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🗄️ Setup Apache Cassandra — Distributed Wide-Column NoSQL

Deploy Apache Cassandra on Ubuntu with Docker — a distributed wide-column NoSQL database built for massive write throughput and no single point of failure, on CQL port 9042.

⚠️ This script is provided for demo and testing purposes only. Not intended for production use.

📦 Resources & Setup Scripts

Grab the automated bash script from GitHub to follow along with the video.

Automated install script — one command deploys Cassandra 4.1 with a tuned heap on CQL port 9042. Connect with cqlsh via docker exec.
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Quick Install:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/databases/cassandra/cassandra-ubuntu.sh
chmod +x cassandra-ubuntu.sh
./cassandra-ubuntu.sh

Tutorial Steps

1 Download the Script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/databases/cassandra/cassandra-ubuntu.sh

2 Make it Executable

chmod +x cassandra-ubuntu.sh

3 Run the Installer

./cassandra-ubuntu.sh

4 Connect with cqlsh

docker exec -it cassandra cqlsh

Ports Used

PortPurpose
9042CQL native transport — applications and cqlsh connect here

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