# Serverless-dynamodb-autoscaling experience?

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-dynamodb-autoscaling-experience/6892>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** dynamodb\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-dynamodb-autoscaling-experience/6892 "2019-01-04T15:26:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![deepakad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@deepakad](https://forum.serverless.com/u/deepakad)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-dynamodb-autoscaling-experience/6892/1 "2019-01-04T15:26:33Z")

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Has anyone configured or used plugin called “[serverless-dynamodb-autoscaling]” for configuring dynamodb auto scaling.

I am trying to use this. But whenever i use “sls deploy”, it tries to creates a role for autoscaling. But role is already created separately (by security team), how do i define this plugin to use that role and not create a new role.

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**Author:** ![sime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/sime/32/230_2.png) [@sime](https://forum.serverless.com/u/sime)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-dynamodb-autoscaling-experience/6892/2 "2019-01-09T21:51:25Z")

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This doesn’t answer you question specifically, but DynamoDB has pay per request. No need to setting up autoscaling (though if you expect a high amount of traffic, best to run the number on how might it will cost you).

> **[Amazon DynamoDB On-Demand – No Capacity Planning and Pay-Per-Request Pricing...](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-dynamodb-on-demand-no-capacity-planning-and-pay-per-request-pricing/)**
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> Just a few years ago, creating a database that could support your business at any scale while providing consistent low latency was a daunting task. That changed for me in 2012 while reading Werner Vogels’ blog post announcing Amazon DynamoDB (it...

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**Author:** ![jthomerson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/jthomerson/32/481_2.png) [@jthomerson](https://forum.serverless.com/u/jthomerson)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-dynamodb-autoscaling-experience/6892/3 "2019-01-10T19:30:24Z")

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I believe that’s covered in the docs: [https://github.com/medikoo/serverless-plugin-dynamodb-autoscaling#iam-role-configuration](https://github.com/medikoo/serverless-plugin-dynamodb-autoscaling#iam-role-configuration)