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Launch ScyllaDB 2026.1 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-0a1ee6aaaaaf29ee2	Node / Cluster	ami-0d22c6a2a9a0483a9	Node / Cluster
Africa (Cape Town)	ami-05ae922eabf53c53f	Node / Cluster	ami-07e0f82bf63ff23e0	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-06c16b2e04b0029a2	Node / Cluster	ami-0a10af1c2e0b96b40	Node / Cluster
Europe (Stockholm)	ami-02786e86182f1eff9	Node / Cluster	ami-01a57babfdac9bcd5	Node / Cluster
Europe (Paris)	ami-089355065128d2b81	Node / Cluster	ami-0bd49d809417fff33	Node / Cluster
Europe (Milan)	ami-0f7e66038f48a30aa	Node / Cluster	ami-0c8ad2c3b0a6acf1f	Node / Cluster
Europe (London)	ami-05ba1384ce2313c60	Node / Cluster	ami-0d2a97cb9070c1f65	Node / Cluster
Europe (Ireland)	ami-0168d6d6a70b8cd76	Node / Cluster	ami-0dd309578bffe9437	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0e3ebbdb08de63424	Node / Cluster	ami-09768642d213c03ec	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-02ac429c7a1a37f58	Node / Cluster	ami-0a00795489e9832b7	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-0bdc51ea0fb7da6f9	Node / Cluster	ami-0727edaf2ae2f88a1	Node / Cluster
Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-03c2f943289caed04	Node / Cluster	ami-0fd74b06b00e00840	Node / Cluster
Canada (Central)	ami-03c565b689649df63	Node / Cluster	ami-0f679a3e23d641456	Node / Cluster
South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-0bfd6712e0cf34fd7	Node / Cluster	ami-0b91b3ab25d61ea22	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-08e108c2d85394d1f	Node / Cluster	ami-018351991e1ed976d	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-0d2b0767024151755	Node / Cluster	ami-09140f8c1d1b19114	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-089f0757a2c705dfe	Node / Cluster	ami-0a3ebc3186f8ffacf	Node / Cluster
Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0a7e8621cd5c5133b	Node / Cluster	ami-08aca0ce95e9ef080	Node / Cluster
US East (N. Virginia)	ami-01aa1f008941a129f	Node / Cluster	ami-0724099320d2de166	Node / Cluster
US East (Ohio)	ami-033c41950d954df09	Node / Cluster	ami-0b9d471b77e1d7997	Node / Cluster
US West (N. California)	ami-099d744e7f6c3c0d6	Node / Cluster	ami-0146d58654e29716a	Node / Cluster
US West (Oregon)	ami-0203e6736849ac8a9	Node / Cluster	ami-0770d30f877595b5e	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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