You NEED to edit cassandra.yaml and log4j-server.properties paths before starting on Windows.
There're a LOT of things to learn for starters. Google for Cassandra on Windows. Best regards / Pagarbiai Viktor Jevdokimov Senior Developer Email: viktor.jevdoki...@adform.com Phone: +370 5 212 3063 Fax: +370 5 261 0453 J. Jasinskio 16C, LT-01112 Vilnius, Lithuania Disclaimer: The information contained in this message and attachments is intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee and may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are reminded that the information remains the property of the sender. You must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately and irrevocably delete this message and any copies.> -----Original Message----- > From: Marina [mailto:ppi...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 17:21 > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > Subject: cannot start Cassandra on Windows7 > > Hi, > I have downloaded apache-cassandra-1.2.3-bin.tar.gz and un-zipped it on my > Windows7 machine (I did not find a Windows-specific distributable...). Then, I > tried to start Cassandra as following and got an error: > > C:\Marina\Tools\apache-cassandra-1.2.3\bin>cassandra.bat -f Starting > Cassandra Server Exception in thread "main" > java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError > Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Couldn't figure out log4j > configuration: > log4j-server.properties > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.initLog4j(CassandraDaemo > n.java:81) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.<clinit>(CassandraDaemon > .java:57) > Could not find the main class: > org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon. Pr ogram will exit. > > C:\Marina\Tools\apache-cassandra-1.2.3\bin> > > It looks similar to the Cassandra issue that was already fixed: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2383 > > however I am still getting this error.... > I am an Administrator on my machine, and have access to all files in the > apache- cassandra-1.2.3\conf dir, including the log4j ones. > > Do I need to configure anything else on Winows ? I did not find any > Windows- specific installation/setup/startup instructions - if there are such > documents somewhere, please let me know! > > Thanks, > Marina > >
