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How to install Apache Cassandra in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

by James Kiarie
Install Apache Cassandra Ubuntu

Cassandra is a free and open-source distributed NoSQL database used for managing voluminous amounts of data across multiple servers, while at the same time providing high availability and zero points of failure.

Apache Cassandra provides linear scale performance, fault tolerance, high availability and seamless data distribution across multiple servers and cloud availability zones. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Apache Cassandra on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Installing Apache Cassandra in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Let’s begin.

Step 1. Installing Oracle Java 11

To start off, install Java by following the simple commands outlined below.

Add the Oracle Java 11 PPA repository as shown below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java

Sample output

add oracle java 10 PPA

Next, update the software repositories:

sudo apt update

Sample output

update system repositories Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

After adding the Java PPA and updating the system, you can proceed to install Java by running the command below.

sudo apt install oracle-java11-set-default

Sample output

Install Oracle Java 11

Now you  can go ahead and verify the version of Java installed by running:

java --version

Output

checking java version

The output above is concrete proof that you have installed Java 11 on your system. Proceed to the next step.

Step 2. Adding Cassandra repository to the Ubuntu Source list

In this step, you will add Cassandra’s repository to Ubuntu’s sources list as shown in the command below:

echo "deb http://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/debian 311x main" | sudo tee -a 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cassandra.sources.list

Output

add cassandra's repository to Ubuntu sources list

Step 3. Add Apache Cassandra’s repository Keys

Next, add Cassandra’s repository keys using the command below

curl https://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/KEYS | sudo apt-key add -

Output

add Apache Cassandra repository keys

Step 4. Install Apache Cassandra

After appending Cassandra’s repository keys, update the system repositories for the changes to be registered.

sudo apt update

Run the command below to install Cassandra:

sudo apt install cassandra

Sample Output

install Cassandra on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

To check if Cassandra is running execute:

systemctl status cassandra

Sample Output

systemctl status cassandra

Awesome! From the output above, we can clearly see that Cassandra is up and running.

Step 5. Connecting to  Apache Cassandra

With the installation of Cassandra on your system, a cluster is automatically set up with a single node as part of the cluster. To check if the cluster is running, execute:

sudo nodetool status

Sample Output

ATTACHMENT DETAILS sudo-nodetool-status.png February 12, 2019 16 KB 644 × 160 Edit Image URL https://www.fosslinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sudo-nodetool-status.png

The UN in the output is a strong indicator that Cassandra is up and running. To connect to the Cassandra cluster run the following command:

cqlsh

Output

connect to Cassasndra

Great! Now you can proceed and execute your commands on this prompt.

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