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.

   2026.1.2¶

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   Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
   Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-0d77113dc74cc075a	Node / Cluster	ami-063788272a06bd959	Node / Cluster
   Africa (Cape Town)	ami-03efe8f33d20f1230	Node / Cluster	ami-0518a5f8ef1e7a69b	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-00444fdac9be0e773	Node / Cluster	ami-0cf2b5d8c5370f77d	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Stockholm)	ami-0ee769403d553461f	Node / Cluster	ami-0b71a46ccc22e71c9	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Paris)	ami-0ed1d0f613e5a3b9c	Node / Cluster	ami-02ee3001265634b20	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Milan)	ami-0c9e5693263ce9c2f	Node / Cluster	ami-0e2a413b3863d590e	Node / Cluster
   Europe (London)	ami-047ba31c661acc585	Node / Cluster	ami-095a346fd9e84646a	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Ireland)	ami-0498263b8e68c5b06	Node / Cluster	ami-0bff376139017b563	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-06a9f4c913bd13e7d	Node / Cluster	ami-0757d00c3d8f8b513	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-05603e8a413d669a3	Node / Cluster	ami-080f2420a1848d2bd	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-02b748c68242e5b39	Node / Cluster	ami-08b1febe96680db9d	Node / Cluster
   Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-0cfbc235c658b36a9	Node / Cluster	ami-07f9b1bfd12fbed09	Node / Cluster
   Canada (Central)	ami-089eadf53c1f9c5eb	Node / Cluster	ami-04b82f967963fea51	Node / Cluster
   South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-09dbe29b1bdbccd3f	Node / Cluster	ami-0ce8fd269bf93213f	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-0d33822511961b597	Node / Cluster	ami-080540c0b55ac8ef0	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-017d7a83a399dd5de	Node / Cluster	ami-036f89146de8fbb7e	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-07db9912e67335ae3	Node / Cluster	ami-02f4d3e1ad7aa7a9c	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-04e3f08c1f3c94b4f	Node / Cluster	ami-0400cdd88d16d868a	Node / Cluster
   US East (N. Virginia)	ami-0ca8f5bc3c8b7e44b	Node / Cluster	ami-0874abe1445b71d3c	Node / Cluster
   US East (Ohio)	ami-00c075f6c9d365fb9	Node / Cluster	ami-064fad19700fb926f	Node / Cluster
   US West (N. California)	ami-0a27c4f7021062238	Node / Cluster	ami-027e327c88bf93f42	Node / Cluster
   US West (Oregon)	ami-0d40a43a14d1b0f58	Node / Cluster	ami-0d524cf661f969ded	Node / Cluster

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