Install Cassandra 1.2.x on Ubuntu 12

Install JDK6 and JNA

Because java 6 is recommended. Don’t usejava 7

In every machine:

put jdk1.6.0_45 in /usr/local/jdk6

cd /usr/local/jdk6

ln -s jdk1.6.0_45 current

sudo apt-get install libjna-java

 

Configure Cassandra

extract cassandra

in /conf:

edit cassandra.yaml:

"initial_token:"-> "# initial_token:"

“# num_tokens:256" -> "num_tokens: 256"

cluster_name:  'NLP2CTLAB_Test'

start_native_transport:true //since v1.2.5, it is already set initially, but you should confirm

saved_caches_directory:/usr/local/cassandra/current/saved_caches

data_file_directories:

    - /usr/local/cassandra/current/data

commitlog_directory:/usr/local/cassandra/current/commitlog

seeds: “hadoop1 “

listen_address:hadoop1 //change this for each machine

rpc_address: hadoop1//changethis for each machine

 

 

edit log4j-server.properies:

         log4j.appender.R.File=/usr/local/cassandra/current/system.log

 

in /bin:

edit cassandra.in.sh:

       JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk6/current

 

Upload to every machine

cd /usr/local

mkdir cassandra

cd cassandra

(put cassandra-1.2.5 here)

ln -s cassandra-1.2.5 current

cd current/lib

ln -s /usr/share/java/jna.jar .

 

Start it up

cd /usr/local/cassandra/current/bin

sudo ./cassandra -f //remove -f to start itin background

./nodetool status //check status

 

how to stop:

ps auwx | grep cassandra

sudo kill <pid>