diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index a5f2f7337..dd82f4b59 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -873,10 +873,13 @@ Additionally if search extension is enabled, additional parameters are needed:
             "endpoint": "http://localhost:4566",
             "region": "us-east-2",
             "cacheTablename": "ZotBlobTable",
-            // used by search extensions
-            "repoMetaTablename": "ZotRepoMetadataTable",
-            "manifestDataTablename": "ZotManifestDataTable",
+            // used for auth
             "userDataTablename": "ZotUserDataTable",
+            "apiKeyTablename": "ZotApiKeyDataTable",
+            // used by search extension
+            "repoMetaTablename": "ZotRepoMetadataTable",
+            "imageMetaTablename": "ZotImageMetaTable",
+            "repoBlobsInfoTablename": "ZotRepoBlobsInfoTable",
             "versionTablename": "ZotVersion"
         }
 ```
@@ -891,6 +894,10 @@ The following AWS policy is required by zot for caching blobs. Make sure to repl
       "Effect": "Allow",
       "Action": [
         "dynamodb:CreateTable",
+        "dynamodb:DescribeTable",
+        "dynamodb:DeleteTable",
+        "dynamodb:Scan",
+        "dynamodb:BatchGetItem",
         "dynamodb:GetItem",
         "dynamodb:UpdateItem",
         "dynamodb:DeleteItem"
@@ -900,6 +907,8 @@ The following AWS policy is required by zot for caching blobs. Make sure to repl
   ]
 }
 
+Note `dynamodb:DeleteTable` is used only in running the zot tests, should not be needed in production.
+
 ### Redis
 
 Redis is an alternative to BoltDB (which cannot be shared by multiple zot instances) and DynamoDB (requires access to AWS).
diff --git a/examples/config-all-remote.json b/examples/config-all-remote.json
index b3eb67999..0668db851 100644
--- a/examples/config-all-remote.json
+++ b/examples/config-all-remote.json
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
             "repoMetaTablename": "ZotRepoMetadataTable",
             "imageMetaTablename": "ZotImageMetaTable",
             "repoBlobsInfoTablename": "ZotRepoBlobsInfoTable",
+            "userDataTablename": "ZotUserDataTable",
+            "apiKeyTablename": "ZotApiKeyTable",
             "versionTablename": "ZotVersion"
         }
     },
diff --git a/examples/config-dynamodb.json b/examples/config-dynamodb.json
index 3bc6780d8..504991622 100644
--- a/examples/config-dynamodb.json
+++ b/examples/config-dynamodb.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             "imageMetaTablename": "ZotImageMetaTable",
             "repoBlobsInfoTablename": "ZotRepoBlobsInfoTable",
             "userDataTablename": "ZotUserDataTable",
+            "apiKeyTablename": "ZotApiKeyTable",
             "versionTablename": "ZotVersion"
         }
     },
diff --git a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-localstack.json b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-localstack.json
index 6f6c40775..37f2501ad 100644
--- a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-localstack.json
+++ b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-localstack.json
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
             "region": "us-east-2",
             "cacheTablename": "BlobTable",
             "repoMetaTablename": "RepoMetadataTable",
-            "indexDataTablename": "IndexDataTable",
-            "manifestDataTablename": "ManifestDataTable",
-            "apikeytablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
-            "userdatatablename": "UserDataTable",
+            "imageMetaTablename": "ImageMetaTable",
+            "repoBlobsInfoTablename": "RepoBlobsInfoTable",
+            "apiKeyTablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
+            "userDataTablename": "UserDataTable",
             "versionTablename": "VersionTable"
         }
     },
diff --git a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-minio.json b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-minio.json
index b89c0cefd..c36053634 100644
--- a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-minio.json
+++ b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-bench-s3-minio.json
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
             "region": "us-east-2",
             "cacheTablename": "BlobTable",
             "repoMetaTablename": "RepoMetadataTable",
-            "indexDataTablename": "IndexDataTable",
-            "manifestDataTablename": "ManifestDataTable",
-            "apikeytablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
-            "userdatatablename": "UserDataTable",
+            "imageMetaTablename": "ImageMetaTable",
+            "repoBlobsInfoTablename": "RepoBlobsInfoTable",
+            "apiKeyTablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
+            "userDataTablename": "UserDataTable",
             "versionTablename": "VersionTable"
         }
     },
diff --git a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-localstack.json b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-localstack.json
index 732707a4a..b96b76886 100644
--- a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-localstack.json
+++ b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-localstack.json
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
             "region": "us-east-2",
             "cacheTablename": "BlobTable",
             "repoMetaTablename": "RepoMetadataTable",
-            "indexDataTablename": "IndexDataTable",
-            "manifestDataTablename": "ManifestDataTable",
-            "apikeytablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
-            "userdatatablename": "UserDataTable",
+            "imageMetaTablename": "ImageMetaTable",
+            "repoBlobsInfoTablename": "RepoBlobsInfoTable",
+            "apiKeyTablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
+            "userDataTablename": "UserDataTable",
             "versionTablename": "VersionTable"
         }
     },
diff --git a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-minio.json b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-minio.json
index 38f12ce31..4479a2597 100644
--- a/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-minio.json
+++ b/test/gc-stress/config-gc-referrers-bench-s3-minio.json
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
             "region": "us-east-2",
             "cacheTablename": "BlobTable",
             "repoMetaTablename": "RepoMetadataTable",
-            "indexDataTablename": "IndexDataTable",
-            "manifestDataTablename": "ManifestDataTable",
-            "apikeytablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
-            "userdatatablename": "UserDataTable",
+            "imageMetaTablename": "ImageMetaTable",
+            "repoBlobsInfoTablename": "RepoBlobsInfoTable",
+            "apiKeyTablename": "ApiKeyDataTable",
+            "userDataTablename": "UserDataTable",
             "versionTablename": "VersionTable"
         }
     },