All nodes should have the correct configuration files. With the only difference been the initial token.
Aaron On 3/03/2011, at 6:18 AM, A J <s5a...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to setup a cluser (for the first time) of a few nodes. Had > a few questions related to that. > > I want the following properties in my cluster: > 1. Not to use RP but BOP > 2. Specify initial token myself on each node. > 3. Change a few memtable defaults. > 4. For Keyspaces to use NetworkTopologyStrategy rather than the > default SimpleStrategy. I wish to specify how many copies each DC > should carry. > > For the above I changed the cassandra.yaml and > cassandra-topology.properties files appropriately on the first node. > > My question is: For the rest of the nodes, do I have to make all of > the above changes first to their respective config files or just a > smaller subset such as (listen_address, seed, autobootstrap and > rpc_address) ? What happens if there is a conflict between the yaml > files on different nodes (say one says RP and other says BOP. Or say > one says PropertyFileSnitch and the other says SimpleSnitch)? > > Is there a good post or video tutorial somewhere that walks step by > step of cassandra cluster setup, which talks of all these and then how > to change various knobs (tokens,replication_factor, > cassandra-topology.properties etc) and see their effect on the cluster > ? > > Many thanks.
