[jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-13815) RPM package for client tools - cqlsh + nodetool
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-13815?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Joshua McKenzie updated CASSANDRA-13815: Priority: Minor (was: Major) > RPM package for client tools - cqlsh + nodetool > --- > > Key: CASSANDRA-13815 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-13815 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Wish > Components: Packaging >Reporter: Dennis >Priority: Minor > Fix For: 4.x > > > Feature request. > I see you guys are picking up on the RPM packages. > Thanks for that. That could even be improved if you could package the client > tools as a separate or client-only package as well. That package could hold > cqlsh and nodetool for example. > That would support centralized, automated backup or other maintenance > processes. > Now the admin is forced to login to the box in order to use these tools, > which is not really best practice, security wise. The admin would need to > know an ssh account as well as the cassandra admin account. > So, benefits or usage of a client package (cqlsh+nodetool): > # Supports automated maintenance scripts (simply yum the client tools to a > temporary vm) > # Better security, as the admin doesn't need to ssh into the instance host. > Without having to pull the full Cassandra packages on the clients. > Datastax does have such client packages, but they don't support the community > edition anymore, so I am hoping that you can do this going forward. > Thanks! -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@cassandra.apache.org
[jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-13815) RPM package for client tools - cqlsh + nodetool
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-13815?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Stefan Podkowinski updated CASSANDRA-13815: --- Fix Version/s: (was: 3.11.x) (was: 3.10) 4.x > RPM package for client tools - cqlsh + nodetool > --- > > Key: CASSANDRA-13815 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-13815 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Wish > Components: Packaging >Reporter: Dennis > Fix For: 4.x > > > Feature request. > I see you guys are picking up on the RPM packages. > Thanks for that. That could even be improved if you could package the client > tools as a separate or client-only package as well. That package could hold > cqlsh and nodetool for example. > That would support centralized, automated backup or other maintenance > processes. > Now the admin is forced to login to the box in order to use these tools, > which is not really best practice, security wise. The admin would need to > know an ssh account as well as the cassandra admin account. > So, benefits or usage of a client package (cqlsh+nodetool): > # Supports automated maintenance scripts (simply yum the client tools to a > temporary vm) > # Better security, as the admin doesn't need to ssh into the instance host. > Without having to pull the full Cassandra packages on the clients. > Datastax does have such client packages, but they don't support the community > edition anymore, so I am hoping that you can do this going forward. > Thanks! -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@cassandra.apache.org
