Something else is using the port, perhaps an existing Cassandra process? Use "lsof -i | grep 7000" to see what is.
If you need to change it, you are looking for storage_port in the config. Aaron On 11/03/2011, at 3:43 PM, Bob Futrelle <bob.futre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now that I've made the JMX_PORT change cassandra will attempt to run. > (Dumb me, I didn't need to ask - the answer about changing JMX_PORT was > already in the archives. I'm getting with it now, so I know to look there > first. Just finding my way around cassandra....) > > Made the change: > > JMX_PORT="8080 > to > JMX_PORT="9980" > in cassandra-env.sh > > Then ran > sudo ./bin/cassandra -f -p pidfile > threw a Fatal configuration error: > > org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: localhost/10.0.1.3:7000 > is in use by another process. Change listen_address:storage_port in > cassandra.yaml to values that do not conflict with other services > > In cassandra.yaml the line causing the problem is > > listen_address: localhost > > Problem is, I have no idea what to change it to ??? > Maybe localhost:8000? > And in addition, do I then need to make other changes? > > - Bob Futrelle > Northeastern University > CCIS > >