Launch ScyllaDB 2026.2 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.

   2026.2.0¶

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   Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
   Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-062e8f03a03c1cc3d	Node	ami-0587f0a2cfec15e7e	Node
   Africa (Cape Town)	ami-098dcc490799e1fc2	Node	ami-04b60ac6e1855b9a2	Node
   Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-07b9cf800f77d65d1	Node	ami-0d7f8bbb0bab827b0	Node
   Europe (Stockholm)	ami-06f9a2504967fff8e	Node	ami-0c6863a5ea76e8a06	Node
   Europe (Paris)	ami-06f45244a7af5163b	Node	ami-0f75c411ecd9e2f68	Node
   Europe (Milan)	ami-0c0dc87914c8c4f1b	Node	ami-0c55ecdc193ea579a	Node
   Europe (London)	ami-09e267a97120618eb	Node	ami-08b528bb954fe93a4	Node
   Europe (Ireland)	ami-088834620aa9e415f	Node	ami-0ad0ab685c1c54cf3	Node
   Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0bd9353ed10b7903c	Node	ami-090716c00cb6a831a	Node
   Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-000becfcec5656194	Node	ami-07ebec867f815d523	Node
   Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-00d480a1afeb9f404	Node	ami-02ad9a23aec7de8d6	Node
   Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-0c5562c9b92c6a6d2	Node	ami-067bca2b8c6f9e85d	Node
   Canada (Central)	ami-0a5cad35553074c08	Node	ami-0ece57076c7e8b771	Node
   South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-0297ae10070ece88a	Node	ami-01f3c81954dfcf56f	Node
   Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-00618db8a97a28206	Node	ami-047d6aa1ee174d6f2	Node
   Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-0fc5c40313792f2c1	Node	ami-08680c028eed73a7b	Node
   Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-08a5d3ddae6767db0	Node	ami-09e96293be4492a22	Node
   Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0ff1b71e19f36fb64	Node	ami-09c846c949da9076c	Node
   US East (N. Virginia)	ami-0d04bb72f04eb5593	Node	ami-0a29556c6377e69ac	Node
   US East (Ohio)	ami-0143aa95829a09ad1	Node	ami-0df6bef487ecdb572	Node
   US West (N. California)	ami-028d5ee6010ea9fb5	Node	ami-0e9bfa32de230bf91	Node
   US West (Oregon)	ami-01574daa15400f8a6	Node	ami-0b833ea009836d42b	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