on your machine.

# Open the shell to show it's working!
open http://localhost:8000/shell