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.

   2026.1.0¶

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   Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
   Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-03223deb98bbe38a0	Node	ami-065c2c750fda80625	Node
   Africa (Cape Town)	ami-018a1f5063e8e7fd9	Node	ami-0135da5978e9a1eea	Node
   Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-0df9434cff0cb9426	Node	ami-0beb084b54f6ad040	Node
   Europe (Stockholm)	ami-0fa95db56c2cefc1a	Node	ami-0229309b9174ea5d6	Node
   Europe (Paris)	ami-03f0af569ebbe79f1	Node	ami-03ae312be5cc5786e	Node
   Europe (Milan)	ami-00341f401b1c09e11	Node	ami-0ab2fc7da3f65c5bb	Node
   Europe (London)	ami-0121e107e5cc63477	Node	ami-0927d590415095149	Node
   Europe (Ireland)	ami-034136a711baf3b69	Node	ami-0d37a1b62504b9063	Node
   Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0d423d353a4912db8	Node	ami-0e95eda28ccf7d808	Node
   Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-041a4e765b920b0c0	Node	ami-0cbf9fa2b63c2a57c	Node
   Middle East (Bahrain)	ami-0ab007eafbeb8d80b	Node	ami-0e097172615f6e149	Node
   Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-0f20805e02fe1b410	Node	ami-0f84a38fae76b766e	Node
   Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-0735e5d37e9bbdb1d	Node	ami-0ff36dfdcb8182628	Node
   Canada (Central)	ami-02f3cb6bb85fdd590	Node	ami-0585a2575e70ec1f6	Node
   South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-066e091404f5d6d37	Node	ami-0488c57b0f8c8fb8d	Node
   Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-0ef9175e35fa029b6	Node	ami-02f523ceebed23a45	Node
   Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-0b049160d98b682ea	Node	ami-0c4aee140a5a2992e	Node
   Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-02251df1e10035316	Node	ami-04c9a633dde1cb13f	Node
   Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0ed40afd83496c86c	Node	ami-0c66d3c87be662e47	Node
   US East (N. Virginia)	ami-0eab7f4f6acc91cc8	Node	ami-0e43c3ca429555d38	Node
   US East (Ohio)	ami-0994f13df20bbf52b	Node	ami-0f1cf9cd0b6722adf	Node
   US West (N. California)	ami-06513d9adf5966030	Node	ami-057b7e8a479085eeb	Node
   US West (Oregon)	ami-0daa9548699471922	Node	ami-0586a342f5b6eb61e	Node

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