sstableloader uses gossip to discover the Cassandra ring, so you'll need to run it on a different IP (127.0.0.2 is fine).
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM, John Conwell <j...@iamjohn.me> wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to use the sstableloader tool. For my test I > have a single node cassandra instance running on my local machine. I have > cassandra running, and validate this by connecting to it with cassandra-cli. > I run sstableloader using the following command: > bin/sstableloader /Users/someuser/cassandra/mykeyspace > and I get the following error: > org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: localhost/127.0.0.1:7000 > is in use by another process. Change listen_address:storage_port in > cassandra.yaml to values that do not conflict with other services > > I've played around with different ports, but nothing works. It it because > I'm trying to run sstableloader on the same machine that cassandra is > running on? It would be odd I think, but cant thing of another reason I > would get that eror. > Thanks, > John -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support http://www.datastax.com
