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.

   2026.1.7¶

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   Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
   Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-0f61af7f7e321e15b	Node / Cluster	ami-0566fe3ea0f1591dd	Node / Cluster
   Africa (Cape Town)	ami-0eef7af728000d8ce	Node / Cluster	ami-00b68984d577e8305	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-0c3eb07f4157889b3	Node / Cluster	ami-0afcbd690211ebedd	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Stockholm)	ami-0568b83bcdb39780e	Node / Cluster	ami-0ce8f33a26955a703	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Paris)	ami-0234f5fc3c09f5dd5	Node / Cluster	ami-076f3b0946dacdc78	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Milan)	ami-022b738ffab5181a3	Node / Cluster	ami-0d5cd3f167e32fc01	Node / Cluster
   Europe (London)	ami-0d8b6fc866ddb79f6	Node / Cluster	ami-009117d01281f107e	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Ireland)	ami-00fcc62b9143be2ac	Node / Cluster	ami-0461d878cbf14b000	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-065d8f1faa8951045	Node / Cluster	ami-0cdef77c2a3afdfc0	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-055a2fcf2d6fc0250	Node / Cluster	ami-0518d39ec79e7e18b	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-0d50276faa02c5657	Node / Cluster	ami-0e30c9b637467a03f	Node / Cluster
   Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-07d2c0e6ad716bc80	Node / Cluster	ami-07f4f9e9d34e40cb2	Node / Cluster
   Canada (Central)	ami-079f5fa7bb4dd33e0	Node / Cluster	ami-05f75758b4643b49f	Node / Cluster
   South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-0ae2b39c073fd25b8	Node / Cluster	ami-00df8880069ebfb7d	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-0855b274d2f6deaff	Node / Cluster	ami-02aba8ab5c8a9323f	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-043b2838da8e6b2a1	Node / Cluster	ami-011cbec059a70df46	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-09804b6bfc89b7d26	Node / Cluster	ami-055ecc2011b26b71c	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-02eb4ade5ab71898d	Node / Cluster	ami-09489bb18ed0f93c6	Node / Cluster
   US East (N. Virginia)	ami-00130003c54887021	Node / Cluster	ami-0f9ff705ac0bfd63f	Node / Cluster
   US East (Ohio)	ami-0c545aff8f3517617	Node / Cluster	ami-071105eeb2dd58611	Node / Cluster
   US West (N. California)	ami-018d63f5199738416	Node / Cluster	ami-03a9524c00d18ea8f	Node / Cluster
   US West (Oregon)	ami-03657ac474e0d0b2f	Node / Cluster	ami-08dc8fe89cbaa9c4f	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