From 00bcdd317f48e8b15f25c11cdb8815e4b2304d54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mike12345567 <me@michaeldrury.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:49:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing issue #5322 - when endpoint is specified for DynamoDB
 and not in a the region that the whole instance expects it will throw an odd
 credentials error - making sure connection is commenced everywhere other than
 localhost.

---
 packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts
index be3668a08a..9ce4201a1e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/dynamodb.ts
@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@ module DynamoModule {
 
     constructor(config: DynamoDBConfig) {
       this.config = config
-      if (!this.config.endpoint) {
+      if (this.config.endpoint && !this.config.endpoint.includes("localhost")) {
         this.connect()
       }
       let options = {
         correctClockSkew: true,
+        region: this.config.region || AWS_REGION,
         endpoint: config.endpoint ? config.endpoint : undefined,
       }
       this.client = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient(options)