Posted On: Jul 20, 2017
You can now create HAQM EMR clusters with custom HAQM Machine Images (AMI) running HAQM Linux. This enables you to preload additional software on your AMI and use AMIs that you customize and control. You can also encrypt the HAQM EBS root volume of your AMIs with AWS Key Management Service (KMS) keys. Additionally, you can now adjust the HAQM EBS root volume size for instances in your HAQM EMR cluster. Previously, this was fixed at 10 GiB.
You can create HAQM EMR clusters with custom HAQM Linux AMIs from the HAQM EMR console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), or the AWS SDK with the HAQM EMR API. Custom AMIs are supported on HAQM EMR release 5.7.0 or later.
To create a custom HAQM Linux AMI to use with HAQM EMR, please start with an instance that you’ve launched from an existing HAQM EBS-backed Linux AMI. Please visit the HAQM EMR documentation for more information about using custom AMIs with HAQM EMR.
You can launch HAQM EMR clusters with custom AMIs in all supported regions for HAQM EMR.