Starting and stopping Cassandra on Windows

Steps for starting or stopping the Cassandra Windows service.

Steps for starting or stopping the Cassandra Windows service.

Procedure

Starting Cassandra

Note: Be sure to start Cassandra as a service with elevated privileges.

  • Net command: 
    C:\> net start DataStax_Cassandra_Community_server
  • Services menu:
    1. From Start, select Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools.
    2. Select Services.
    3. Select DataStax_Cassandra_Community_server and right-click to start the service.

Stopping Cassandra

  • Net command: 
    C:\> net stop DataStax_Cassandra_Community_server
  • Services menu:
    1. From Start, select Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools.
    2. Select Services.
    3. Select DataStax_Cassandra_Community_server and right-click to stop the service.