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Getting started with DSE 5.1
Release notes
Installing DSE
Configuration
Initializing a cluster
Security
DSE advanced functionality
Tools
Operations
Planning

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DSE 5.1 Administrator Guide Earlier DSE version Latest 5.1 patch: 5.1.22

Getting started with DSE 5.1
Information about using DataStax Enterprise for Administrators.
Release notes
DataStax Enterprise release notes cover cluster requirements, upgrade guidance, components, security updates, changes and enhancements, issues, and resolved issues for DataStax Enterprise 5.1.
Installing DSE
DataStax Enterprise can be installed in a number of ways, depending on the purpose of the installation, the type of operating system, and the available permissions.
- Which install method should I use?
  Guidance for choosing the best DataStax Enterprise installation method for your purposes.
- DataStax Installers
  DataStax provides several methods for installing DSE from the DataStax Installer.
- Installing a cluster using Lifecycle Manager
  Lifecycle Manager (LCM) allows you to easily provision, configure, and install DataStax Enterprise clusters.
- Package installer using Yum
  Instructions for installing DataStax Enterprise 5.1 using Yum repositories on RHEL-based systems.
- RedHat systemd configuration
  Instructions for enabling systemd units on RHEL-based and compatible systems.
- Package installer using APT
  Instructions for installing DataStax Enterprise 5.1 using APT repositories on Debian-based systems.
- Binary tarball installer
  Instructions for installing DataStax Enterprise 5.1 on any supported Linux-based platform.
- Installing DSE patch releases
  DataStax provides GUI/Text installers, binary tarballs, and Debian and RHEL packages for installing previous patch releases of DataStax Enterprise 5.1.x.
- Installing on Docker
  Instructions for creating DataStax Enterprise (DSE) server, DSE OpsCenter, and DataStax Studio containers using DataStax Docker images in non-production environments.
- Installing on cloud providers
  Information for installing DataStax Enterprise on Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon AWS.
- Installing supporting software
  Installing the JDK on supported platforms and installing Python 2.7 on older RHEL-based package installations.
- Uninstalling DSE
  Launch the uninstaller in the installation directory to uninstall DataStax Enterprise.
- Installing CQLSH
  Install the standalone CQLSH tool using a binary tarball on any Linux-based platform.
- Default file locations
  Default file locations when installing from DataStax Enterprise.
  - Package and Installer-Services installations
    Locations when installing from DataStax Enterprise packages and when using the DataStax Installer with the Services option selected.
  - Tarball and Installer-No Services installations
    Locations when installing from DataStax Enterprise binary tarball and when using the DataStax Installer with the No Services option selected.
Configuration
Information about configuring DataStax Enterprise, such as recommended production setting, configuration files, snitch configuration, start-up parameters, heap dump settings, using virtual nodes, and more.
Initializing a cluster
Initializing a DataStax Enterprise cluster includes configuring, and choosing how the data is divided across the nodes in the cluster.
Security
DataStax Enterprise 5.1 Security Guide.
DSE advanced functionality
Information on using DSE Analytics, DSEFS, DSE Search, DSE Graph, DSE Advanced Replication, DSE In-Memory, DSE Multi-Instance, DSE Tiered Storage and DSE Performance services.
Tools
Tools include nodetool, dse commands, dsetool, cfs-stress tool, pre-flight check and yaml_diff tools, and the sstableloader.
Operations
DataStax Enterprise operation topics, such as node and datacenter operations, changing replication strategies, configuring compaction and compression, caching, and tuning Bloom filters.
Planning
Hardware selection, estimating disk capacity, anti-patterns, cluster testing and more.

Default file locations

Default file locations when installing from DataStax Enterprise.

Default file locations for package and Installer-Services installations
Locations when installing from DataStax Enterprise packages and when using the DataStax Installer with the Services option selected.
Default file locations for tarball and Installer-No Services installations
Locations when installing from DataStax Enterprise binary tarball and when using the DataStax Installer with the No Services option selected.

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