caringi / cassandra-container

Cassandra container images intended for OpenShift and general usage. The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

Apache Cassandra Database Server Docker Image

This repository contains Dockerfiles for Apache Cassandra images for OpenShift and general usage. Currently only CentOS based image is available. RHEL based image will be available soon.

For more information about using these images with OpenShift, please see the official OpenShift Documentation.

For more information about contributing, see the Contribution Guidelines. For more information about concepts used in these docker images, see the Landing page.

Versions

Apache Cassandra currently provided are:

• Cassandra 3.11

CentOS versions currently supported are:

• CentOS7

Installation

• CentOS7 based image

  This image is available on DockerHub. To download it run:

  $ docker pull centos/cassandra-311-centos7
  

  To build a CentOS based Cassandra image from scratch, run:

  $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/sclorg/cassandra-container.git
  $ cd cassandra-container
  $ git submodule update --init
  $ make build TARGET=centos7 VERSIONS=3.11
  

Notice: By omitting the VERSIONS parameter, the build/test action will be performed on all provided versions of Cassandra, which must be specified in VERSIONS variable. This variable must be set to a list with possible versions (subdirectories).

Usage

For information about usage of Dockerfile for Cassandra 3.11, see usage documentation.

Test

This repository also provides a test framework, which checks basic functionality of the Cassandra image.

• CentOS based image

  $ cd cassandra-container
  $ git submodule update --init
  $ make test TARGET=centos7 VERSIONS=3.11
  

Notice: By omitting the VERSIONS parameter, the build/test action will be performed on all provided versions of Cassandra, which must be specified in VERSIONS variable. This variable must be set to a list with possible versions (subdirectories).