Configuring Cassandra

Configuring a single node for Apache Cassandra is done in a few files located in the conf directory of the instance's Cassandra installation. Modification of many of these files can be optional for local instance, development deployments (the defaults should suffice). But for production deployments, most of these files should be adjusted.

cassandra.yaml

The cassandra.yaml file is the main configuration file for each node in a Cassandra cluster. Many of the behaviors of a node can be controlled or influenced from this file.

While the settings in cassandra.yaml are specific to the node on which the file resides, some settings do need to be the same throughout the cluster (these will be noted). Failure...