Thank you Michael. I am trying out Priam as we speak and will post an update of my experience with different tools. Again. Thank you. -- K
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Michael Shuler <mich...@pbandjelly.org>wrote: > On 01/27/2014 10:34 PM, Kumar Ranjan wrote: > >> I am used to working with CCM for testing. For production, I depend on >> installing cassandra manually. Is there a proven tool to install and >> manage multinode cassandra cluster? If you have any experience, please >> let me know. >> > > A good answer will depend on where you will be deploying your cluster, how > many nodes you plan, etc. For bare metal installations, for instance with > Debian or Ubuntu, you may want to automate with a preseed [0] of your OS > installations to set up the JVM, install your desired cassandra version > package, etc. RedHat variants use similar OS automation with kickstart > [1]. Or, perhaps you want to use AWS and a preinstalled AMI [2] or create > your own "golden image" on AWS and save it as an AMI for booting your other > machines. > > I've done preseeds and kickstarts extensively and have set up a few custom > AMIs - you may want to consider that most production clusters are likely > running Debian or Ubuntu. > > Once you have machines installed, you may want some configuration > management, or you could use a config manager to aid in OS installation and > setup at install time - it seems that chef [3] has gained some traction > over the once-hot puppet [4], but salt [5] is also quite mature, if you > like python better than ruby. > > I've used all of these and they are great. I've also been burned by them > all. There's nothing quite like the complete control over configurations > carefully checked into a VCS and parallel ssh to pull them out, along with > a few scripts to set up things just right - just my experience ;) > > There is also priam [6]. I keep wanting to find some time to play with > it, so I have no insight, but it looks very interesting. > > If you'd like cassandra cluster management beyond > installation/configuration of the machine, have a look at opscenter [7]. > > I'm sure there are a lot of other projects / cookbooks that others might > be working on - chime in! > > Michael > > [0] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed > [1] https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_ > Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html > [2] https://aws.amazon.com/amis/datastax-auto-clustering-ami-2-2 > [3] http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/cassandra > [4] https://forge.puppetlabs.com/tags/cassandra > [5] http://docs.saltstack.com/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.cassandra.html > [6] https://github.com/Netflix/Priam > [7] http://www.datastax.com/what-we-offer/products-services/ > datastax-opscenter >
