How to set Cassandra config directory path

[Bhathiya Jayasekara <to...@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to set conf directory path to Cassandra. According to [1], I can
set it using a system variable as *cassandra.config=<directory> *

 But it doesn't seem to work for me when I give conf directory path. I get
following exception.

*[2013-11-20 22:24:38,273] ERROR
{org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor} -  Fatal configuration
error*
*org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.ConfigurationException: Cannot locate
/home/bhathiya/cassandra/conf/etc*
* at
org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.getStorageConfigURL(DatabaseDescriptor.java:117)*
* at
org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.loadYaml(DatabaseDescriptor.java:134)*
* at
org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:126)*
* at
org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:216)*
* at
org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:446)*
* at
org.wso2.carbon.cassandra.server.CassandraServerController$1.run(CassandraServerController.java:48)*
* at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)*
*Cannot locate /home/bhathiya/cassandra/conf/etc*
*Fatal configuration error; unable to start server.  See log for
stacktrace.*

I noticed when I gave the path directly to cassandra.yaml, it works fine.
Can't I give the directory path here, as mentioned in the doc?

What I really want to do is to give the cassandra-topology.properties path
to Cassandra.

[1]
http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/tools/toolsCUtility_t.html


Thanks,
Bhathiya

Re: How to set Cassandra config directory path

[Aaron Morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>]

> I noticed when I gave the path directly to cassandra.yaml, it works fine. Can't I give the directory path here, as mentioned in the doc?
Documentation is wrong, the -Dcassandra.config param is used for the path of the yaml file not the config directory. 

I’ve emailed docs@datastax.com to let them know. 

> What I really want to do is to give the cassandra-topology.properties path to Cassandra.
Set the CASSANDRA_CONF env var in cassandra-in.sh


Cheers

-----------------
Aaron Morton
New Zealand
@aaronmorton

Co-Founder & Principal Consultant
Apache Cassandra Consulting
http://www.thelastpickle.com

On 21/11/2013, at 6:15 am, Bhathiya Jayasekara <to...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to set conf directory path to Cassandra. According to [1], I can set it using a system variable as cassandra.config=<directory> 
> 
> But it doesn't seem to work for me when I give conf directory path. I get following exception.
> 
> [2013-11-20 22:24:38,273] ERROR {org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor} -  Fatal configuration error
> org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.ConfigurationException: Cannot locate /home/bhathiya/cassandra/conf/etc
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.getStorageConfigURL(DatabaseDescriptor.java:117)
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.loadYaml(DatabaseDescriptor.java:134)
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:126)
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:216)
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:446)
> 	at org.wso2.carbon.cassandra.server.CassandraServerController$1.run(CassandraServerController.java:48)
> 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
> Cannot locate /home/bhathiya/cassandra/conf/etc
> Fatal configuration error; unable to start server.  See log for stacktrace.
> 
> I noticed when I gave the path directly to cassandra.yaml, it works fine. Can't I give the directory path here, as mentioned in the doc?
> 
> What I really want to do is to give the cassandra-topology.properties path to Cassandra.
> 
> [1] http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/tools/toolsCUtility_t.html
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Bhathiya
> 
>