Application is a property of AWS::EMR::Cluster. The Application property type defines the open-source big data applications for EMR to install and configure when a cluster is created.
With Amazon EMR release version 4.0 and later, the only accepted parameter is the application Name. To pass arguments to these applications, you use configuration classifications specified using JSON objects in a Configuration property. For more information, see Configuring Applications.
With earlier Amazon EMR releases, the application is any AWS or third-party software that you can add to the cluster. You can specify the version of the application and arguments to pass to it. Amazon EMR accepts and forwards the argument list to the corresponding installation script as a bootstrap action argument.
Syntax
To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:
JSON
{
"AdditionalInfo" : {Key: Value, ...},
"Args" : [ String, ... ],
"Name" : String,
"Version" : String
}
YAML
AdditionalInfo:
Key: Value
Args:
- String
Name: String
Version: String
Properties
AdditionalInfo-
This option is for advanced users only. This is meta information about clusters and applications that are used for testing and troubleshooting.
Required: No
Type: Object of String
Pattern:
[a-zA-Z0-9]+Update requires: Replacement
Args-
Arguments for Amazon EMR to pass to the application.
Required: No
Type: Array of String
Update requires: Replacement
Name-
The name of the application.
Required: No
Type: String
Update requires: Replacement
Version-
The version of the application.
Required: No
Type: String
Update requires: Replacement
