Description:
Tool for launching Apache Spark clusters
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Type: Formula
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Latest Version: 2.1.0@1
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Tracked Since: Oct 14, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Devops
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Tags:
spark
ec2
big-data
clustering
aws
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Install:
brew install flintrock
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About:
Flintrock is a command-line tool for launching and managing Apache Spark clusters on EC2. It simplifies the process of spinning up distributed computing resources, handling setup, configuration, and teardown automatically. This allows data engineers to focus on running Spark jobs rather than managing infrastructure.
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Key Features:
- One-command cluster launch on Amazon EC2
- Automated setup of Spark and dependencies
- Support for launching with multiple nodes
- Easy cluster termination to manage costs
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Use Cases:
- Rapidly provisioning ephemeral Spark clusters for development and testing
- Running large-scale data processing jobs without managing long-lived infrastructure
- Benchmarking Spark performance on different EC2 instance types
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Alternatives:
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spark-ec2
– The original Spark script, now largely deprecated; Flintrock offers a more modern and maintained alternative.
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Databricks
– A managed platform with a web UI; Flintrock is a lightweight, open-source CLI for raw EC2.
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