title: How to Launch Spark 2.0 on EC2
body: <p>With the release of Spark 2.0 today they have removed native support for launching a Spark EC2 cluster on AWS: </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://spark.apache.org/releases/spark-release-2-0-0.html#removals-behavior-changes-and-deprecations">https://spark.apache.org/releases/spark-release-2-0-0.html#removals-behavior-changes-and-deprecations</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Spark EC2 script has been fully moved to an external repository hosted
    by the UC Berkeley AMPLab</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>On the AMPLab GitHub page it includes these instructions: </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/amplab/spark-ec2/tree/branch-2.0#launching-a-cluster">https://github.com/amplab/spark-ec2/tree/branch-2.0#launching-a-cluster</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Go into the ec2 directory in the release of Apache Spark you
    downloaded.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The problem is there is no ec2 folder in the 2.0 download. Anyone know how I can launch a Spark 2.0 cluster in EC2? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance. </p>