Use CreatePlacementGroup with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreatePlacementGroup.

CLI

AWS CLI

To create a placement group

This example command creates a placement group with the specified name.

Command:

aws ec2 create-placement-group --group-name my-cluster --strategy cluster

To create a partition placement group

This example command creates a partition placement group named HDFS-Group-A with five partitions.

Command:

aws ec2 create-placement-group --group-name HDFS-Group-A --strategy partition --partition-count 5

• For API details, see CreatePlacementGroup in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example creates a placement group with the specified name.

New-EC2PlacementGroup -GroupName my-placement-group -Strategy cluster

• For API details, see CreatePlacementGroup in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.