Creating a cluster

Let's do it. Go to the aws.amazon.com console and sign in:

Then, click on EMR:

I'm going to create a new cluster, clicking on Create cluster:

I then get this page:

I'll type in a cluster name of One Million Ratings. I don't really need Logging because there's no easy way for me to look at it anyway, so I'll uncheck that box. ...

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