Using Multiple Livy Versions

Create sessions on specific versions:

Livy 3.5.5 (Port 8355)

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# Create interactive Scala sessioncurl -X POST http://<livy-host>:8355/sessions \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "kind": "spark",    "conf": {      "spark.executor.memory": "2g",      "spark.executor.cores": 2    }  }'
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Livy 3.3.3 (Port 8333)

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# Create interactive PySpark sessioncurl -X POST http://<livy-host>:8333/sessions \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "kind": "pyspark",    "conf": {      "spark.executor.memory": "2g",      "spark.executor.cores": 2    }  }'
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Livy 3.5.1 (Port 8351)

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# Create SparkR sessioncurl -X POST http://<livy-host>:8351/sessions \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "kind": "sparkr",    "conf": {      "spark.executor.memory": "2g"    }  }'
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Last updated on Jan 28, 2026

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