Run a shell script to install libraries on Amazon EMR instances using an AWS SDK - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Run a shell script to install libraries on Amazon EMR instances using an AWS SDK

The following code example shows how to use AWS Systems Manager to run a shell script on Amazon EMR instances that installs additional libraries. This way, you can automate instance management instead of running commands manually through an SSH connection.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

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import argparse import time import boto3 def install_libraries_on_core_nodes(cluster_id, script_path, emr_client, ssm_client): """ Copies and runs a shell script on the core nodes in the cluster. :param cluster_id: The ID of the cluster. :param script_path: The path to the script, typically an Amazon S3 object URL. :param emr_client: The Boto3 Amazon EMR client. :param ssm_client: The Boto3 AWS Systems Manager client. """ core_nodes = emr_client.list_instances( ClusterId=cluster_id, InstanceGroupTypes=["CORE"] )["Instances"] core_instance_ids = [node["Ec2InstanceId"] for node in core_nodes] print(f"Found core instances: {core_instance_ids}.") commands = [ # Copy the shell script from Amazon S3 to each node instance. f"aws s3 cp {script_path} /home/hadoop", # Run the shell script to install libraries on each node instance. "bash /home/hadoop/install_libraries.sh", ] for command in commands: print(f"Sending '{command}' to core instances...") command_id = ssm_client.send_command( InstanceIds=core_instance_ids, DocumentName="AWS-RunShellScript", Parameters={"commands": [command]}, TimeoutSeconds=3600, )["Command"]["CommandId"] while True: # Verify the previous step succeeded before running the next step. cmd_result = ssm_client.list_commands(CommandId=command_id)["Commands"][0] if cmd_result["StatusDetails"] == "Success": print(f"Command succeeded.") break elif cmd_result["StatusDetails"] in ["Pending", "InProgress"]: print(f"Command status is {cmd_result['StatusDetails']}, waiting...") time.sleep(10) else: print(f"Command status is {cmd_result['StatusDetails']}, quitting.") raise RuntimeError( f"Command {command} failed to run. " f"Details: {cmd_result['StatusDetails']}" ) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument("cluster_id", help="The ID of the cluster.") parser.add_argument("script_path", help="The path to the script in Amazon S3.") args = parser.parse_args() emr_client = boto3.client("emr") ssm_client = boto3.client("ssm") install_libraries_on_core_nodes( args.cluster_id, args.script_path, emr_client, ssm_client ) if __name__ == "__main__": main()
  • For API details, see ListInstances in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.