Public IP? No, not required unless you're running multiple DCs. Where are you running a DC that IPs aren't cheap? If you're in AWS they're basically free (or at least the cheapest section of your bill by far)
On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:59 PM Renato Perini <renato.per...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is cassandra really supposed to have a static public IP for each and > single node in the cluster? > This seems to be expensive (static IPs are nor free neither cheap), > still the broadcast_rpc_address expects a static IP for client > communications (load balancing, contact points, etc.) > Is there some mechanism to determine a public IP at runtime? > > Basically, I have nodes (machines) with dynamic public IPs and I cannot > embed them in the cassandra.yaml file because of their dynamic nature > (they change at each reboot). > Any solution to this? > > Thanks. >