Cassandra has authentication interface, but doesn't have authorization. So you need to implement authorization in your application layer.
maki 2011/7/11 David McNelis <dmcne...@agentisenergy.com>: > I've been looking in the documentation and haven't found anything about > this... but is there support for making a node read-only? > For example, you have a cluster set up in two different data centers / racks > / whatever, with your replication strategy set up so that the data is > redundant between the two places. In one of the places all of the incoming > data will be processed and inserted into your cluster. In the other data > center you plan to allow people to run analytics, but you want to restrict > the permissions so that the people running analytics can connect to > Cassandra in whatever way makes the most sense for them, but you don't want > those people to be able to edit/update data. > Is it currently possible to configure your cluster in this manner? Or would > it only be possible through a third-party solution like wrapping one of the > access libraries in a way that does not support write operations. > > -- > David McNelis > Lead Software Engineer > Agentis Energy > www.agentisenergy.com > o: 630.359.6395 > c: 219.384.5143 > A Smart Grid technology company focused on helping consumers of energy > control an often under-managed resource. > > -- w3m
