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Launch ScyllaDB 2026.2 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.

2026.2.1¶

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Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-0c8873a7d7b58ed78	Node / Cluster	ami-05a2e5b144a7dc385	Node / Cluster
Africa (Cape Town)	ami-069c76e2f6c290a47	Node / Cluster	ami-0c334611702410330	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-01d1cd56ca752f3dc	Node / Cluster	ami-07b31742e33d1dc4e	Node / Cluster
Europe (Stockholm)	ami-071b73dbf18520d47	Node / Cluster	ami-060865aa2477434ed	Node / Cluster
Europe (Paris)	ami-0cab518d3cce0f420	Node / Cluster	ami-05efcdadcc3781f8d	Node / Cluster
Europe (Milan)	ami-083840aff069cd020	Node / Cluster	ami-0fc113af82b44e962	Node / Cluster
Europe (London)	ami-0b7044865ccfb48c1	Node / Cluster	ami-0e828233104724548	Node / Cluster
Europe (Ireland)	ami-0fbf3390f8f3a31bd	Node / Cluster	ami-0795fffaba92b00e8	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0f74f37e24915e689	Node / Cluster	ami-0ad5713d37951ae43	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-019dbd040088ae7ef	Node / Cluster	ami-05ba327a5f03a32b4	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-0c3ec4a090c429d04	Node / Cluster	ami-00704f93a65a1ec59	Node / Cluster
Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-0787ace468e82506c	Node / Cluster	ami-03b0e700bcdb23684	Node / Cluster
Canada (Central)	ami-0f5debec91fb08a7d	Node / Cluster	ami-006de3af9fa6f13ac	Node / Cluster
South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-06a208dbe86684f37	Node / Cluster	ami-0f9f4e2e6197cbb67	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-00396b15deed52d0d	Node / Cluster	ami-058892a24799c68ed	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-067c03fc327893520	Node / Cluster	ami-038e99e98ca3ea0b0	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-04201ce7de2621531	Node / Cluster	ami-0b199e0e3732f8d1a	Node / Cluster
Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-094627e6ddeba6611	Node / Cluster	ami-0f77f7264712566b6	Node / Cluster
US East (N. Virginia)	ami-0c022ac3def19830f	Node / Cluster	ami-00cb5c0dd1582ec44	Node / Cluster
US East (Ohio)	ami-0aa3bcfadbd190b43	Node / Cluster	ami-00808bae479967887	Node / Cluster
US West (N. California)	ami-060dc91f924f67894	Node / Cluster	ami-09edb16370d5658c8	Node / Cluster
US West (Oregon)	ami-09d3eab761e8e3061	Node / Cluster	ami-0c9d20ba912128bbf	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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