Just for the people looking to run Cassandra embedded and access directly (not via Thrift/Avro).
This works: StorageService.instance.initServer(); And then just use the StorageProxy for data access. I have no idea if this is the right way, but is works. Kind regards, Ruben On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Ruben de Laat <ru...@logic-labs.nl> wrote: > Thank you Ran, that's working! Should have tried that as well. > > There is a difference in the log's, embedded shows: > INFO 20:16:31,796 Binding thrift service to localhost/127.0.0.1:9160 > > Batch-file-started one: > INFO thrift.CassandraDaemon: Listening for thrift clients... > > So maybe different classes are being used for thrift commication based > on how the server is started. > > As soon as I figure that out I'll post it. > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Ran Tavory <ran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> did you try connecting to a real cassandra instance, not an embedded one? >> I use an embedded one for testing and it works, but just to narrow down your >> problem. >> >> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Ruben de Laat <ru...@logic-labs.nl> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am new to cassandra, so maybe I am missing something obvious... >>> Version: Latest nightly build (2010-08-23_13-57-40), but same results >>> with 0.7.0b1 >>> >>> Server code (default configuration file): >>> >>> System.setProperty("cassandra.config", "conf/cassandra.yaml"); >>> EmbeddedCassandraService embeddedCassandraService = new >>> EmbeddedCassandraService(); >>> embeddedCassandraService.init(); >>> >>> Client code: >>> >>> Socket socket = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 9160); >>> TSocket transport = new TSocket(socket); >>> TBinaryProtocol tBinaryProtocol = new TBinaryProtocol(transport); >>> Client client = new Client(tBinaryProtocol); >>> System.out.println(client.describe_cluster_name()); >>> >>> The problem is that it hangs/blocks on the >>> "client.describe_cluster_name()" call, actually it hangs on any call I >>> have tried. >>> I was first trying with the Pelops client, but that one is using the >>> Thrift API as well, so this is narrowed down. >>> >>> I have already tried multiple different combination of creating the >>> client (different transports). >>> I have also tried with "thrift_framed_transport_size_in_mb: 0" >>> disabling framed transports. >>> >>> Starting the client without a running server gives a proper >>> "Connection refused", so some sort of connection is definitely made. >>> >>> Thanks and Kind regards, >>> Ruben >> >> >