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About Apache Cassandra
Understanding the architecture
Database internals
Planning a cluster deployment
Installing
Configuration
Initializing a cluster
Operations
Cassandra tools
Troubleshooting
Release notes

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Apache Cassandra 3.0

About Apache Cassandra
Documentation for developers and administrators on installing, configuring, and using the features and capabilities of Apache Cassandra scalable open source NoSQL database.
Understanding the architecture
Important topics for understanding Cassandra.
Database internals
Topics about the Cassandra database.
Planning a cluster deployment
Vital information about successfully deploying a Cassandra cluster.
Installing
Various installation methods.
Configuration
Configuration topics.
- cassandra.yaml
  The cassandra.yaml file is the main configuration file for Cassandra.
- Cassandra include file
  Set environment variables (cassandra.in.sh).
- Security
  Topics for securing Cassandra.
  - Securing Cassandra
    Cassandra provides various security features to the open source community.
  - Internal authentication
    Topics about internal authentication.
  - Internal authorization
    Topics about internal authorization.
  - JMX authentication and authorization
    Topics about JMX authentication and authorization.
    - JMX Authentication and Authorization
      JMX authentication is based on either JMX usernames and passwords or Cassandra-controlled roles and passwords.
    - Enabling JMX authentication and authorization
      Steps to enable remote JMX connections.
    - Using nodetool with authentication
      How to use nodetool with authentication.
    - Using jconsole with authentication
      How to use jconsole with authentication.
  - SSL encryption
    Topics for using SSL in Cassandra.
  - Configuring firewall port access
    Which ports to open when nodes are protected by a firewall.
- Configuring gossip settings
  Using the cassandra.yaml file to configure gossip.
- Configuring the heap dump directory
  Analyzing the heap dump file can help troubleshoot memory problems.
- Configuring virtual nodes
  Topics about configuring virtual nodes.
- Using multiple network interfaces
  Steps for configuring Cassandra for multiple network interfaces or when using different regions in cloud implementations.
- Configuring logging
  Cassandra logging functionality using Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J) with a logback backend.
- Commit log archive configuration
  Cassandra provides commit log archiving and point-in-time recovery.
- Generating tokens
  If not using virtual nodes (vnodes), you must calculate tokens for your cluster.
- Hadoop support
  Cassandra support for integrating Hadoop with Cassandra.
Initializing a cluster
Topics for deploying a cluster.
Operations
Cassandra operation topics, such as node and datacenter operations, changing replication strategies, configuring compaction and compression, caching, and tuning Bloom filters.
Cassandra tools
Topics for Cassandra tools.
Troubleshooting
Release notes
Release notes for the Apache Cassandra 3.0.

JMX authentication and authorization

Topics about JMX authentication and authorization.

JMX Authentication and Authorization
JMX authentication is based on either JMX usernames and passwords or Cassandra-controlled roles and passwords.
Enabling JMX authentication and authorization
Steps to enable remote JMX connections.
Using nodetool with authentication
How to use nodetool with authentication.
Using jconsole with authentication
How to use jconsole with authentication.

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