DynamoDB local on M1 Apple Silicon (macos)

README.md

1. download openjdk for macos x86_64

   https://adoptium.net/download

2. decompress it somewhere (e.g. ~/software/jdk-11.0.15_10)

3. brew install dynamodb-local

4. edit /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/dynamodb-local/latest/dynamodb-local.wrapper.sh

5. bonus: start it on boot

   create: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/dynamodb-local.plist

6. launch the service

   launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/dynamodb-local.plist

dynamodb-local.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <dict>
      <key>SuccessfulExit</key>
      <false/>
    </dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>dynamodb-local</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/opt/homebrew/bin/dynamodb-local</string>
      <string>--sharedDb</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/opt/homebrew/var</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/opt/homebrew/var/log/dynamodb-local.log</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/opt/homebrew/var/log/dynamodb-local.log</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

dynamodb-local.wrapper.sh

#!/bin/sh
export JAVA_HOME=~/software/jdk-11.0.15_10/Contents/Home/bin/java

cd "$(dirname "$(readlink -n "${0}")")" && arch -x86_64 ~/software/jdk-11.0.15_10/Contents/Home/bin/java -Djava.library.path='./DynamoDBLocal_lib' -jar 'DynamoDBLocal.jar' "$@"