Hello All, I launched the script (./cassandra-install.sh) without making any changes and it works. Then: *First Terminal:* $cassandra ....................... INFO 10:52:26,655 Node /127.0.0.1 state jump to normal INFO 10:52:26,791 Starting listening for CQL clients on localhost/127.0.0.1:9042... INFO 10:52:26,829 Using TFramedTransport with a max frame size of 15728640 bytes. INFO 10:52:26,830 Binding thrift service to localhost/127.0.0.1:9160 INFO 10:52:26,836 Using synchronous/threadpool thrift server on localhost : 9160 INFO 10:52:26,836 Listening for thrift clients...
*Second Terminal:* $nodetool join This node has already joined the ring. $nodetool status Datacenter: datacenter1 ======================= Status=Up/Down |/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving -- Address Load Tokens Owns (effective) Host ID Rack *UN 127.0.0.1 83.05 KB 256 100.0% 460ddcd9-1ee8-48b8-a618-c076056aad07 rack1* Please, i have two questions: 1) i have 10 machines in my cluster, how can i create a ring on these 10 machines, i have to launch cassandra on each machine ? 2) what command can i use to see all nodes on the ring and their status (alive or not). i would like to have details like in this list: ( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8589938/how-to-remove-dead-node-out-of-the-cassandra-cluster ) nodetool status DN *192.168.56.201* ? 256 13.1% 4fa4d101-d8d2-4de6-9ad7-a487e165c4ac r1 DN 192.168.56.202 ? 256 12.6% e11d219a-0b65-461e-babc-6485343568f8 r1 UN 192.168.2.91 156.04 KB 256 12.4% e1a33ed4-d613-47a6-8b3b-325650a2bbd4 RAC1 UN 192.168.2.92 156.22 KB 256 13.6% 3a4a086c-36a6-4d69-8b61-864ff37d03c9 RAC1 UN 192.168.2.93 149.6 KB 256 11.3% 20decc72-8d0a-4c3b-8804-cc8bc98fa9e8 RAC1 Thanks a lot for help. Best Regards.