I always run Cassandra (from 0.9 to latest 1.2.3) on Win7 machine without any issue with default configuration settings. The only thing I've changed in cassandra.yaml is cluster_name. I also recommend to add an additional JVM flag -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 in cassandra.bat and cassandra-cli.bat and always run cassandra.bat without '-f'. If you want to run Cassandra as service on Windows machine you should use some service wrapper, for example http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com
Michael -----Original Message----- From: Wei Zhu [mailto:wz1...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:58 PM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: cannot start Cassandra on Windows7 It's there: http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.2/cluster_architecture/cluster_planning#node-init-config It's a long document.... You need to look at the cassandra.yaml and cassandra-env.sh and make sure you understand the settings there. By the way, did datastax just face lift their document web site? It looks nice. -Wei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marina" <ppi...@yahoo.com> To: user@cassandra.apache.org Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:18:46 AM Subject: Re: cannot start Cassandra on Windows7 Jabbar Azam <ajazam <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > Oops, I also had opscenter installed on my PC. > My changes > log4j-server.properties file------------------------------------ log4j.appender.R.File=c:/var/log/cassandra/system.log > cassandra.yaml file----------------------------# directories where > Cassandra should store data on disk.data_file_directories: - c:/var/lib/cassandra/data# commit logcommitlog_directory: c:/var/lib/cassandra/commitlog# saved cachessaved_caches_directory: c:/var/lib/cassandra/saved_caches > I also added an environment variable for windows called CASSANDRA_HOME > I needed to do this for one of my colleagues and now it's documented > ;) > > > > Thanks, Jabbar, Victor, Yes, after I made similar changes I was able to start Cassandra too. Would be nice if these instructions were included with the main Cassandra documentation/WIKI :) Thanks! Marina > On 22 March 2013 15:47, Jabbar Azam <ajazam <at> gmail.com> wrote: > Viktor, you're right. I didn't get any errors on my windows console > but cassandra.yaml and log4j-server.properties need modifying. > > > > On 22 March 2013 15:44, Viktor Jevdokimov <Viktor.Jevdokimov <at> > adform.com> wrote: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.Jevdokimov <at> 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:ppine7 <at> yahoo.com] > > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 17:21 > > To: user <at> 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(CassandraDaem > > o > > n.java:81) > > at > > org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.<clinit>(CassandraDaemo > > n > > .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 > > > > > > > > > > -- ThanksJabbar Azam > > > > > > -- ThanksJabbar Azam > > >
