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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by Kumar Ranjan <wi...@gmail.com> on 2014/01/28 05:34:08 UTC
Centralized tool to install and manage C* from one machine
I am used to working with CCM for testing. For production, I depend on
installing cassandra manually. Is there a proven tool to install and manage
multinode cassandra cluster? If you have any experience, please let me know.
RE: Centralized tool to install and manage C* from one machine
Posted by Paco Trujillo <F....@genetwister.nl>.
Hi
To manage the cluster we are using the OpsCenter, it is a free web tool from Datastax that allow you basic execute basic operations in any node on the cluster. It also contain differents metrics which you can add to a kind of dashboard and monitoring the most important parameters in the cluster.
To install new nodes, we still do that manually.
From: Kumar Ranjan [mailto:winnerdood@gmail.com]
Sent: dinsdag 28 januari 2014 06:38
To: user@cassandra.apache.org
Subject: Re: Centralized tool to install and manage C* from one machine
Thank you Michael. I am trying out Priam as we speak and will post an update of my experience with different tools. Again. Thank you. -- K
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Michael Shuler <mi...@pbandjelly.org>> wrote:
On 01/27/2014 10:34 PM, Kumar Ranjan wrote:
I am used to working with CCM for testing. For production, I depend on
installing cassandra manually. Is there a proven tool to install and
manage multinode cassandra cluster? If you have any experience, please
let me know.
A good answer will depend on where you will be deploying your cluster, how many nodes you plan, etc. For bare metal installations, for instance with Debian or Ubuntu, you may want to automate with a preseed [0] of your OS installations to set up the JVM, install your desired cassandra version package, etc. RedHat variants use similar OS automation with kickstart [1]. Or, perhaps you want to use AWS and a preinstalled AMI [2] or create your own "golden image" on AWS and save it as an AMI for booting your other machines.
I've done preseeds and kickstarts extensively and have set up a few custom AMIs - you may want to consider that most production clusters are likely running Debian or Ubuntu.
Once you have machines installed, you may want some configuration management, or you could use a config manager to aid in OS installation and setup at install time - it seems that chef [3] has gained some traction over the once-hot puppet [4], but salt [5] is also quite mature, if you like python better than ruby.
I've used all of these and they are great. I've also been burned by them all. There's nothing quite like the complete control over configurations carefully checked into a VCS and parallel ssh to pull them out, along with a few scripts to set up things just right - just my experience ;)
There is also priam [6]. I keep wanting to find some time to play with it, so I have no insight, but it looks very interesting.
If you'd like cassandra cluster management beyond installation/configuration of the machine, have a look at opscenter [7].
I'm sure there are a lot of other projects / cookbooks that others might be working on - chime in!
Michael
[0] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed
[1] https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html
[2] https://aws.amazon.com/amis/datastax-auto-clustering-ami-2-2
[3] http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/cassandra
[4] https://forge.puppetlabs.com/tags/cassandra
[5] http://docs.saltstack.com/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.cassandra.html
[6] https://github.com/Netflix/Priam
[7] http://www.datastax.com/what-we-offer/products-services/datastax-opscenter
Re: Centralized tool to install and manage C* from one machine
Posted by Kumar Ranjan <wi...@gmail.com>.
Thank you Michael. I am trying out Priam as we speak and will post an
update of my experience with different tools. Again. Thank you. -- K
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Michael Shuler <mi...@pbandjelly.org>wrote:
> On 01/27/2014 10:34 PM, Kumar Ranjan wrote:
>
>> I am used to working with CCM for testing. For production, I depend on
>> installing cassandra manually. Is there a proven tool to install and
>> manage multinode cassandra cluster? If you have any experience, please
>> let me know.
