Cassandra README
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Cassandra is a P2P based distributed storage system
that provides structured storage.
Cassandra is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
Installation
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* Please use jdk 1.7; Cassandra will run with 1.6 but
frequently core dumps on quad-core machines
* Unpack the tar ball:
tar xvzf cassandra-<version>.tar.gz
* cd into the new cassandra-<version> directory
* Run "ant jar"
Congratulations, Cassandra is now installed.
Setup
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* Create the logging directory, set in conf/logging.props.
The default directory is /var/cassandra/logs
* For information on the configuration parameters,
see http://code.google.com/p/the-cassandra-project/wiki/ConfReference
Starting the server
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* cd into the cassandra-<version> directory
* ensure you have write privileges on the data directories
* start the server:
./bin/start-server &
Ensure the server is running
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* Check if the process exists, e.g.:
ps -ef | grep cassandra
* Open a web browser, and point it at:
http://<node on which the server is running>:7002
* Open up jconsole and observe the process is running.
Stopping the server
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* cd into the cassandra-<version> directory
* stop the server:
./bin/stop-server
