# Creating a cluster with Flink
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You can launch a cluster with the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or an AWS SDK.<a name="emr-flink-create-console"></a>

**To launch a cluster with Flink installed from the console**

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

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

1.  For **Software Configuration**, choose **EMR Release emr-5.1.0** or later.

1.  Choose **Flink** as an application, along with any others to install.

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

**To launch a cluster with Flink from the AWS CLI**
+ Create the cluster with the following command:

  ```
  aws emr create-cluster --release-label emr-7.12.0 \
  --applications Name=Flink \
  --region us-east-1 \
  --log-uri s3://myLogUri \
  --instance-type m5.xlarge \
  --instance-count 2 \
  --service-role EMR_DefaultRole_V2 \ 
  --ec2-attributes KeyName=MyKeyName,InstanceProfile=EMR_EC2_DefaultRole \
  --steps Type=CUSTOM_JAR,Jar=command-runner.jar,Name=Flink_Long_Running_Session,\
  Args=flink-yarn-session,-d
  ```
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