Thanks! That got the value inserted properly [default@system] set LocationInfo[utf8('L')][utf8('Test Cluster')]=utf8('Jokefire Cluster'); Value inserted. Elapsed time: 5 msec(s).
But if I go into the yaml file and set the cluster name # The name of the cluster. This is mainly used to prevent machines in # one logical cluster from joining another. cluster_name: 'Jokefire Cluster' and have the listen_address and rpc_address set to the folloiwng # Setting this to 0.0.0.0 is always wrong. listen_address: beta.jokefire.com # Leaving this blank has the same effect it does for ListenAddress, # (i.e. it will be based on the configured hostname of the node). rpc_address: beta.jokefire.com And restart cassandra (I have it running as a service) it looks like it comes back up. I see it in the process list: [root@beta:~] #ps -ef | grep cassandra | head -25 root 10692 10691 0 17:38 pts/3 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/bin/cassandra-cli root 10694 10692 0 17:38 pts/3 00:00:02 /etc/alternatives/javahome/bin/java -ea -cp /etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/conf:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/build/classes/main:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/build/classes/thrift:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/antlr-3.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.0.10.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.0.8.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.0.9.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.0.10.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.0.8.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.0.9.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.0.10.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.0.8.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.0.9.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/avro-1.4.0-fixes.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/avro-1.4.0-sources-fixes.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/commons-cli-1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/commons-codec-1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/commons-lang-2.4.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/compress-lzf-0.8.4.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru-1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru-1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/guava-r08.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/high-scale-lib-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-core-asl-1.4.0.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-core-asl-1.9.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.4.0.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jline-0.9.94.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/json-simple-1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/libthrift-0.6.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/libthrift-0.7.0.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/log4j-1.2.16.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/metrics-core-2.0.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/servlet-api-2.5-20081211.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/snakeyaml-1.6.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/snappy-java-1.0.4.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/snaptree-0.1.jar -Xmx256M -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain root 13007 12979 0 11:15 pts/2 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/bin/cassandra-cli root 13009 13007 0 11:15 pts/2 00:00:01 /etc/alternatives/javahome/bin/java -ea -cp /etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/conf:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/build/classes/main:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/build/classes/thrift:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/antlr-3.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.0.10.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.0.8.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.0.9.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-1.1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.0.10.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.0.8.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.0.9.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-1.1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.0.10.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.0.8.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.0.9.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-1.1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/avro-1.4.0-fixes.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/avro-1.4.0-sources-fixes.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/commons-cli-1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/commons-codec-1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/commons-lang-2.4.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/compress-lzf-0.8.4.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru-1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru-1.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/guava-r08.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/high-scale-lib-1.1.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-core-asl-1.4.0.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-core-asl-1.9.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.4.0.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.2.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/jline-0.9.94.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/json-simple-1.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/libthrift-0.6.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/libthrift-0.7.0.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/log4j-1.2.16.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/metrics-core-2.0.3.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/servlet-api-2.5-20081211.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/snakeyaml-1.6.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/snappy-java-1.0.4.1.jar:/etc/alternatives/cassandrahome/lib/snaptree-0.1.jar -Xmx256M -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain root 23985 20252 0 20:09 pts/4 00:00:00 grep cassandra And it looks like it's listening: [root@beta:~] #lsof -i :9160 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME java 10694 root 52u IPv6 5340181 0t0 TCP beta.jokefire.com:56612 ->beta.jokefire.com:netlock1 (CLOSE_WAIT) java 13009 root 52u IPv6 5253222 0t0 TCP beta.jokefire.com:54197 ->beta.jokefire.com:netlock1 (CLOSE_WAIT) But it throws an exception when I try to connect to it again: [default@unknown] connect beta.jokefire.com/9160; org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:183) at org.apache.thrift.transport.TFramedTransport.open(TFramedTransport.java:81) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.connect(CliMain.java:80) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliClient.executeConnect(CliClient.java:2207) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliClient.executeCLIStatement(CliClient.java:266) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.processStatementInteractive(CliMain.java:220) at org.apache.cassandra.cli.CliMain.main(CliMain.java:348) Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:391) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579) at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:178) ... 6 more Exception connecting to beta.jokefire.com/9160. Reason: Connection refused. Just wondering if I might be missing something? Thanks Tim On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Amit Kumar <kumaramit.ex...@gmail.com>wrote: > [default@system] set LocationInfo[utf8('L')][utf8('Test > Cluster')]=utf8('Jokeire Cluster'); > Value inserted. > > You are missing set > > Amit > > > On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > > hello, > > I'd like to change my cluster name from the default 'Test Cluster' to > something a little more reflective of the site name. I am using cassandra > 1.1.3. > > So I tried following the instructions from the wiki, intending to modify > the cassandra.yaml file after I performed these steps: > > [default@unknown] connect beta/9160; > Connected to: "Test Cluster" on beta/9160 > [default@unknown] use system; > Authenticated to keyspace: system > [default@system] LocationInfo[utf8('L')][utf8('Test > Cluster')]=utf8('Jokeire Cluster'); > Command not found: `LocationInfo[utf8('L')][utf8('Test > Cluster')]=utf8('Jokeire Cluster');`. Type 'help;' or '?' for help. > > I was just hoping that someone out there might be able to help me figure > out a way around this problem to get this done. > > Thanks! > Tim > > -- > GPG me!! > > gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B > > > > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B