Setting up and configuring clusters with the EMR console's quick create option

The EMR console's quick create option helps you to create an EMR cluster quickly with default configurations specified for software, hardware, and security sections. Each section has default values selected that you can change or override and there are some configurations that are not exposed for selection during the cluster creation process.

For example, you do not get the option to select a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) or subnet for your cluster. EMR configures the cluster in your region's default VPC and public subnet.

Now, to get started, you can follow these steps to create a cluster:

1. After signing in to the AWS console, navigate to the Amazon EMR console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticmapreduce/.
2. Choose the Clusters option and then select or click Create cluster, which will open the Quick create page.
3. On the Create Cluster - Quick Options page, you will...