Change the Amazon Linux release when you create an EMR cluster - Amazon EMR
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Change 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 AWS CLI.

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

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon EMR console at https://eusc-de-east-1.console.amazonaws-eusc.eu/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 release, uncheck the Automatically apply latest Amazon Linux updates check box, and choose a desired Amazon Linux release.

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

  6. To launch your cluster, choose Create cluster.

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