Installing DataStax Enterprise 4.6 using Yum repositories
Install DataStax Enterprise, DataStax Agent, and OpsCenter using Yum repositories on RHEL-based systems.
For a complete list of supported platforms, see DataStax Enterprise Supported Platforms.
Prerequisites
- DataStax Academy registration email address and password.
- Yum Package Management application.
- Root or sudo access to the install machine.
- Latest version of Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment 7 or
8 or OpenJDK 7 is recommended. Note: If using Oracle Java 7, you must use at least 1.7.0_25. If using Oracle Java 8, you must use at least 1.8.0_40.
- RedHat-compatible distributions require EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux). For RHEL 5.x, see Installing EPEL on RHEL OS 5.x.
- If installing on a 64-bit Oracle Linux distribution, first install the 32-bit versions of glibc libraries.
Also see Recommended production settings and the DataStax Enterprise Reference Architecture white paper.
The packaged releases create a cassandra user. When starting DataStax Enterprise as a service, the Cassandra and Hadoop tracker services run as this user. The service initialization script is located in /etc/init.d/dse. Run levels are not set by the package.
Procedure
These steps install DataStax Enterprise, the DataStax Agent, and OpsCenter (optional). After installing, you must configure and start DataStax Enterprise.
In a terminal window:
Results
DataStax Enterprise is ready for configuration.
What's next
- Configuration file locations.
- Starting and stopping DataStax Enterprise.
- Deploying DataStax Enterprise for production.
- Hardware and planning considerations in Cassandra.
- Configuring the heap dump directory to avoid server crashes.
$ yum clean all