Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Installing Cassandra
Installing Cassandra is fairly easy. In this section we will cover how to set up a Cas-
sandra tarball (.tar file) installation over Windows and Linux box.
1.
Create a folder to download Cassandra tarball, for example:
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Run
mkdir /home/apress/Cassandra
{Here apress is
user.name environment variable}
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Run
cd/home/apress/cassandra
2.
Download the Cassandra tarball:
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3.
Extract the downloaded tar file using the appropriate method for your
platform:
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For Linux, use the following command:
tar- xvf apache-
cassandra-2.0.6-bin.tar.gz
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For Windows, you may use tools like WinZip or 7zip to extract the
tarball.
Note
If you get an “Out of memory” or segmentation fault, check for the
JAVA_HOME
and
JVM_OPTS
parameters in
cassandra-env.sh
file.
Logging in Cassandra
While running an application in development or production mode, we might need to
look into server logs in certain circumstances, such as:
