Creating a Cluster (AWS CLI)

To create a cluster using the AWS CLI, use the create-cache-cluster command.

Important

As soon as your cluster becomes available, you're billed for each hour or partial hour that the cluster is active, even if you're not actively using it. To stop incurring charges for this cluster, you must delete it. See Deleting a Cluster.

Creating a Cache Cluster for Redis (Cluster Mode Disabled) (AWS CLI)

Example – A Redis (cluster mode disabled) Cluster with no read replicas

The following CLI code creates a Redis (cluster mode disabled) cache cluster with no replicas.

For Linux, macOS, or Unix:

aws elasticache create-cache-cluster \
--cache-cluster-id my-cluster \
--cache-node-type cache.r4.large \
--engine redis \
--engine-version 3.2.4 \
--num-cache-nodes 1 \
--cache-parameter-group default.redis3.2 \
--snapshot-arns arn:aws:s3:myS3Bucket/snap.rdb

For Windows:

aws elasticache create-cache-cluster ^
--cache-cluster-id my-cluster ^
--cache-node-type cache.r4.large ^
--engine redis ^
--engine-version 3.2.4 ^
--num-cache-nodes 1 ^
--cache-parameter-group default.redis3.2 ^
--snapshot-arns arn:aws:s3:myS3Bucket/snap.rdb

Creating a Redis (Cluster Mode Enabled) Cluster (AWS CLI)

Redis (cluster mode enabled) clusters (API/CLI: replication groups) cannot be created using the create-cache-cluster operation. To create a Redis (cluster mode enabled) cluster (API/CLI: replication group), see Creating a Redis (Cluster Mode Enabled) Replication Group from Scratch (AWS CLI).

For more information, see the AWS CLI for ElastiCache reference topic create-replication-group.