Install DataStax Enterprise 6.9 on RHEL-based systems using Yum

To install DataStax Enterprise (DSE) on SUSE, use the binary tarball installation.

Some things to know about installing DataStax Enterprise:

When DSE is installed, it creates a cassandra user in the database. Do not use the cassandra user in production. Failing to do so is a security risk. See Adding a Superuser Login

Prerequisites

Use OpsCenter Lifecycle Manager to automatically manage Java and JCE installs for DSE clusters. For more information about choosing a Java vendor, see Choosing a Java vendor in Lifecycle Manager.

Install DSE 6.9 on RHEL-based systems using Yum

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In a terminal window:

  1. Verify that a required version of Java is installed:

    java -version

    DataStax recommends the latest build of a Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) Certified OpenJDK version 11.

    If OpenJDK, the results should look like:

    openjdk version “11.0.x” YYYY-MM-DD
    OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.x+xx)
    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.x+xx, mixed mode)

    If Oracle Java, the results should look like:

    java version "11.0.x" YYYY-MM-DD LTS
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.x+xx-LTS)
    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.x+xx-LTS, mixed mode)
  2. Install the libaio package. For example:

    sudo yum install libaio
  3. Add the DataStax Yum repository to a file called /etc/yum.repos.d/datastax.repo:

    Set the gpgcheck=1 to perform a GPG signature check.

    [datastax]
    name={company} Repo for DSE
    baseurl=https://rpm.datastax.com/enterprise/
    enabled=1
    gpgcheck=0
  4. If you have enabled signature verification (gpgcheck=1), import the DSE repository key:

    sudo rpm --import https://rpm.datastax.com/rpm/repo_key
  5. Install the DSE packages:

    Specify all packages; otherwise, the installation fails.

    1. Install the latest version of DSE (6.9.x):

      sudo yum install dse-full
    2. Install an earlier version of DSE 6.9.x:

      To view the available versions, see the Release notes.

      Specify all packages; otherwise, the installation fails.

      sudo yum install dse-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-full-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-libgraph-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-libcassandra-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-libhadoop2-client-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-libsolr-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-libtomcat-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-liblog4j-6.9.version_number-1 \
          dse-libspark-6.9.version_number-1

      For example:

      sudo yum install dse-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-full-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-libgraph-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-libcassandra-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-libhadoop2-client-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-libsolr-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-libtomcat-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-liblog4j-6.9.0-1 \
          dse-libspark-6.9.0-1
    3. Optional: Install the demos:

      Installing the DSE demos is not recommended for production. Only install the demos in development environments to run tutorials.

      sudo yum install dse-demos-version_number-1

      Result

      DSE is ready for additional configuration:

      • For production, be sure to change the cassandra user. Failing to do so is a security risk. See Adding a superuser login.

      • DSE provides several types of workloads (default is transactional). See startup options for service or stand-alone installations.

      • Next Steps below provides links to related tasks and information.

  6. Optional: Configure systemd units: RedHat systemd configuration.

  7. Optional: Single-node cluster installations only:

    1. Start DSE:

      sudo service dse start
    2. Verify that DSE is running:

      nodetool status
      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

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