Create model programmatically Create a Json file mymodel.json for a basic model { "TableName": "YOUR_TABLE_NAME", "KeySchema": [ { "AttributeName": "KEY_COLUMN_NAME", "KeyType": "HASH" } ], "AttributeDefinitions": [ { "AttributeName": "KEY_COLUMN_NAME", "AttributeType": "S" } ], "ProvisionedThroughput": { "ReadCapacityUnits": 5, "WriteCapacityUnits": 5 } } Create the model > aws dynamodb create-table --cli-input-json file://YOUR_FULL_PATH/mymodel.json --endpoint-url http://localhost:9001 Check the model > aws dynamodb list-tables --endpoint-url http://localhost:9001