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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.

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Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-05faa473b9f6d0aa1	Node / Cluster	ami-0ae1e9cceefef3766	Node / Cluster
Africa (Cape Town)	ami-0da344ca3f8b3c90a	Node / Cluster	ami-028b4deda161d4c5d	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-0af43650b3b59937b	Node / Cluster	ami-0146dcb67d684b5ea	Node / Cluster
Europe (Stockholm)	ami-0c300b44f2506c627	Node / Cluster	ami-0d78e6966dfe2d165	Node / Cluster
Europe (Paris)	ami-009759fec8e5d2a29	Node / Cluster	ami-0f17538cdc767c655	Node / Cluster
Europe (Milan)	ami-09fdbeffb62a2af90	Node / Cluster	ami-05eb4f5afb25b632e	Node / Cluster
Europe (London)	ami-0be06f74f8490d75b	Node / Cluster	ami-0f0fe8c642b12b987	Node / Cluster
Europe (Ireland)	ami-09b0e427fa626adfd	Node / Cluster	ami-0bd5d5ad78379797a	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-04ee249df8b1ecb8d	Node / Cluster	ami-0723a73af7c8aaa41	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-00f11ade0fc806631	Node / Cluster	ami-09baad74db8c97c40	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-0975451e0db5414a1	Node / Cluster	ami-069a9b851d8e779a9	Node / Cluster
Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-0ca8e3025eee67ddb	Node / Cluster	ami-00e52e5050d4c0c7e	Node / Cluster
Canada (Central)	ami-05fcac23b29721b09	Node / Cluster	ami-032ebf152303bee43	Node / Cluster
South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-03b277d87964503f3	Node / Cluster	ami-094ff0a502f265d0e	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-00afba1113efd8e0d	Node / Cluster	ami-0211dbdec04c1068b	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-019a8d6b8998d3143	Node / Cluster	ami-090ce58b3dbb43078	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-06c4069c36473e843	Node / Cluster	ami-0c079cf3526de0aac	Node / Cluster
Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-045ccc5eb91b86cd5	Node / Cluster	ami-02f78a08de408f4cd	Node / Cluster
US East (N. Virginia)	ami-0d5bc56421aee77a7	Node / Cluster	ami-0a0757b895a4b9ef6	Node / Cluster
US East (Ohio)	ami-0aa7f280942c4928d	Node / Cluster	ami-06a00d800671a2ebd	Node / Cluster
US West (N. California)	ami-036b9d8c08426556b	Node / Cluster	ami-038c16b5ccf2e8820	Node / Cluster
US West (Oregon)	ami-0530f2cecb321e93a	Node / Cluster	ami-000151a1a0ab186d5	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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