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.

   2026.1.5¶

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   Region	x86 AMI ID	Launch x86	ARM AMI ID	Launch ARM
   Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	ami-05ea74f8b140b875e	Node / Cluster	ami-05883a8a085adc6f2	Node / Cluster
   Africa (Cape Town)	ami-0c7bcc78358490592	Node / Cluster	ami-0aa9767de9f27b742	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	ami-0a7cdfb581f845d08	Node / Cluster	ami-0d3c8de976f9640ff	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Stockholm)	ami-0c289317d249bb240	Node / Cluster	ami-0c47bbae1bde93e9b	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Paris)	ami-0e8f194fcc114614b	Node / Cluster	ami-0c2f17311ab8f92b0	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Milan)	ami-0f8c635359dee13af	Node / Cluster	ami-05d452da1b690c0bb	Node / Cluster
   Europe (London)	ami-07ab85cf4351b3bbf	Node / Cluster	ami-0afb824e601fb9b5b	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Ireland)	ami-005f49447730de6d9	Node / Cluster	ami-0242d7476d3d718c4	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Osaka)	ami-0bdbed32a1d49cd2b	Node / Cluster	ami-0ba23a97624141d52	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Seoul)	ami-0ef830b3a0e1ec879	Node / Cluster	ami-0a9e80977f880fd1a	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	ami-0b1b84ca2b7c34a1e	Node / Cluster	ami-0e80383b129f7d90b	Node / Cluster
   Israel (Tel Aviv)	ami-0a226838c8c1da398	Node / Cluster	ami-0a0a7d04205a75fe5	Node / Cluster
   Canada (Central)	ami-00255a9893f19dc0e	Node / Cluster	ami-0790cc950dccbc322	Node / Cluster
   South America (Sao Paulo)	ami-0bfedf9c090096d09	Node / Cluster	ami-0d6eaeb6cd0dc9f8f	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	ami-04ddc06946a796986	Node / Cluster	ami-0d075d38a0edc8e27	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Singapore)	ami-016182cd466dd4696	Node / Cluster	ami-09ec0d911022a7508	Node / Cluster
   Asia Pacific (Sydney)	ami-0c13c866fba293e16	Node / Cluster	ami-09661049da3ac82ea	Node / Cluster
   Europe (Frankfurt)	ami-0cb70a183f2b71f02	Node / Cluster	ami-0a9f9f93e8d9cca98	Node / Cluster
   US East (N. Virginia)	ami-067ca3ec659a75d3b	Node / Cluster	ami-0ec587e9a36724b41	Node / Cluster
   US East (Ohio)	ami-04ba2825b3cc81715	Node / Cluster	ami-04c7958b245f0594f	Node / Cluster
   US West (N. California)	ami-0b888dbb7b3f6e868	Node / Cluster	ami-02e62ab2863b500e7	Node / Cluster
   US West (Oregon)	ami-0e828c91f5007c035	Node / Cluster	ami-06cb4a7b042c17752	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