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I've done the installation process as following:
System
PHP 7.0.5-1~dotdeb+8.1 (cli) ( NTS )
Debian 8
Nginx 1.8.1
Laravel 5.2
Java Installation
mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm
wget URL to Oraclesite
mv mv jdk-8u77-linux-x64.tar.gz\?... jdk-8u77-linux-x64.tar.gz
tar xzf jdk-8u77-linux-x64.tar.gz
rm jdk-8u77-linux-x64.tar.gz
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_version/bin/java" 1
update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_version/bin/java
Install needed packages
apt install cmake automake libtool git php7.0-dev libgmp-dev libssl-dev
Libuv Installation
cd /tmp
wget http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.7.5/libuv-v1.7.5.tar.gz
tar xzf libuv-v1.7.5.tar.gz
rm libuv-v1.9.0.tar.gz
cd libuv-v1.7.5
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
ldconfig
Installation Cassandra Datatrax
echo "deb http://debian.datastax.com/community stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cassandra.sources.list
curl -L http://debian.datastax.com/debian/repo_key | sudo apt-key add -
apt install cassandra dsc30
Check services
service cassandra status
cassandra.service - LSB: distributed storage system for structured data Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/cassandra) Active: active (running) since Mon 2016-04-11 01:11:04 CEST; 19min ago Process: 506 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/cassandra start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/cassandra.service
nodetool status
Datacenter: datacenter1 ======================= Status=Up/Down |/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving -- Address Load Tokens Owns (effective) Host ID Rack UN 127.0.0.1 139.06 KB 256 100.0%
1ab0e99a-41a5-4007-b9ca-de58dc88e318 rack1
cqlsh
Connected to Test Cluster at 127.0.0.1:9042. [cqlsh 5.0.1 | Cassandra 3.0.4 | CQL spec 3.4.0 | Native protocol v4] Use HELP for help.
Installation php-driver (PECL Installation isn't working. I think it's because of only php7 setup)
git clone https://github.com/datastax/php-driver.git
cd php-driver
git submodule update --init
cd ext
./install.sh
make test -> all tests passed
Add Driver to PHP Extensions
echo -e "; DataStax PHP Driver\nextension=cassandra.so" >> /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
Restart nginx
service nginx restart
Question:
If I wanna use the following code it says me class Cassandra not found. But which Class do I have to import? I can't find anything here -> https://github.com/datastax/php-driver#datastax-php-driver-for-apache-cassandra
$cluster = Cassandra::cluster()->build();
Thank you for helping.
Is this for using Cassandra database in Laravel 5.2? Cuz I've been looking for such thing for months. Please somebody answer, as it is also my question.
It'll be great if Jeffrey could make a such video for Cassandra, I will subscribe for life if he does!
After installing php-driver for cassandra, you need to check if it was enabled correctly:
php -m | grep cassandra
if it's good (print cassandra),
cassandra
then you just need to add 'use Cassandra' to your controller where you connect to cassandra database.
Hope it helps,
encountered an error: "Undefined property: Cassandra\Cluster\Builder::$build"
i got cassandra installed as well as the datastax php driver and i added use Cassandra on my controller.
Hi, I have installed cassandra on my server Debian GNU/Linux 8.7 (jessie) I have installed php7.1 and me need been installed php-driver(for cassandra) nextly commands: git clone https://github.com/datastax/php-driver.git /usr/src/datastax-php-driver cd /usr/src/datastax-php-driver git submodule update --init cd ext ./install.sh
vim /etc/php/7.1/mods-available/cassandra.ini extension=cassandra.so
phpenmod cassandra
php -i | grep cassandra /etc/php/7.1/cli/conf.d/20-cassandra.ini, cassandra cassandra.log => cassandra.log => cassandra.log cassandra.log_level => ERROR => ERROR
Well, that's ok, but
When, I have tried running test connect(php) to cassandra, I had error.
php cass.php PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Cassandra\Exception\LogicException: Not implemented in /root/cass.php:3 Stack trace: #0 /root/cass.php(3): Cassandra\Cluster\Builder->build() #1 {main} thrown in /root/cass.php on line 3
cat cass.php
Try this laravel query builder package for cassandra.. https://github.com/cubettech/lacassa.. It will help to integrate mySQL and cassandra with laravel.
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