Failed Attempting To Download Bootstrap Action 1 File From S3 //free\\ -

Is your S3 bucket in the same AWS Region as your EMR cluster?

The most common cause is that the (usually EMR_EC2_DefaultRole ) lacks the authority to read the file from S3. Is your S3 bucket in the same AWS Region as your EMR cluster

If your S3 bucket has a restrictive policy, ensure it allows the EMR role to perform s3:GetObject . Is your S3 bucket in the same AWS Region as your EMR cluster