flintrock

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "![Flintrock logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nchammas/flintrock/master/flintrock-logo.png)\n\n[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/nchammas/flintrock/blob/master/LICENSE)\n[![Build Status](https://github.com/nchammas/flintrock/actions/workflows/flintrock.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nchammas/flintrock/actions)\n\nFlintrock is a command-line tool for launching [Apache Spark](http://spark.apache.org/) clusters.\n\n\n## Flintrock around the web\n\nFlintrock has been featured in a few talks, guides, and papers around the web.\n\n* Talks:\n  * [Flintrock: A faster, better spark-ec2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeIpOGrJOA) ([slides](http://www.slideshare.net/SparkSummit/flintrock-a-faster-better-sparkec2-by-nicholas-chammas))\n* Guides:\n  * Running Spark on a Cluster: The Basics (using Flintrock)\n    * [Part 1: Start a Spark Cluster and Use the spark-shell](http://heather.miller.am/blog/launching-a-spark-cluster-part-1.html)\n    * [Part 2: Dependencies, S3, and Deploying via spark-submit](http://heather.miller.am/blog/launching-a-spark-cluster-part-2.html)    \n  * [Spark with Jupyter on AWS](https://github.com/PiercingDan/spark-Jupyter-AWS)\n  * [Building a data science platform for R\u0026D, part 2 \u2013 Deploying Spark on AWS using Flintrock](https://alexioannides.com/2016/08/18/building-a-data-science-platform-for-rd-part-2-deploying-spark-on-aws-using-flintrock/)\n  * [AWS EC2\ub97c \ud65c\uc6a9 \uc2a4\ud30c\ud06c \ud074\ub7ec\uc2a4\ud130 \uc0dd\uc131](http://statkclee.github.io/ml/ml-aws-ec2-flintrock.html)\n* Papers:\n  * [\"Birds in the Clouds\": Adventures in Data Engineering](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.08521.pdf)\n\n\n## Usage\n\nHere\u0027s a quick way to launch a cluster on EC2, assuming you already have an [AWS account set up](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/get-set-up-for-amazon-ec2.html). Flintrock works best with Amazon Linux. You can get the latest AMI IDs [from here](https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/release-notes/).\n\n```sh\nflintrock launch test-cluster \\\n ",
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