Regarding AWS the only thing I normally do (besides the normal installation, etc) is setting up the firewall zones so the ports needed for Cassandra are open.
You can follow this guide: https://razvantudorica.com/02/create-a-cassandra-cluster-with-opscenter-on-amazon-ec2/a Regards, Carlos Juzarte Rolo Cassandra Consultant Pythian - Love your data rolo@pythian | Twitter: cjrolo | Linkedin: *linkedin.com/in/carlosjuzarterolo <http://linkedin.com/in/carlosjuzarterolo>* Tel: 1649 www.pythian.com On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 4:48 AM, Clint Kelly <clint.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > BTW I was able to use this script: > > https://github.com/joaquincasares/cassandralauncher > > to get a cluster up and running pretty easily on AWS. Cheers to the > author for this. > > Still curious for answers to my questions above, but not as urgent. > > Best regards, > Clint > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Clint Kelly <clint.ke...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am trying to follow the instructions here for installing DSE 4.6 on AWS: >> >> >> http://www.datastax.com/documentation/datastax_enterprise/4.6/datastax_enterprise/install/installAMIOpsc.html >> >> I was successful creating a single-node instance running OpsCenter, which >> I intended to bootstrap creating a larger cluster running Cassandra and >> Spark. >> >> During my first attempt, however, OpsCenter reported problems talking to >> agents in the new cluster I was creating. I ssh'ed into one of the new >> instances that I created with OpsCenter and saw that this was the problem: >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> DataStax AMI for DataStax Enterprise >> >> and DataStax Community >> >> AMI version 2.4 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> DataStax AMI 2.5 released 02.25.2014 >> >> http://goo.gl/g1RRd7 >> >> >> This AMI (version 2.4) will be left >> >> available, but no longer updated. >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> These notices occurred during the startup of this instance: >> >> [ERROR] 02/21/15-00:53:01 sudo chown -R cassandra:cassandra >> /mnt/cassandra: >> >> [WARN] Permissions not set correctly. Please run manually: >> >> [WARN] sudo chown -hR cassandra:cassandra /mnt/cassandra >> >> [WARN] sudo service dse restart >> >> >> It looks like by default, the OpsCenter GUI selects an out-of-date AMI >> (ami-4c32ba7c) >> when you click on "Create Cluster" and attempt to create a brand-new >> cluster on EC2. >> >> What is the recommended image to use here? I found a version 2.5.1 of >> the autoclustering AMI ( >> http://thecloudmarket.com/image/ami-ada2b6c4--datastax-auto-clustering-ami-2-5-1-hvm). >> Is that correct? Or should I be using one of the regular AMIs listed at >> http://www.datastax.com/documentation/datastax_enterprise/4.6/datastax_enterprise/install/installAMIOpsc.html >> ? Or just a standard ubuntu image? >> >> FWIW, I tried just using one of the AMIs listed on the DSE 4.6 page >> (ami-32f7c977), and I still see the "Waiting for the agent to start" >> message, although if I log in, things look like they have kind of worked: >> >> Cluster started with these options: >> >> None >> >> >> Raiding complete. >> >> >> Waiting for nodetool... >> >> The cluster is now in it's finalization phase. This should only take a >> moment... >> >> >> Note: You can also use CTRL+C to view the logs if desired: >> >> AMI log: ~/datastax_ami/ami.log >> >> Cassandra log: /var/log/cassandra/system.log >> >> >> >> Datacenter: us-west-2 >> >> ===================== >> >> Status=Up/Down >> >> |/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving >> >> -- Address Load Tokens Owns (effective) Host ID >> Rack >> >> UN 10.28.24.19 51.33 KB 256 100.0% >> ce0d365a-d58b-4700-b861-9f30af400476 2a >> >> >> >> Opscenter: http://ec2-54-71-102-180.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:8888/ >> >> Please wait 60 seconds if this is the cluster's first start... >> >> >> >> Tools: >> >> Run: datastax_tools >> >> Demos: >> >> Run: datastax_demos >> >> Support: >> >> Run: datastax_support >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> DataStax AMI for DataStax Enterprise >> >> and DataStax Community >> >> AMI version 2.5 >> >> DataStax Community version 2.1.3-1 >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> These notices occurred during the startup of this instance: >> >> [ERROR] 02/21/15-01:18:55 sudo chown opscenter-agent:opscenter-agent >> /var/lib/datastax-agent/conf: >> >> [ERROR] 02/21/15-01:19:04 sudo chown -R opscenter-agent:opscenter-agent >> /var/log/datastax-agent: >> >> [ERROR] 02/21/15-01:19:04 sudo chown -R opscenter-agent:opscenter-agent >> /mnt/datastax-agent: >> >> >> I would appreciate any help... I assume what I'm trying to do here is >> pretty common. >> >> >> > -- --
