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Course Summary
The Introduction to Cassandra training course is designed to demonstrate a solid foundation on Apache Cassandra.
This highly-structured, project-based course takes you through installing Cassandra, defining a database, creating tables, inserting data, modeling data, creating an application, updating data, creating a cluster, adding nodes, repairing nodes, removing nodes, Cassandra's architecture, as well as common use cases.
- Productivity Objectives:
- Summarize what Cassandra is used for
- Describe Cassandra's architecture
- Install Cassandra
- Define a Cassandra database and tables
- Insert, update, and delete data
- Discover data modeling in Cassandra
- Create an application
- Select hardware
- Create a cluster
- Add, repair, and remove nodes
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What You'll Learn
In the Introduction to Cassandra training course, you'll learn:
- Cassandra Foundation
- Understanding what Cassandra is
- Learning what Cassandra is used for
- Get Started with the Architecture
- Understanding that Cassandra is a distributed database
- Learning what Snitch is for
- Learning what gossip is for
- Learning how data Gets distributed and replicated
- Cassandra Installation
- Downloading Cassandra
- Ensuring Oracle Java 7 is installed
- Installing Cassandra
- Viewing the main configuration file
- Providing Cassandra with permission to directories
- Starting Cassandra
- Checking status
- Accessing the Cassandra system.log file
- Communication with Cassandra
- Understanding Ways to Communicate with Cassandra
- Using cqlsh
- Create a Database
- Understanding a Cassandra database
- Defining a keyspace
- Create a Table
- Creating a table
- Defining columns and data types
- Defining a primary key
- Recognizing a partition key
- Specifying a descending clustering order
- Insert Data
- Understanding ways to write data
- Using the INSERT INTO command
- Using the COPY command
- Seeing how data is stored in Cassandra
- Seeing how data is stored on disk
- Model Data
- Understanding data modeling in Cassandra
- Understanding secondary indexes
- Creating a secondary index
- Defining a composite partition key
- Create an Application
- Understanding Cassandra drivers
- Exploring the DataStax Java Driver
- Setting up a development environment
- Creating an application page
- Getting the DataStax Java Driver files
- Connecting to a Cassandra Cluster
- Executing a query
- Displaying query results
- Using an MVC pattern
- Update and Delete Data
- Updating data
- Understanding how updating works
- Deleting data
- Understanding tombstones
- Using TTLs
- Hardware Selection
- Understanding hardware choices
- Understanding RAM and CPU recommendations
- Selecting storage
- Deploying in the Cloud
- Node Additions to a Cluster
- Understanding Cassandra Nodes
- Having a Network Connection
- Specifying the IP Address of a Node in Cassandra
- Specifying seed Nodes
- Bootstrapping a Node
- Cleaning up a Node
- Using cassandra-stress
- Cluster Monitoring
- Understanding Cassandra monitoring tools
- Using Nodetool
- Using JConsole
- Learning about OpsCenter
- Nodes Repairs
- Understanding repair
- Repairing Nodes
- Understanding consistency
- Understanding hinted handoff
- Understanding read repair
- Node Removal
- Decommissioning a Node
- Putting a Node back into service
- Removing a dead Node
- How to Redefine a Cluster for Multiple Data Centers
- Redefining for multiple data centers
- Changing Snitch type
- Modifying cassandra-rackdc.properties
- Changing replication strategy
Real-world content
Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
Expert Practitioners
Industry experts that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
Experiential Learning
More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
Fully Customized
One-size-fits-all doesn't apply to training teams. That's where we come in!

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