Configure gossip
When a node first starts up, it looks at its cassandra.yaml configuration file to determine the name of the cluster it belongs to;
which nodes (called seeds) to contact to obtain information about the other nodes in the cluster;
and other details including the messaging port and token range ownership.
Configure gossip settings
In the cassandra.yaml file, set the following parameters:
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Name of the cluster that this node is joining. Must be the same for every node in the cluster. |
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The IP address or hostname that the Cassandra process binds to for connecting this node to other nodes. Default: |
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Use this option instead of |
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The public IP address this node uses to broadcast to other nodes outside the network or across regions in multi-region deployments.
If this property is commented out, the node uses the same IP address or hostname as A node does not need a separate |
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The Java class for the seed provider, and the seeds list ( Default:
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The port nodes use to privately communicate with each other. Must be the same for every node in the cluster. Default: |
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The token assigned to the node which is the first token of the range of tokens the node owns. This property is typically set for legacy clusters with single-node-per-token architecture, in which a node owns exactly one contiguous range in the ring space. |
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The number of tokens randomly assigned to this node in a cluster that uses virtual nodes (vnodes). Default: |
