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Apache Cassandra is a highly-scalable partitioned row store. Rows are organized into tables with a required primary key.
Partitioning means that Cassandra can distribute your data across multiple machines in an application-transparent matter. Cassandra will automatically repartition as machines are added and removed from the cluster.
Row store means that like relational databases, Cassandra organizes data by rows and columns. The Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is a close relative of SQL.
For more information, seethe Apache Cassandra web site.
This short guide will walk you through getting a basic one node cluster upand running, and demonstrate some simple reads and writes. For a more-complete guide, please see the Apache Cassandra website’sGetting Started Guide.
First, we’ll unpack our archive:
$ tar -zxvf apache-cassandra-$VERSION.tar.gz$ cd apache-cassandra-$VERSION
After that we start the server. Running the startup script with the -f argument will causeCassandra to remain in the foreground and log to standard out; it can be stopped with ctrl-C.
$ bin/cassandra -f
Note for Windows users: to install Cassandra as a service, downloadProcrun, set thePRUNSRV environment variable to the full path of prunsrv (e.g.,C:\procrun\prunsrv.exe), and run "bin\cassandra.bat install".Similarly, "uninstall" will remove the service.
Now let’s try to read and write some data using the Cassandra Query Language:
$ bin/cqlsh
The command line client is interactive so if everything worked you shouldbe sitting in front of a prompt:
Connected to Test Cluster at localhost:9160.[cqlsh 2.2.0 | Cassandra 1.2.0 | CQL spec 3.0.0 | Thrift protocol 19.35.0]Use HELP for help.cqlsh>
As the banner says, you can use 'help;' or '?' to see what CQL has tooffer, and 'quit;' or 'exit;' when you’ve had enough fun. But lets trysomething slightly more interesting:
cqlsh> CREATE SCHEMA schema1 WITH replication = { 'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 1 };cqlsh> USE schema1;cqlsh:Schema1> CREATE TABLE users ( user_id varchar PRIMARY KEY, first varchar, last varchar, age int );cqlsh:Schema1> INSERT INTO users (user_id, first, last, age) VALUES ('jsmith', 'John', 'Smith', 42);cqlsh:Schema1> SELECT * FROM users; user_id | age | first | last---------+-----+-------+------- jsmith | 42 | john | smith cqlsh:Schema1>If your session looks similar to what’s above, congrats, your single nodecluster is operational!
For more on what commands are supported by CQL, seethe CQL reference. Areasonable way to think of it is as, "SQL minus joins and subqueries, plus collections."
Wondering where to go from here?
Join us in #cassandra on irc.freenode.net and ask questions
Subscribe to the Users mailing list by sending a mail touser-subscribe@cassandra.apache.org
Visit thecommunity section of the Cassandra website for more information on getting involved.
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