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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.

2026.2.9¶

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Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-09cc65d2cb639b12c	Node / Cluster	ami-0014f180f84964f53	Node / Cluster
Africa (Cape Town)	ami-031001773e6ab1508	Node / Cluster	ami-0725099c65773473e	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-0c70651d09455663a	Node / Cluster	ami-0d88e5adbbe949866	Node / Cluster
Europe (Stockholm)	ami-06f9ea1bdfb882ad5	Node / Cluster	ami-0c54ee0b202bf6394	Node / Cluster
Europe (Paris)	ami-0637f9fba5bf3baf1	Node / Cluster	ami-049ff7930b6071f35	Node / Cluster
Europe (Milan)	ami-0306e664d751fb0aa	Node / Cluster	ami-0fc4c0e2ed8a638b3	Node / Cluster
Europe (London)	ami-07fe11f37b67bb2ed	Node / Cluster	ami-0c317cf29eed9a971	Node / Cluster
Europe (Ireland)	ami-0e6be081b996c018f	Node / Cluster	ami-071d066dfe3540cd3	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0f0c395822e34860c	Node / Cluster	ami-0f3bee7a64ed4fbb4	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-091d3b507f499ee84	Node / Cluster	ami-0d6aec47462111368	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-02d4afa4e7ac42501	Node / Cluster	ami-071cd549cebe851e3	Node / Cluster
Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-0ed1c5d72941c2312	Node / Cluster	ami-0114c169867063379	Node / Cluster
Canada (Central)	ami-097daa8e4b64dba99	Node / Cluster	ami-07779190a5d6998f1	Node / Cluster
South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-06fbbe720c8cda6f0	Node / Cluster	ami-0c219bbd064173956	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-076c29a484b59fa6e	Node / Cluster	ami-0ff0a6e27ceb3bbad	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-0e4e0af03b91d498a	Node / Cluster	ami-09d858e204301726b	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-0a1e94e18aae3e4ab	Node / Cluster	ami-0ca54a4fd71458c8a	Node / Cluster
Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0907ef20ab35fee26	Node / Cluster	ami-0be1bd990d06700ed	Node / Cluster
US East (N. Virginia)	ami-0409a693394cdcaeb	Node / Cluster	ami-024de1f21044f6d68	Node / Cluster
US East (Ohio)	ami-0ab8a39c45579c05e	Node / Cluster	ami-0c822470b6806a65d	Node / Cluster
US West (N. California)	ami-01cd5264154895b8b	Node / Cluster	ami-072e6de81722b4eba	Node / Cluster
US West (Oregon)	ami-04cf3b9390c2d0019	Node / Cluster	ami-0ccd2463f947e6fab	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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