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Brandon Williams commented on CASSANDRA-3706: --------------------------------------------- I'm getting the following exception upon modifying a config and restarting: {noformat} INFO 15:26:57,770 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system_configuration/Configuration/system_configuration-Configuration-ia-1 (23286 bytes) ERROR 15:26:57,788 Exception encountered during startup java.lang.AssertionError at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemTable.getCurrentLocalNodeId(SystemTable.java:582) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId$LocalNodeIdHistory.<init>(NodeId.java:194) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId$LocalIds.<clinit>(NodeId.java:42) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId.localIds(NodeId.java:49) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId.getLocalId(NodeId.java:54) at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemTable.saveConfiguration(SystemTable.java:340) at org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.setup(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:184) at org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.activate(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:355) at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:105) java.lang.AssertionError at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemTable.getCurrentLocalNodeId(SystemTable.java:582) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId$LocalNodeIdHistory.<init>(NodeId.java:194) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId$LocalIds.<clinit>(NodeId.java:42) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId.localIds(NodeId.java:49) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.NodeId.getLocalId(NodeId.java:54) at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemTable.saveConfiguration(SystemTable.java:340) at org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.setup(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:184) at org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.activate(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:355) at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:105) Exception encountered during startup: null {noformat} Also, it would be nice to log at INFO when a new config is being saved. > Back up configuration files on startup > -------------------------------------- > > Key: CASSANDRA-3706 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3706 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Tools > Reporter: Jonathan Ellis > Assignee: Dave Brosius > Priority: Minor > Labels: lhf > Fix For: 1.1.1 > > Attachments: save_configuration.diff, save_configuration_2.diff, > save_configuration_3.diff, save_configuration_4.diff, > save_configuration_6.diff, save_configuration_7.diff, > save_configuration_8.diff, save_configuration_9.diff > > > Snapshot can backup user data, but it's also nice to be able to have > known-good configurations saved as well in case of accidental snafus or even > catastrophic loss of a cluster. If we check for changes to cassandra.yaml, > cassandra-env.sh, and maybe log4j-server.properties on startup, we can back > them up to a columnfamily that can then be handled by normal snapshot/backup > procedures. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira