Unattended DataStax Enterprise installer
Install DataStax Enterprise using the command line or properties file.
For a complete list of supported platforms, see DataStax Enterprise Supported
Platforms.
For other product installations, see Installing OpsCenter and Installing DevCenter.
Important: DataStax Enterprise 4.6 uses Cassandra 2.0.
Prerequisites
- Root or sudo access when installing as a system service, and if installing missing system dependencies.
- 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.
Requirement | Minimum | Production |
---|---|---|
CPUs | 2 | 16 |
Memory | 8GB | 24GB |
Data directory | 20GB | 200GB |
Commit log directory | 20GB | 200GB |
Saved caches directory | 20GB | 200GB |
Logs directory | 20GB | 200GB |
Procedure
Note: In the following commands, be sure to change
X to an actual version number. To view the available
versions, see the Release notes. The latest version of DataStax Enterprise 4.6 is 4.6.13.
Results
DataStax Enterprise is ready for additional configuration.
What's next
- Deploying DataStax Enterprise for production.
- Hardware and planning considerations in Cassandra.
- Configuring the heap dump directory to avoid server crashes.
- Configuration file locations.
- Starting and stopping DataStax Enterprise.