"Unable to bind to address nadevsan04/10.168.121.57:7000" means something else is using that address/port. netstat can tell you what process that is, if you're not sure.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Tom Davidson <tdavid...@covario.com> wrote: > I am trying to sstableloader and I do not want to access Cassandra on the > same node. I haved edited my Cassandra.yaml to with appropriate values for > the listen_address and rpc_address but I keep getting the error below. The > Cassandra-cli tool, nodetool etc. works find when trying to connect to my > Cassandra cluster, but sstableloader does not. Any suggestions? > > > > [tdavidson@nadevsan06 ~]$ sstableloader --debug -v Demo > > Starting client (and waiting 30 seconds for gossip) ... > > org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: Unable to bind to > address nadevsan04/10.168.121.57:7000. Set listen_address in cassandra.yaml > to an interface you can bind to, e.g., your private IP address on EC2 > > java.lang.RuntimeException: > org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: Unable to bind to > address nadevsan04/10.168.121.57:7000. Set listen_address in cassandra.yaml > to an interface you can bind to, e.g., your private IP address on EC2 > > at > org.apache.cassandra.tools.BulkLoader$ExternalClient.init(BulkLoader.java:225) > > at > org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.SSTableLoader.stream(SSTableLoader.java:104) > > at org.apache.cassandra.tools.BulkLoader.main(BulkLoader.java:61) > > Caused by: org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: Unable to > bind to address nadevsan04/10.168.121.57:7000. Set listen_address in > cassandra.yaml to an interface you can bind to, e.g., your private IP > address on EC2 > > at > org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.getServerSocket(MessagingService.java:220) > > at > org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.listen(MessagingService.java:191) > > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.initClient(StorageService.java:350) > > at > org.apache.cassandra.tools.BulkLoader$ExternalClient.init(BulkLoader.java:182) > > ... 2 more > > > > From: John Conwell [mailto:j...@iamjohn.me] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:11 PM > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > Subject: Re: sstableloader throws storage_port error > > > > After much research and experimentation, I figured out how to get > sstableloader running on the same machine as a live cassandra node instance. > > > > The key, as Jonathan stated is to configure sstableloader to use a different > ipaddress than the running cassandra instance is using. To do this, I ran > this command, which created the loopback address for 127.0.0.2 > > > > sudo ifconfig lo0 alias 127.0.0.2 > > > > No you can have cassandra configured to listen to 127.0.0.1, and > sstableloader configured to listen to 127.0.0.2 > > > > By the way, to remove this ipaddress, run > > sudo ifconfig lo0 -alias 127.0.0.2 > > > > But thats not really all. Because sstableloader reads the cassandra.yaml > file to get the gossip ipaddress, you need to make a copy of the cassandra > install directory (or at least the bin and conf folders). Basically one > folder with yaml configured for Cassandra, the other folder with yaml > configured for sstableloader. > > > > Hope this helps people. I've written an in depth description of how to do > all this, and can post it if people want, but I'm not sure the etiquette of > posting blog links in the email list. > > > > Thanks, > John > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:40 AM, John Conwell <j...@iamjohn.me> wrote: > > If I have Cassandra already running on my machine, how do I configure > sstableloader to run on a different IP (127.0.0.2). Also, does that mean in > order to use sstableloader on the same machine as an running Cassandra node, > I have to have two NIC cards? > > > > I looked around for any info about how to configure and run sstableloader, > but other than what the cmdline spits out I cant find anything. Are there > any examples or best practices? Is it designed to be run on a machine that > isn't running a cassandra node? > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > > > > Thanks, > > John C > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks, > > John C > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support http://www.datastax.com
