Changing the Amazon Linux release when you create an EMR cluster - Amazon EMR
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Changing the Amazon Linux release when you create an EMR cluster

When you launch a cluster using Amazon EMR 6.6.0 or higher, it automatically uses the latest Amazon Linux 2 release that has been validated for the default Amazon EMR AMI. You can specify a different Amazon Linux release for your cluster with the Amazon EMR console or the Amazon CLI.

Amazon EMR console
To change the Amazon Linux release when you create a cluster from the console

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console, and open the Amazon EMR console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/emr.

  2. Under EMR on EC2 in the left navigation pane, choose Clusters, and then choose Create cluster.

  3. For EMR version, choose emr-6.6.0 or higher.

  4. Under Operating system options, choose Amazon Linux version, and select the Automatically apply latest Amazon Linux updates check box.

  5. Choose any other options that apply to your cluster.

  6. To launch your cluster, choose Create cluster.

Amazon CLI
To change the Amazon Linux release when you create a cluster with the Amazon CLI

  • Use the --os-release-label parameter to specify the Amazon Linux Release when you run the aws emr create-cluster command.

    aws emr create-cluster --name "Cluster with Different Amazon Linux Release" \  
--os-release-label 2.0.20210312.1 \
--release-label emr-6.6.0 --use-default-roles \ 
--instance-count 2 --instance-type m5.xlarge