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AWS::EMR::Cluster PlacementType

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PlacementType is a property of the AWS::EMR::Cluster resource. PlacementType determines the Amazon EC2 Availability Zone configuration of the cluster (job flow).

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "AvailabilityZone" : String
}

YAML

  AvailabilityZone: String

Properties

AvailabilityZone

The Amazon EC2 Availability Zone for the cluster. AvailabilityZone is used for uniform instance groups, while AvailabilityZones (plural) is used for instance fleets.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 10280

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