Time for action – WordCount on EMR using the management console

Let's jump straight into an example on EMR using some provided example code. Carry out the following steps:

  1. Browse to http://aws.amazon.com, go to Developers | AWS Management Console, and then click on the Sign in to the AWS Console button. The default view should look like the following screenshot. If it does not, click on Amazon S3 from within the console.
    Time for action – WordCount on EMR using the management console
  2. As shown in the preceding screenshot, click on the Create bucket button and enter a name for the new bucket. Bucket names must be globally unique across all AWS users, so do not expect obvious bucket names such as mybucket or s3test ...

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