Can I have a Databricks Cluster that is only 1 node?

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Yes you can create a "Single Node" Cluster, https://docs.databricks.com/clusters/single-node.html . It is currently not recommended to use "Single Node" cluster for streaming workloads

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Single Node clusters should not be used for production workloads involving streaming queries, or complex computations. The intention here is to bring up the Spark cluster for all kinds of workloads