# Creating a cluster with HBase
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The procedures in this section cover the basics of launching a cluster using the AWS Management Console and the AWS CLI. For detailed information about how to plan, configure, and launch Amazon EMR clusters, see [Plan and configure clusters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan.html) in the *Amazon EMR Management Guide*.

## Creating a cluster with HBase using the console
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For quick steps to launch clusters with the console, see [Getting started with Amazon EMR](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-gs) in the *Amazon EMR Management Guide*.

**To launch a cluster with HBase installed using the console**

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1. Open the Amazon EMR console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/emr](https://console.aws.amazon.com/emr/).

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

1. For **Software Configuration**, choose an **Amazon Release Version** of 4.6.0 or later (we recommend the latest version). Choose **HBase** and other applications as desired.

1. With Amazon EMR version 5.2.0 and later, under **HBase Storage Settings**, select **HDFS** or **S3**. For more information, see [HBase on Amazon S3 (Amazon S3 storage mode)](emr-hbase-s3.md).

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

## Creating a cluster with HBase using the AWS CLI
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Use the following command to create a cluster with HBase installed:

```
aws emr create-cluster --name "Test cluster" --release-label emr-7.12.0 \
--applications Name=HBase --use-default-roles --ec2-attributes KeyName=myKey \
--instance-type m5.xlarge --instance-count 3
```

**Note**  
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If you use HBase on Amazon S3, specify the `--configurations` option with a reference to a JSON configuration object. The configuration object must contain an `hbase-site` classification that specifies the location in Amazon S3 where HBase data is stored using the `hbase.rootdir` property. It also must contain an `hbase` classification, which specifies `s3` using the `hbase.emr.storageMode` property. The following example demonstrates a JSON snippet with these configuration settings.

```
 1. [
 2.     {
 3.         "Classification": "hbase-site",
 4.         "Properties": {
 5.             "hbase.rootdir": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/MyHBaseStore"
 6.         }
 7.     },
 8.     {
 9.         "Classification": "hbase",
10.         "Properties": {
11.             "hbase.emr.storageMode": "s3"
12.         }
13.     }
14. ]
```

For more information about HBase on Amazon S3, see [HBase on Amazon S3 (Amazon S3 storage mode)](emr-hbase-s3.md). For more information about classifications, see [Configure applications](emr-configure-apps.md).