# Creating a cluster with Flink
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You can launch a cluster with the Amazon Web Services Management Console, Amazon CLI, or an Amazon SDK.<a name="emr-flink-create-console"></a>

**To launch a cluster with Flink installed from the console**

1. Open the Amazon EMR console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/emr](https://console.amazonaws.cn/emr/).

1. Choose **Create cluster**, **Go to advanced options**.

1.  For **Software Configuration**, choose **EMR Release emr-5.1.0** or later.

1.  Choose **Flink** as an application, along with any others to install.

1.  Select other options as necessary and choose **Create cluster**.

**To launch a cluster with Flink from the Amazon CLI**
+ Create the cluster with the following command:

  ```
  aws emr create-cluster --release-label {{emr-7.13.0}} \
  --applications Name=Flink \
  --region {{us-east-1}} \
  --log-uri {{s3://myLogUri}} \
  --instance-type {{m5.xlarge}} \
  --instance-count {{2}} \
  --service-role EMR_DefaultRole_V2 \ 
  --ec2-attributes KeyName={{MyKeyName}},InstanceProfile=EMR_EC2_DefaultRole \
  --steps Type=CUSTOM_JAR,Jar=command-runner.jar,Name={{Flink_Long_Running_Session}},\
  Args={{flink-yarn-session,-d}}
  ```
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