Ah! That did the trick!
Thanks Sam!
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Sam Tunnicliffe <s...@beobal.com> wrote:
> rpc_address (or rpc_interface) is used for client connections,
> listen_address is for inter-node communication.
>
>
>
> On 8 December 2014 at 19:21, Richard Snowden <richard.t.snow...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> $ netstat -ntl | grep 9042
>> tcp6 0 0 127.0.0.1:9042 :::*
>> LISTEN
>>
>> ("listen_address" not set in cassandra.yaml)
>>
>> Even with "listen_address: 192.168.111.136" I get:
>> $ netstat -ntl | grep 9042
>> tcp6 0 0 127.0.0.1:9042 :::*
>> LISTEN
>>
>>
>> All I want to do is to access Cassandra from outside my VM. Is this
>> really that hard?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Michael Dykman <mdyk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The difference is what interface your service is listening on. What is
>>> the output of
>>>
>>> $ netstat -ntl | grep 9042
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 07:21 Richard Snowden <richard.t.snow...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I left listen_address blank - still I can't connect (connection
>>>> refused).
>>>>
>>>> "cqlsh" -> OK
>>>> "cqlsh ubuntu" -> fail ("ubuntu" is my hostname)
>>>> "cqlsh 192.168.111.136" -> fail
>>>>
>>>> "telnet 192.168.111.136 9042" from outside the VM gives me a
>>>> "connection refused".
>>>>
>>>> I just started a Tomcat in my VM and did a "telnet 192.168.111.136
>>>> 8080" from outside the VM - and got the expected result ("Connected to
>>>> 192.168.111.136. Escape character is '^]'.
>>>>
>>>> So what's so special in Cassandra?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Jonathan Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Listen address needs the actual address, not the interface. This is
>>>>> best accomplished by setting up proper hostnames for each machine (through
>>>>> DNS or hosts file) and leaving listen_address blank, as it will pick the
>>>>> external ip. Otherwise, you'll need to set the listen address to the IP
>>>>> of
>>>>> the machine you want on each machine. I find the former to be less of a
>>>>> pain to manage.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon Dec 08 2014 at 2:49:55 AM Richard Snowden <
>>>>> richard.t.snow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This did not work either. I changed /etc/cassandra.yaml and restarted
>>>>>> Cassandra (I even restarted the machine to make 100% sure).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I tried:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) "listen_address: localhost"
>>>>>> -> connection OK (but of course I can't connect from outside the VM
>>>>>> to "localhost")
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) Set "listen_interface: eth0"
>>>>>> -> connection refused
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3) Set "listen_address: 192.168.111.136"
>>>>>> -> connection refused
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What to do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Try:
>>>>>> > $ netstat -lnt
>>>>>> > and see which interface port 9042 is listening on. You will likely
>>>>>> > need to
>>>>>> > update cassandra.yaml to change the interface. By default, Cassandra is
>>>>>> > listening on localhost so your local cqlsh session works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 23:44 Richard Snowden <richard.t.snow...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > > I am running Cassandra 2.1.2 in an Ubuntu VM.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > "cqlsh" or "cqlsh localhost" works fine.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > But I can not connect from outside the VM (firewall, etc. disabled).
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Even when I do "cqlsh 192.168.111.136" in my VM I get connection
>>>>>> > > refused.
>>>>>> > > This is strange because when I check my network config I can see that
>>>>>> > > 192.168.111.136 is my IP:
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > root@ubuntu:~# ifconfig
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:02:e0:de
>>>>>> > > inet addr:192.168.111.136 Bcast:192.168.111.255
>>>>>> > > Mask:255.255.255.0
>>>>>> > > inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe02:e0de/64 Scope:Link
>>>>>> > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>>>>>> > > RX packets:16042 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>>>> > > TX packets:8638 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>>>> > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>>>>> > > RX bytes:21307125 (21.3 MB) TX bytes:709471 (709.4 KB)
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
>>>>>> > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>>>>>> > > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>>>>>> > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
>>>>>> > > RX packets:550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>>>> > > TX packets:550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>>>> > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>>>>> > > RX bytes:148053 (148.0 KB) TX bytes:148053 (148.0 KB)
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > root@ubuntu:~# cqlsh 192.168.111.136 9042
>>>>>> > > Connection error: ('Unable to connect to any servers',
>>>>>> > > {'192.168.111.136':
>>>>>> > > error(111, "Tried connecting to [('192.168.111.136', 9042)]. Last
>>>>>> > > error:
>>>>>> > > Connection refused")})
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > What to do?
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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