Creating a cluster from the user interface (UI)
In this recipe, we will look at the different types of clusters and cluster modes in Azure Databricks and how to create them. Understanding cluster types will help you determine the right type of cluster you should use for your workload and usage pattern.
Getting ready
Before you get started, ensure you have created an Azure Databricks workspace, as shown in the preceding recipes.
How to do it…
Follow these steps to create a cluster via the UI:
- After launching your workspace, click on the Cluster option from the left-hand pane:
Figure 1.17 – Create Cluster page
- Provide a name for your cluster and select a cluster mode based on your scenario. Here, we are selecting Standard.
- We are not selecting a pool here. Let's go with the latest version of Spark (3.0.1) and the latest version of the Databricks runtime (7.4) that's available at the time of writing this book.
- The possibility to...
