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DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra 3.11 operation topics, such as node and datacenter operations, changing replication strategies, configuring compaction and compression, caching, and tuning Bloom filters.
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Starting Cassandra
Steps for starting the DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra 3.11.

Starting DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra 3.11

Steps for starting the DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra 3.11.

Steps for starting the DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra™ (DDAC).

From the install directory, start the node:
```
cd installation_location
```
```
bin/cassandra
```

To check that the node is up and running, from the install directory:

bin/nodetool status

The nodetool command shows the node type and the status. For a node running in a normal state (UN) with virtual nodes (vnodes) enabled shows:

Datacenter: Cassandra
=====================
Status=Up/Down
|/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving
--  Address    Load       Tokens  Owns    Host ID                               Rack
UN  127.0.0.1  82.43 KB   128     ?       40725dc8-7843-43ae-9c98-7c532b1f517e  rack1