nodetool gettimeout

Returns the current request timeout configuration.

To temporarily change the timeout, use nodetool settimeout.

Synopsis

nodetool [<connection_options>] gettimeout
[--] [<timeout_type>]

Definition

The short- and long-form options are comma-separated.

Connection options

-h, --host hostname

The hostname or IP address of a remote node or nodes. When omitted, the default is the local machine.

-p, --port jmx_port

The JMX port number.

-pw, --password jmxpassword

The JMX password for authenticating with secure JMX. If a password is not provided, you are prompted to enter one.

-pwf, --password-file jmx_password_filepath

The filepath to the file that stores JMX authentication credentials.

-u, --username jmx_username

The username for authenticating with secure JMX.

Command arguments

--

Separates an option from an argument that could be mistaken for an option.

timeout_type

The request timeout type. Each type corresponds with a timeout limit setting in cassandra.yaml.

Request timeout settings

settimeout argument

cassandra.yaml setting 65 PR-465

read

read_request_timeout_in_ms

range

range_request_timeout_in_ms

write

write_request_timeout_in_ms

counterwrite

counter_write_request_timeout_in_ms

cascontention

cas_contention_timeout_in_ms

truncate

truncate_request_timeout_in_ms

streamingsocket

Streaming socket timeout in milliseconds.

misc

Miscellaneous request timeout

Examples

  • Get all request timeouts:

    nodetool gettimeout
    Result
    Current timeout for type read: 5000 ms
    Current timeout for type range: 10000 ms
    Current timeout for type write: 2000 ms
    Current timeout for type counterwrite: 5000 ms
    Current timeout for type cascontention: 1000 ms
    Current timeout for type truncate: 60000 ms
    Current timeout for type misc: 10000 ms
  • Get the timeout for one request type:

    nodetool gettimeout read
    Result
    Current timeout for type read: 5000 ms

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