AWS Datapipeline incorrect java version

Question

I am trying to execute a jar file in my datapipeline and it is erroring out in a fashion that indicates to me that the version of java that is installed in my pipeline is lower than that required by the executable jar. I have tried to add a command to update the java version as the first command in my shell command activity but the activity errors out with the message 'S3 Path must begin with prefix s3://'. So, how can I go about upgrading my java version to 1.8 in my pipeline?

Answer 1

Update

I created a bandaid solution as well as a more long term solution for this problem. The bandaid was to have a shell script that would install openjdk 1.8 and remove openjdk 1.7 then run the java program. The long term solution is to create a custom AMI that has those two steps in the init script.