Unable to run cqlsh(connection refused) - cassandra

I'm getting a connection error "unable to connect to any server" when I run .cqlsh command from the bin directory of my node.
I'm using an edited yaml file containing only the following(rest all values present in the default yaml have been omitted) :
cluster name, num tokens, partitioner, data file directories, commitlog directory, commitlog sync, commitlog sync period, saved cache directory, seed provider info, listen address and endpoint snitch.
Is this error because I've not included some important parameter in the yaml like rpc address? Please help.
OS: RHEL 6.9
Cassandra: 3.0.14

The cassandra yaml file can have modified values, but you should not delete the rows and make your own yaml file. And yes, rpc address is needed in yaml file.
In writing the directories like data_file_directories, you should follow the same indentation as:
data_file_directories -
/path/to/access
Cassandra is very strict at it's indentation in yaml file. I once faced an issue due to this wrong indentation in data_file_directories.
Finally, run ./cqlsh , provide ip_address if it is a remote server.
Check the nodetool status and confirm whether the node is up and normal.

Check the following:
Cassandra is running: nodetool status / ps -elf | grep cassa
Port 9042 (default for CQL) is not used by something else: netstat -an | grep 9042
Try running cqlsh `hostname -i`
Good luck.

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Unable to connect to cqlsh when encryption is enabled

I am trying to connect to cqlsh from remote (kuebctl command) when encryption is enabled, but I am unable to connect to cqlsh. anyone has a better way to connect?
$ kubectl run -i --tty --restart=Never --rm --image cassandra cqlsh -- cqlsh cassandra-0.cassandra.default.svc.cluster.local -u cassandra -p cassandra --ssl
If you don't see a command prompt, try pressing enter.
Validation is enabled; SSL transport factory requires a valid certfile to be specified. Please provide path to the certfile in [ssl] section as 'certfile' option in /root/.cassandra/cqlshrc (or use [certfiles] section) or set SSL_CERTFILE environment variable.
pod "cqlsh" deleted
pod default/cqlsh terminated (Error)
Since I am connecting from remote, I cannot set the cqlshrc file.
You can specify location of the certfile, and validate options via environment variables SSL_CERTFILE and SSL_VALIDATE correspondingly, but you'll need to mount certificate files anyway, so you can also mount corresponding cqlshrc...
See documentation for more details.
P.S. Also, if client validation is enabled, you'll need to provide client's key/certificate as well (options userkey, and usercert in the cqlshrc).
Since I was using cassandra image to connect cql, I added the cqlshrc file in the cassandra image where cql is installed to get it working.

Setting up Cassandra on Cloud9 IDE

I've followed these instructions to install Cassandra: http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/install/installDeb_t.html
When I do $ cqlsh terminal replies me with
Connection error: Could not connect to localhost:9160
I read that the issue might be with configuration file cassandra.yaml
However, I turned out I can't access it. My etc/cassandra folder is empty: enter image description here
How to access cassandra.yaml?
Where is cassandra is stored in my project?
Is there a way to check if Cassandra is actually set up in project?
The image you have attached is showing the ~/.cassandra directory off of your home dir. That's not the same as/etc/cassandra. You should be able to confirm this with the following command:
$ ls -al /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
-rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 43985 Mar 11 12:46 /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
To verify if Cassandra is even running, this should work for you if you have successfully completed the packaged install:
$ sudo service cassandra status
Otherwise, simply running this should work, too:
$ ps -ef | grep cassandra
When you set up Cassandra, you'll want to set the listen_address and rpc_address to the machine's hostname or IP. They're set to localhost by default, so if it's running cqlsh should connect to that automatically.
My guess is that Cassandra is not starting for you. Check the system.log file, which (for the packaged install) is stored in /var/logs/cassandra:
$ cat /var/log/cassandra/system.log
Check out that file, and you might find some clues as to what is happening here.
Also, did you really install Cassandra 2.0? That version has been deprecated, so for a new install you shouldn't go any lower than Cassandra 2.1.

