Installing DataStax Enterprise on any Linux-based platform or Mac OS X

Install DataStax Enterprise on any Linux-based platform, including 32-bit platforms.

Use this install method for Mac OS X and platforms without package support, or if you do not have or want a root installation.

Prerequisites

Also see Recommended production settings and the DataStax Enterprise Reference Architecture white paper.

The binary tarball runs as a stand-alone process.

Procedure

These steps install DataStax Enterprise. After installing, you must configure and start DataStax Enterprise.

In a terminal window:

  1. Check which version of Java is installed:
    $ java -version
    Use the latest version of Oracle Java 7 on all nodes.
  2. Download the tarball from the Download DataStax Enterprise page.

    You will need the DataStax Academy account credentials from your registration. Be sure to use your registration email address, not your username.

  3. Unpack the distribution:
    $ tar -xzvf dse-4.0.x.tar.gz
    Note:

    For production installations, DataStax recommends installing the OpsCenter separate from the cluster. See the OpsCenter documentation.

    Removing the datastax-agent package also removes the DataStax Enterprise package.

  4. When DataStax Enterprise is started, it installs files into the /var/lib/cassandra and /var/log/cassandra directories. If you do not have root access to the default directories, ensure that you have write access:
    $ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/cassandra; sudo chown -R  $USER: $GROUP /var/lib/cassandra
    $ sudo mkdir -p /var/log/cassandra; sudo chown -R  $USER: $GROUP /var/log/cassandra
  5. Optional: If you do not want to use the default data and logging directories, you can define your own directory locations:
    1. Make the directories for data and logging directories:
      $ mkdir install_location/dse-data
      $ cd dse-data
      $ mkdir commitlog
      $ mkdir saved_caches
    2. Go the directory containing the cassandra.yaml file:
      $ cd install_location/resources/cassandra/conf
    3. Edit the following lines in the cassandra.yaml file:
      data_file_directories: install_location/dse-data
      commitlog_directory: install_location/dse-data/commitlog
      saved_caches_directory: install_location/dse-data/saved_caches

Results

DataStax Enterprise is ready for configuration.

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