>>
>
> A good answer will depend on where you will be deploying your cluster, how
> many nodes you plan, etc. For bare metal installations, for instance with
> Debian or Ubuntu, you may want to automate with a preseed [0] of your OS
> installations to set up the JVM, install your desired cassandra version
> package, etc. RedHat variants use similar OS automation with kickstart
> [1]. Or, perhaps you want to use AWS and a preinstalled AMI [2] or create
> your own "golden image" on AWS and save it as an AMI for booting your other
> machines.
>
> I've done preseeds and kickstarts extensively and have set up a few custom
> AMIs - you may want to consider that most production clusters are likely
> running Debian or Ubuntu.
>
> Once you have machines installed, you may want some configuration
> management, or you could use a config manager to aid in OS installation and
> setup at install time - it seems that chef [3] has gained some traction
> over the once-hot puppet [4], but salt [5] is also quite mature, if you
> like python better than ruby.
>
> I've used all of these and they are great. I've also been burned by them
> all. There's nothing quite like the complete control over configurations
> carefully checked into a VCS and parallel ssh to pull them out, along with
> a few scripts to set up things just right - just my experience ;)
>
> There is also priam [6]. I keep wanting to find some time to play with
> it, so I have no insight, but it looks very interesting.
>
> If you'd like cassandra cluster management beyond
> installation/configuration of the machine, have a look at opscenter [7].
>
> I'm sure there are a lot of other projects / cookbooks that others might
> be working on - chime in!
>
> Michael
>
> [0] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed
> [1] https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_
> Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html
> [2] https://aws.amazon.com/amis/datastax-auto-clustering-ami-2-2
> [3] http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/cassandra
> [4] https://forge.puppetlabs.com/tags/cassandra
> [5] http://docs.saltstack.com/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.cassandra.html
> [6] https://github.com/Netflix/Priam
> [7] http://www.datastax.com/what-we-offer/products-services/
> datastax-opscenter
>
Re: Centralized tool to install and manage C* from one machine
Posted by Michael Shuler <mi...@pbandjelly.org>.
On 01/27/2014 10:34 PM, Kumar Ranjan wrote:
> I am used to working with CCM for testing. For production, I depend on
> installing cassandra manually. Is there a proven tool to install and
> manage multinode cassandra cluster? If you have any experience, please
> let me know.
A good answer will depend on where you will be deploying your cluster,
how many nodes you plan, etc. For bare metal installations, for
instance with Debian or Ubuntu, you may want to automate with a preseed
[0] of your OS installations to set up the JVM, install your desired
cassandra version package, etc. RedHat variants use similar OS
automation with kickstart [1]. Or, perhaps you want to use AWS and a
preinstalled AMI [2] or create your own "golden image" on AWS and save
it as an AMI for booting your other machines.
I've done preseeds and kickstarts extensively and have set up a few
custom AMIs - you may want to consider that most production clusters are
likely running Debian or Ubuntu.
Once you have machines installed, you may want some configuration
management, or you could use a config manager to aid in OS installation
and setup at install time - it seems that chef [3] has gained some
traction over the once-hot puppet [4], but salt [5] is also quite
mature, if you like python better than ruby.
I've used all of these and they are great. I've also been burned by
them all. There's nothing quite like the complete control over
configurations carefully checked into a VCS and parallel ssh to pull
them out, along with a few scripts to set up things just right - just my
experience ;)
There is also priam [6]. I keep wanting to find some time to play with
it, so I have no insight, but it looks very interesting.
If you'd like cassandra cluster management beyond
installation/configuration of the machine, have a look at opscenter [7].
I'm sure there are a lot of other projects / cookbooks that others might
be working on - chime in!
Michael
[0] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed
[1]
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html
[2] https://aws.amazon.com/amis/datastax-auto-clustering-ami-2-2
[3] http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/cassandra
[4] https://forge.puppetlabs.com/tags/cassandra
[5] http://docs.saltstack.com/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.cassandra.html
[6] https://github.com/Netflix/Priam
[7]
http://www.datastax.com/what-we-offer/products-services/datastax-opscenter