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Trouble Installing Cassandra DB on Ubuntu 22.04 – Service Fails to Start

I’m trying to install Apache Cassandra on Ubuntu 22.04, but the service fails to start after installation. Here’s what I did:

1. Installed Java (Cassandra requires Java, so I installed OpenJDK 11):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk -y
java -version

It returns:

openjdk version "11.0.22" 2024-01-16

2. Added the Apache Cassandra Repository and Installed Cassandra:

echo "deb http://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/debian 40x main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cassandra.list
wget -q -O - https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/KEYS | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cassandra -y

3. Checked Service Status:

sudo systemctl status cassandra

But I get this error:

cassandra.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

4. Checked Logs Using Journalctl:

journalctl -xeu cassandra

I found this error in the logs:

ERROR [main] 2024-02-25 10:32:14,567 CassandraDaemon.java:777 - Cannot locate cassandra.yaml

Things I Tried:

  • Verified that /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml exists.
  • Tried running nodetool status, but it says Connection refused.
  • Checked if another service is using Cassandra’s default port 7000/7001/9042.

Has anyone encountered this issue before? How can I fix it and get Cassandra running?

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