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Jackson Chung commented on CASSANDRA-3220: ------------------------------------------ more sample... i didn't actually test the authentication keyspace and actually on a cluster, but they should work. {noformat} [default@unknown] describe ring system; null InvalidRequestException(why:There is no ring for the keyspace: system) at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$describe_ring_result.read(Cassandra.java:23267) at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$Client.recv_describe_ring(Cassandra.java:1262) at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$Client.describe_ring(Cassandra.java:1237) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliClient.executeDescribeRing(CliClient.java:1437) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliClient.executeCLIStatement(CliClient.java:288) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.processStatementInteractive(CliMain.java:222) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.main(CliMain.java:350) {noformat} > add describe_ring to cli > ------------------------ > > Key: CASSANDRA-3220 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3220 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Jackson Chung > Priority: Minor > Attachments: patch3220.diff > > > Lately I have found the describe_ring feature was needed to debug/analyze > issue, but the cli does not have this available. > So just in case it is useful, please see the attached patch. > here is the sample output: > {noformat} > [default@unknown] help; > ... > ... > decr Decrements a counter column. > describe ring Describe the token range information. > describe cluster Describe the cluster configuration. > ... > ... > [default@unknown] help describe ring; > describe ring <keyspace>; > Describes the token range settings for the named keyspace. > Required Parameters: > - keyspace: Name of the keyspace to describe the token range. > Examples: > describe ring <keyspace>; - Describes the token range settings for the named > keyspace. > [default@unknown] describe ring Keyspace3; > TokenRange: > TokenRange(start_token:9739248273232290250409572410247679660, > end_token:9739248273232290250409572410247679660, endpoints:[192.168.0.125], > rpc_endpoints:[192.168.0.125], > endpoint_details:[EndpointDetails(host:192.168.0.125, port:9160, > datacenter:168)]) > [default@unknown] describe ring fooks; > Keyspace with name 'fooks' wasn't found, , please, authorize to one of the > keyspaces first. > [default@unknown] describe ring; > Syntax error at position 13: mismatched input ';' expecting set null > {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira