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This version of ScalarDB is no longer supported. We recommend that you update to the latest version of ScalarDB.

Getting Started with Scalar DB on Cassandra

Overview

This document briefly explains how you can get started with Scalar DB on Cassandra with a simple electronic money application.

Install prerequisites

Scalar DB is written in Java and uses Cassandra as an underlying storage implementation, so the following software is required to run it.

  • Oracle JDK 8 (OpenJDK 8) or higher
  • Casssandra 3.11.x (the current stable version as of writing)
    • Take a look at this document for how to set up Cassandra.
    • Change commitlog_sync from periodic to batch in cassandra.yaml not to lose data when quorum of replica nodes go down
  • Other libraries used from the above are automatically installed through gradle

From here, we assume Oracle JDK 8 and Cassandra 3.11.x are properly installed in your local environment, and Cassandra is running in your localhost.

Configure Scalar DB

The scalardb.properties (getting-started/scalardb.properties) file holds the configuration for Scalar DB. Basically, it describes the Cassandra installation that will be used.

# Comma separated contact points
scalar.db.contact_points=localhost

# Port number for all the contact points. Default port number for each database is used if empty.
scalar.db.contact_port=9042

# Credential information to access the database
scalar.db.username=cassandra
scalar.db.password=cassandra

# Storage implementation. Either cassandra or cosmos or dynamo or jdbc can be set. Default storage is cassandra.
#scalar.db.storage=cassandra

Please follow Getting Started with Scalar DB to run the application.