Cassandra Installation Guide

System Requirements

1. Minimum requirements

RAM : 4GB Processor : i3 and above

Prerequisites

1. JDK and JRE 1.7 or higher is required for the installation of Cassandra. 2. You can get the latest version of Java from the following link.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

Click this radio button

Windows x86 is for those who have 32

bitsystem.

Windows x64 is for those who have 64

bitsystem.

3. Download and run the setup.

Default Installation Path

Cassandra Installation Steps Step 1: Download the Cassandra from the link given below:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B05GEfsygSBxR3AwakdpQU45OTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Step 2: You will get a zipped file. Extract the file.

You will find two folders in it “ant” and “cassandra”.

Copy those folders in “C:\” drive

Step 3: Set your JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME environment variable. Follow these steps:

a) Right click on My Computer and go to Properties.

b) Click Advanced System Settings.

c) Click Environment Variables…

d) System Variable Click New

Create a new system variable JAVA_HOME and set its value as the path to your JDK installation.

e.g C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_40.

e) Create a new system variable ANT_HOME and set its value as the

path to your ant e..g C:\ant

f) Create a new system variable CASSANDRA_HOME and set its value as the

path to cassandra. e.g c:\cassandra

Step 4: Now you have to build the source.

Go to the command prompt and type the following commands

a.) cd\ b.) cd cassandra

c.) ant

Wait till “BUILD SUCCESSFUL” is displayed.

Close the command prompt.

Step 5: Start the server.

Open command prompt and type the following commands on command prompt.

a.) cd\ b.) cd\cassandra\bin c.) cassandra –f Server has started. Do not close the command prompt. It’s the server it will run in background.

Step 6: My Computer C drive cassandrabin. Double click on “cassandra -cli”(Batch File).

Wohoooooo !!!! Installation complete