Installing the Amazon ParallelCluster command line interface (CLI)
Amazon ParallelCluster is distributed as a Python package and is installed using the Python pip
package manager. For instructions on
how to install Python packages, see Installing packages
Ways to install Amazon ParallelCluster:
You can find the version number of the most recent CLI on the releases page
on GitHubpip
command examples use the pip3
version.
Manage both Amazon ParallelCluster 2 and Amazon ParallelCluster 3
For customers who use both Amazon ParallelCluster 2 and Amazon ParallelCluster 3 and want to manage the CLIs for both packages, we recommend that you install Amazon ParallelCluster 2 and Amazon ParallelCluster 3 in different virtual environments. This ensures that you can continue using each version of Amazon ParallelCluster and any associated cluster resources.