If you want to experiment with something quickly, you can try the new Apache PredictionIO + Universal Recommender AMI. It will run any Apache PIO compatible Template and has the UR pre-installed. You just create and start an instance and all services are started on boot. The only thing you start by hand is the EventServer and PredictionServer. This is a single all-in-one setup for a single instance.
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