Launch ScyllaDB 2026.1 on AWS¶

Launching Instances from ScyllaDB AMI¶

1. 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.

   2026.1.9¶

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   Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
   Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-0a149235025de0b57	Node / Cluster	ami-0a6543531f5581885	Node / Cluster
   Africa (Cape Town)	ami-051cc939c51a1746d	Node / Cluster	ami-0d1ff147dfb66aca2	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-056dc7f4977e349dc	Node / Cluster	ami-023e178be710ed07a	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Stockholm)	ami-003cfe8caf6d181de	Node / Cluster	ami-0f7053c53505bb742	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Paris)	ami-0904218138fa8e2fa	Node / Cluster	ami-014b0f00631a31336	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Milan)	ami-06315a4db867209c2	Node / Cluster	ami-0a5828e47d29f0e99	Node / Cluster
   Europe (London)	ami-0fe489af4ac21beed	Node / Cluster	ami-063c93b83acb27b25	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Ireland)	ami-0db699a97c0a3cdc0	Node / Cluster	ami-07ca463929506eec6	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0acf013b82f774cea	Node / Cluster	ami-0b3de57af052ed015	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-047743fc6190321da	Node / Cluster	ami-0ff138c44526399de	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-0e8f5e637e4efa673	Node / Cluster	ami-0385181b15ded0572	Node / Cluster
   Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-01ba8d78d320e501f	Node / Cluster	ami-0a4cb4bfccca49d41	Node / Cluster
   Canada (Central)	ami-0294878f524a9cc98	Node / Cluster	ami-06fe4cf248d970892	Node / Cluster
   South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-016ce3262b54ccd27	Node / Cluster	ami-065d2b800b555619c	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-0f763e61473b22f81	Node / Cluster	ami-0c760f1a3d91c1c34	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-08cc4827f0e1b2eb9	Node / Cluster	ami-0e3d40b6a683db108	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-0bbf9d678a33aac4b	Node / Cluster	ami-099986411554e5564	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0d0a6398e16d44785	Node / Cluster	ami-08a624f10a7bc7263	Node / Cluster
   US East (N. Virginia)	ami-0e8cc13693133a35e	Node / Cluster	ami-03d155637f3d87198	Node / Cluster
   US East (Ohio)	ami-00c64f49f71e08534	Node / Cluster	ami-05bb58c24ab4db634	Node / Cluster
   US West (N. California)	ami-084675ab86b8fc198	Node / Cluster	ami-0e074e6adfa7c95fa	Node / Cluster
   US West (Oregon)	ami-06a1245d97862958b	Node / Cluster	ami-00c3594ade597473d	Node / Cluster

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Tag your instance.

6. Click Launch Cluster. You now have a running ScyllaDB cluster on EC2.

7. 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