This documentation is a draft for private preview for regions in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Documentation content will continue to evolve. Published: January 9, 2026.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
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To change the Amazon Linux release when you create a cluster from the
console
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon EMR console at
https://eusc-de-east-1.console.amazonaws-eusc.eu/emr.
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Under EMR on EC2 in the left navigation pane,
choose Clusters, and then choose
Create cluster.
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For EMR version, choose
emr-6.6.0 or higher.
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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.
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Choose any other options that apply to your cluster.
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To launch your cluster, choose Create
cluster.
- AWS CLI
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To change the Amazon Linux release when you create a cluster with the
AWS CLI
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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