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Launch ScyllaDB 2026.3 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-01ca557917826ffec	Node / Cluster	ami-0e8a37d009db168f2	Node / Cluster
Africa (Cape Town)	ami-0097ec86c81ca690b	Node / Cluster	ami-0dd53f17836ddc348	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-00d7b969d347d9f73	Node / Cluster	ami-03f9ecf2f5a16ca47	Node / Cluster
Europe (Stockholm)	ami-03cce60a4c5463ee8	Node / Cluster	ami-0a3603618d8e19877	Node / Cluster
Europe (Paris)	ami-01d91a4f380dd411d	Node / Cluster	ami-02a68245e5e49a5fb	Node / Cluster
Europe (Milan)	ami-0e65d76ac7b1856b6	Node / Cluster	ami-06a0afdf5ce8f8597	Node / Cluster
Europe (London)	ami-0da4acc2a058eecaa	Node / Cluster	ami-0b2274a9594b2fc66	Node / Cluster
Europe (Ireland)	ami-04ff1135f87566613	Node / Cluster	ami-0dd60e3b43a9386df	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0460ef6acedd3c27f	Node / Cluster	ami-0055e382a4b993e43	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-003597b58c9f7b6d9	Node / Cluster	ami-0ba73653c9fdd8107	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-09affb3b306bdbd9d	Node / Cluster	ami-08944caa0de765cad	Node / Cluster
Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-00946c08634218c50	Node / Cluster	ami-055994997e18722fb	Node / Cluster
Canada (Central)	ami-0e53dd6e536c86de9	Node / Cluster	ami-0b8269388f5ef18e1	Node / Cluster
South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-0d8c7f1222c7f9d36	Node / Cluster	ami-03c7d7b00c5bcedb6	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-017dfe16fc88c8bc8	Node / Cluster	ami-09edec3f53f661397	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-0d324de7a60ab5934	Node / Cluster	ami-0250ce25b4d2cae32	Node / Cluster
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-081ecb82d911eb73e	Node / Cluster	ami-0080bacc5b8c20ca1	Node / Cluster
Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0ece4830bbecb2451	Node / Cluster	ami-0f3c5678262d3a37d	Node / Cluster
US East (N. Virginia)	ami-08f977929696f0a3d	Node / Cluster	ami-013666987cd0175d3	Node / Cluster
US East (Ohio)	ami-07b6dcf45bfea8f45	Node / Cluster	ami-0bf6a80894e70f5a9	Node / Cluster
US West (N. California)	ami-07de08d54b8081ecd	Node / Cluster	ami-01be045482f65dd6f	Node / Cluster
US West (Oregon)	ami-0720c77091a240a21	Node / Cluster	ami-0cccd8a9c2d96f014	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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