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Launch ScyllaDB on AWS¶

This article will guide you through self-managed ScyllaDB deployment on AWS. For a fully-managed deployment of ScyllaDB as-a-service, see ScyllaDB Cloud documentation.

Launching Instances from ScyllaDB AMI¶

Choose your region, and click the Node link to open the EC2 instance creation wizard.

The following table shows the latest patch release. See AWS Images for earlier releases.

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Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-01c33c8e07496298b	Node / Cluster	ami-069727100717bf632	Node / Cluster
Africa (Cape Town)	ami-0e177916b4ab27778	Node / Cluster	ami-0a6fe118df7298770	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-09ad14e8c68c527fe	Node / Cluster	ami-0f1b3792950772936	Node / Cluster
Europe (Stockholm)	ami-037f1071cf2c9a4ad	Node / Cluster	ami-09f5f31ac899a92f4	Node / Cluster
Europe (Paris)	ami-024e1e7c4d04dda55	Node / Cluster	ami-01466527c73e3bedc	Node / Cluster
Europe (Milan)	ami-049526512f95c03de	Node / Cluster	ami-020bc26b3944b3732	Node / Cluster
Europe (London)	ami-01ce86d145a908d9a	Node / Cluster	ami-0d9930d35ec50c8dc	Node / Cluster
Europe (Ireland)	ami-03d0abacf6a980e13	Node / Cluster	ami-0db6b0d78ecc5eb98	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0d8fc46c1592a9e89	Node / Cluster	ami-021726a93694dd52c	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-0f2b08886fe4df53f	Node / Cluster	ami-04eb5552b02136d9b	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-02f9fa9affc327ae5	Node / Cluster	ami-0dbcaef0545ec13e9	Node / Cluster
Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-078f314adfa7f6192	Node / Cluster	ami-00b961961a5a15fd3	Node / Cluster
Canada (Central)	ami-0722903829f789c2c	Node / Cluster	ami-0624ba1c30545b4a9	Node / Cluster
South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-0e58f1b472df9137f	Node / Cluster	ami-0ce50b390575d4697	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-0593160c5838dcce2	Node / Cluster	ami-0bb3212287f4b65c3	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-0d0fd288388adfb20	Node / Cluster	ami-0fcf0c57180311f59	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-0fbe4883dc947b6ca	Node / Cluster	ami-0d14d56a3b14b946f	Node / Cluster
Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0752970909056de17	Node / Cluster	ami-0c06fffeff800fbc4	Node / Cluster
US East (N. Virginia)	ami-05f9cc8e35810d21a	Node / Cluster	ami-09ea2bd9c86927b55	Node / Cluster
US East (Ohio)	ami-08f9b23f6ea6fab21	Node / Cluster	ami-0feeee6548e612926	Node / Cluster
US West (N. California)	ami-035084ab9fa0796d8	Node / Cluster	ami-0df47ff79d73d721c	Node / Cluster
US West (Oregon)	ami-0702af443990d129f	Node / Cluster	ami-0b05b434ccd396692	Node / Cluster

Choose the instance type. See Cloud Instance Recommendations for AWS for the list of recommended instances.

Other instance types will work, but with lesser performance. If you choose an instance type other than the recommended ones, make sure to run the scylla_setup script.
Configure your instance details.
- Number of instances – If you are launching more than one instance, make sure to correctly set the IP of the first instance with the seeds parameter - either in the User Data (see below) or after launch.
- Network – Configure the network settings.
  - Select your VPC.
  - Configure the security group. Ensure that all ScyllaDB ports are open.
- Advanced Details> User Data – Here, you can add ScyllaDB configuration options in the JSON format. See scylla.yaml for information about supported options.
  
  The following example shows a configuration using the most popular options.
  - cluster_name - The name of the cluster.
  - seed_provider - The IP of the first node. New nodes will use the IP of this seed node to connect to the cluster and learn the cluster topology and state. See ScyllaDB Seed Nodes.
  - post_configuration_script - A base64 encoded bash script that will be executed after the configuration is completed.
  - start_scylla_on_first_boot - Starts ScyllaDB once the configuration is completed.
  Example:
```
{
     "scylla_yaml": {
         "cluster_name": "test-cluster",
         "seed_provider": [{"class_name": "org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleSeedProvider",
                            "parameters": [{"seeds": "10.0.219.209"}]}],
     },
     "post_configuration_script": "#! /bin/bash\nyum install cloud-init-cfn",
     "start_scylla_on_first_boot": true
}
```
  For full documentation of ScyllaDB AMI user data, see the ScyllaDB Image documentation.
Add storage.
- ScyllaDB AMI requires XFS to work. You must attach at least one drive for ScyllaDB to use as XFS for the data directory. When attaching more than one drive, the AMI setup will install RAID0 on all of them.
- The ScyllaDB AMI requires at least two instance store volumes. The ScyllaDB data directory will be formatted with XFS when the instance first boots. ScyllaDB will fail to start if only one volume is configured.
Tag your instance.
Click Launch Cluster. You now have a running ScyllaDB cluster on EC2.
Connect to the servers using the username scyllaadm.
```
ssh -i your-key-pair.pem scyllaadm@ec2-public-ip
```
The default file paths:
- The scylla.yaml file: /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml
- Data: /var/lib/scylla/
To check that the ScyllaDB server is running, run:
```
nodetool status
```

Next Steps¶

Configure ScyllaDB
Manage your clusters with ScyllaDB Manager
Monitor your cluster and data with ScyllaDB Monitoring
Get familiar with ScyllaDB’s command line reference guide.
Learn about ScyllaDB at ScyllaDB University

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