Just installed cassandra 1.1.1 and run: root@carlo-laptop:/tmp# cassandra-cli -h localhost Connected to: "Test Cluster" on localhost/9160 Welcome to Cassandra CLI version 1.1.1
Type 'help;' or '?' for help. Type 'quit;' or 'exit;' to quit. [default@unknown] create keyspace accounts ... with placement_strategy = 'NetworkTopologyStrategy' ... and strategy_options = {dc-test : 2} ... and durable_writes = true; d05f1952-58a8-393b-b8b5-605ac8e434c4 Waiting for schema agreement... ... schemas agree across the cluster [default@unknown] [default@unknown] use accounts; Authenticated to keyspace: accounts [default@accounts] [default@accounts] create column family Users ... with column_type = 'Standard' ... and comparator = 'BytesType' ... and default_validation_class = 'BytesType' ... and key_validation_class = 'TimeUUIDType'; a8943316-ee58-3160-a922-5826f15bd674 Waiting for schema agreement... ... schemas agree across the cluster [default@accounts] list Users; Using default limit of 100 Using default column limit of 100 null UnavailableException() at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$get_range_slices_result.read(Cassandra.java:12346) at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:78) at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$Client.recv_get_range_slices(Cassandra.java:692) at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$Client.get_range_slices(Cassandra.java:676) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliClient.executeList(CliClient.java:1425) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliClient.executeCLIStatement(CliClient.java:273) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.processStatementInteractive(CliMain.java:219) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.main(CliMain.java:346) [default@accounts] root@carlo-laptop:/tmp# root@carlo-laptop:/tmp# cat /etc/cassandra/cassandra-topology.properties 127.0.0.1:dc-test:my-notebook root@carlo-laptop:/tmp# I did not find anything relevant in JIRA. The setup is a single instance cassandra in my notebook running the default cassandra 1.1.1 of debian repo. -- Carlo Pires