Thouraya, Assuming that you have started all 4 nodes in step 1, then your cluster is setup and running. Gossip just relays state about the cluster members, not much else.
The seed node isn't special in any way, it's just the node you have designated the other nodes to contact if they need to get cluster information. Keep in mind, there are no master nodes or leaders. This is peer-to-peer so each node should have a complete picture of the cluster stored in the system keyspace after joining the cluster. One other thing. You will want to USE my_keyspace; Before CREATE TABLE my_table (text varchar PRIMARY KEY); In your question, the clients will ask the node they connect to for cluster information, but client state is not stored in Cassanda. Patrick On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Thouraya TH <thouray...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > > > 1- I have 4 nodes A, B, C, and D (A is the seed node). I have modified > seed node address and listen address of each Cassandra.yaml file (I have > modified nothing else) > > > > 2- > > Then, from A: > > CREATE KEYSPACE my_keyspace WITH REPLICATION = {‘class’:’Simple > Strategy, ‘replication_factor’:2} > > CREATE TABLE my_table (text varchar PRIMARY KEY); > > USE my_keyspace; > > INSERT INTO my_table (text)VALUES('text1'); > > > > Please, I try to understand the architecture of Cassandra and what happen > exactly in this case: > > As I understand: > > *Step 1:* Create the ring > > 1) The seed node A bootstrap gossip protocol and wait listening > other clients (B, C, D) > > 2) The other node joins (contacts) seed node and run gossip process > (to exchange information across the cluster every second) > > *Question 1:* at that moment (at this step) the seed node store some > details about clients? It broadcasts details to other clients? > > Each node exchanges information across the cluster every second ? > > > > *Step 2:* Creating the key space and Storing rows (replication factor =2) > > > > Thank you so much for help. > > Best Reagrds. >