Install AWS ParallelCluster in a virtual environment (recommended) - AWS ParallelCluster

Install AWS ParallelCluster in a virtual environment (recommended)

We recommend that you install AWS ParallelCluster in a virtual environment to avoid requirement version conflicts with other pip packages.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that pip and Python are installed. We recommend pip3, and Python 3 version 3.8. If you are using Python 2, use pip instead of pip3 and virtualenv instead of venv.

To install AWS ParallelCluster in a virtual environment

  1. If virtualenv is not installed, install virtualenv using pip3. If python3 -m virtualenv help displays help information, go to step 2.

    Linux, macOS, or Unix
    $ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
$ python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade virtualenv

    Run exit to leave the current terminal window and open a new terminal window to pick up changes to the environment.

    Windows
    C:\>pip3 install --user --upgrade virtualenv

    Run exit to leave the current command prompt and open a new command prompt to pick up changes to the environment.

  2. Create a virtual environment and name it.

    Linux, macOS, or Unix
    $ python3 -m virtualenv ~/apc-ve

    Alternatively, you can use the -p option to specify a specific version of Python.

    $ python3  -m virtualenv -p $(which python3) ~/apc-ve
    Windows
    C:\>virtualenv %USERPROFILE%\apc-ve

  3. Activate your new virtual environment.

    Linux, macOS, or Unix
    $ source ~/apc-ve/bin/activate
    Windows
    C:\>%USERPROFILE%\apc-ve\Scripts\activate

  4. Install AWS ParallelCluster into your virtual environment.

    Linux, macOS, or Unix
    (apc-ve)~$ python3 -m pip install --upgrade "aws-parallelcluster<3.0"
    Windows
    (apc-ve) C:\>pip3 install --upgrade "aws-parallelcluster<3.0"

  5. Verify that AWS ParallelCluster is installed correctly.

    Linux, macOS, or Unix
    $ pcluster version
2.11.9
    Windows
    (apc-ve) C:\>pcluster version
2.11.9

You can use the deactivate command to exit the virtual environment. Each time you start a session, you must reactivate the environment.

To upgrade to the latest version of AWS ParallelCluster, run the installation command again.

Linux, macOS, or Unix
(apc-ve)~$ python3 -m pip install --upgrade "aws-parallelcluster<3.0"
Windows
(apc-ve) C:\>pip3 install --upgrade "aws-parallelcluster<3.0"