Could not connect to cassandra with cqlsh

I want to connect to cassandra but got this error:
$ bin/cqlsh
Connection error: ('Unable to connect to any servers', {'192.168.1.200': error(10061, "Tried connecting to [('192.168.1.200', 9042)]. Last error: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it")})
Pretty simple.
The machine is actively refusing it because your system does not have cassandra running on it. Follow the following steps to completely get rid of this trouble :
Install Cassandra from DataStax (Datastax-DDC; Cassandra version 3).
Go to ~\installation\path\DataStax-DDC\apache-cassandra\bin.
Open up cmd there. (Use Alt+F+P to open it if you are on windows 8 or later).
type cassandra -f this will generate a lot of stuff on the window and you must get the last line as INFO 11:32:31 Created default superuser role 'cassandra'
Now open another cmd window in the same folder.
Type cqlsh
This should give you a prompt, without any error.
I also discovered that this error doesn't pop up if I use cassadra v2.x found here Archived version of Cassandra. I don't know why :( (If you find out please comment).
So, if the above steps do not work, you can always go back to Cassandra v2.x.
Cheers.
Check if you have started Cassandra server, then provide the host and port as the arguments.
$ bin/cqlsh 127.0.0.1 4092
I run into the same problem. This worked for me.
Go to any directory for example E:\ (doesn't have to be the same disc as the cassandra installation)
Create the following directories
E:\cassandra\storage\commitlogs
E:\cassandra\storage\data
E:\cassandra\storage\savedcaches
Then go to your cassandra installations conf path. In my case.
D:\DataStax-DDC\apache-cassandra\conf
Open cassandra.yaml. Edit the lines containing: data_file_directories, commitlog_directory, saved_caches_directory to look like the code below (change paths accordingly to where you created the folders)
data_file_directories:
- E:\cassandra\storage\data
commitlog_directory: E:\cassandra\storage\commitlog
saved_caches_directory: E:\cassandra\storage\savedcaches
Then open the cmd (I did it as administrator, but didn't check if it is necessary) to your cassandra installations bin path. In my case.
D:\DataStax-DDC\apache-cassandra\bin
run cassandra -f
Lots of stuff will be logged to your screen.
You should now be able to run cqlsh and all other stuff without problems.
Edit: The operating system was windows10 64bit
Edit2: If it stops working after a while check if the service is till running using nodetool status. If it isn't follow this instruction.
I also faced the same problem on a Win32 windows 7 machine.
Check if you have JAVA installed correctly and JAVA_HOME variable set.
Once you have checked the java installation and set JAVA_HOME, uninstall Cassandra and install it again.
Hopefully this would solve the problem. Mine was solved after applying the above two steps.
You need to mention host, user, password for cassandra cqlsh connection. Default cassandra cqlsh user is cassandra and password is cassandra.
$ bin/cqlsh <host> -u cassandra -p cassandra
I also had same problem. I applied many methods given on google and youtube but none of them worked in my case. Finally, I applied the following 3 steps and it worked in my case:-
Create a folder without any space in C or D whichever is your system drive. eg:- C:\cassandra
Install Cassandra in this folder instead of installing in"Program Files".
After installation, it will be like this- C:\cassandra\apache-cassandra-3.11.6
Copy python 2.7 installed in bin folder i.e.,C:\cassandra\apache-cassandra-3.11.6\bin
Now your program is ready for work.
There is no special method to connect cqlsh it simple as below:-
$ bin/cqlsh 127.0.0.1(host IP) 9042 or $ bin/cqlsh 127.0.0.1(host IP) 9160 (if older version of Cassandra)
Don't forget to check port connectivity if you are connecting cqlsh to remote host. Also you can use username/password if you enabled by default it is disabled.

How to load data to remote server using sstableloder?

I am newbie to the cassandra, the situation is:
[1] I want to bulkload(bulk-upload) my cassandra data from my client PC into the "remote server A"
[2] the IPAddress of the remote server A is 192.168..
[3] so I typed as follows from my client PC:
$ sstableloader -d 192.168.**.** [path/to/my/clientPC's/cassandra/columnFamily/Directory]
[4] the cassandra is running on both of clientPC and remote server A
then, I get the message like this...
Could not retrieve endpoint ranges:
I cant get what on earth is going on here... please somebody help me...
Ensure that you are running the command from your C* data directory root, and then pass the relative path for the keyspace and columnFamily. The target database must also have the same keyspace name and column family name.
So if your C* data dir in cassandra.yaml is defined as /cassandra/data and your keyspace is ks1 and column family is my_cf, then cd to /cassandra/data, the run sstableloader -d <ip> ks1/mv_cf.
From http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.1/references/bulkloader
Using sstableloader
In binary installations, sstableloader is located in the
/bin directory.
The sstableloader bulk loads the SSTables found in the directory
to the configured cluster. The parent directory of
is used as the keyspace name. For example to load an
SSTable named Standard1-he-1-Data.db into keyspace Keyspace1, the
files Keyspace1-Standard1-he-1-Data.db and
Keyspace1-Standard1-he-1-Index.db must be in a directory called
Keyspace1/Standard1/.
bash sstableloader [options]
Example:
$ ls -1 Keyspace1/Standard1/ Keyspace1-Standard1-he-1-Data.db
Keyspace1-Standard1-he-1-Index $ /bin/sstableloader
-d localhost //
Also, make sure any sstableloader defaults (such as port) match your target C* cluster.

how to load schema file into Cassandra with cqlsh

I have a schema file for Cassandra. I'm using a windows 7 machine (Cassandra on this machien as well - 1 node). I want to load the schema with cqssh. So far I have not been able to find how. I was hoping to be able to pass the file to cqlsh: cqlsh mySchemaFile. However since I run in windows, to start cqlsh I do the following
python "C:\Program Files (x86)\DataStax Community\apache-cassandra\bin\cqlsh" localhost 9160
Even though I have csqsh in my path, when called like this from python it needs the full path.
I tried to add in there the file name but no luck so far.
Is this even possible?
cqlsh takes a file to execute via the -f or --file option, not as a positional argument (like the host and port), so the correct form would be:
python "C:\Program Files (x86)\DataStax Community\apache-cassandra\bin\cqlsh" localhost 9160 -f mySchemaFile
Note: I'm not 100% sure about whether you'd use -f or \f in Windows.

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