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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "Example: Deploying Cassandra with a StatefulSet" |
| 3 | +reviewers: |
| 4 | +- ahmetb |
| 5 | +content_type: tutorial |
| 6 | +weight: 30 |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +<!-- overview --> |
| 10 | +This tutorial shows you how to run [Apache Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org/) on Kubernetes. Cassandra, a database, needs persistent storage to provide data durability (application _state_). In this example, a custom Cassandra seed provider lets the database discover new Cassandra instances as they join the Cassandra cluster. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +*StatefulSets* make it easier to deploy stateful applications into your Kubernetes cluster. For more information on the features used in this tutorial, see [StatefulSet](/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset/). |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +{{< note >}} |
| 15 | +Cassandra and Kubernetes both use the term _node_ to mean a member of a cluster. In this |
| 16 | +tutorial, the Pods that belong to the StatefulSet are Cassandra nodes and are members |
| 17 | +of the Cassandra cluster (called a _ring_). When those Pods run in your Kubernetes cluster, |
| 18 | +the Kubernetes control plane schedules those Pods onto Kubernetes |
| 19 | +{{< glossary_tooltip text="Nodes" term_id="node" >}}. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +When a Cassandra node starts, it uses a _seed list_ to bootstrap discovery of other |
| 22 | +nodes in the ring. |
| 23 | +This tutorial deploys a custom Cassandra seed provider that lets the database discover |
| 24 | +new Cassandra Pods as they appear inside your Kubernetes cluster. |
| 25 | +{{< /note >}} |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +## {{% heading "objectives" %}} |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +* Create and validate a Cassandra headless {{< glossary_tooltip text="Service" term_id="service" >}}. |
| 31 | +* Use a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="StatefulSet" >}} to create a Cassandra ring. |
| 32 | +* Validate the StatefulSet. |
| 33 | +* Modify the StatefulSet. |
| 34 | +* Delete the StatefulSet and its {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}}. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +## {{% heading "prerequisites" %}} |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +{{< include "task-tutorial-prereqs.md" >}} |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +To complete this tutorial, you should already have a basic familiarity with {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}}, {{< glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" >}}, and {{< glossary_tooltip text="StatefulSets" term_id="StatefulSet" >}}. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +### Additional Minikube setup instructions |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +{{< caution >}} |
| 46 | +[Minikube](/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/) defaults to 1024MiB of memory and 1 CPU. Running Minikube with the default resource configuration results in insufficient resource errors during this tutorial. To avoid these errors, start Minikube with the following settings: |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +```shell |
| 49 | +minikube start --memory 5120 --cpus=4 |
| 50 | +``` |
| 51 | +{{< /caution >}} |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +<!-- lessoncontent --> |
| 56 | +## Creating a headless Service for Cassandra {#creating-a-cassandra-headless-service} |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +In Kubernetes, a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Service" term_id="service" >}} describes a set of {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}} that perform the same task. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +The following Service is used for DNS lookups between Cassandra Pods and clients within your cluster: |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +{{< codenew file="application/cassandra/cassandra-service.yaml" >}} |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Create a Service to track all Cassandra StatefulSet members from the `cassandra-service.yaml` file: |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +```shell |
| 67 | +kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/application/cassandra/cassandra-service.yaml |
| 68 | +``` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +### Validating (optional) {#validating} |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Get the Cassandra Service. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +```shell |
| 76 | +kubectl get svc cassandra |
| 77 | +``` |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +The response is |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +``` |
| 82 | +NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE |
| 83 | +cassandra ClusterIP None <none> 9042/TCP 45s |
| 84 | +``` |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +If you don't see a Service named `cassandra`, that means creation failed. Read [Debug Services](/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/debug-service/) for help troubleshooting common issues. |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +## Using a StatefulSet to create a Cassandra ring |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +The StatefulSet manifest, included below, creates a Cassandra ring that consists of three Pods. |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +{{< note >}} |
| 93 | +This example uses the default provisioner for Minikube. Please update the following StatefulSet for the cloud you are working with. |
| 94 | +{{< /note >}} |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +{{< codenew file="application/cassandra/cassandra-statefulset.yaml" >}} |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +Create the Cassandra StatefulSet from the `cassandra-statefulset.yaml` file: |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +```shell |
| 101 | +# Use this if you are able to apply cassandra-statefulset.yaml unmodified |
| 102 | +kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/application/cassandra/cassandra-statefulset.yaml |
| 103 | +``` |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +If you need to modify `cassandra-statefulset.yaml` to suit your cluster, download |
| 106 | +https://k8s.io/examples/application/cassandra/cassandra-statefulset.yaml and then apply |
| 107 | +that manifest, from the folder you saved the modified version into: |
| 108 | +```shell |
| 109 | +# Use this if you needed to modify cassandra-statefulset.yaml locally |
| 110 | +kubectl apply -f cassandra-statefulset.yaml |
| 111 | +``` |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +## Validating the Cassandra StatefulSet |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +1. Get the Cassandra StatefulSet: |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | + ```shell |
| 119 | + kubectl get statefulset cassandra |
| 120 | + ``` |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | + The response should be similar to: |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + ``` |
| 125 | + NAME DESIRED CURRENT AGE |
| 126 | + cassandra 3 0 13s |
| 127 | + ``` |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | + The `StatefulSet` resource deploys Pods sequentially. |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +1. Get the Pods to see the ordered creation status: |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | + ```shell |
| 134 | + kubectl get pods -l="app=cassandra" |
| 135 | + ``` |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | + The response should be similar to: |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | + ```shell |
| 140 | + NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE |
| 141 | + cassandra-0 1/1 Running 0 1m |
| 142 | + cassandra-1 0/1 ContainerCreating 0 8s |
| 143 | + ``` |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | + It can take several minutes for all three Pods to deploy. Once they are deployed, the same command |
| 146 | + returns output similar to: |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | + ``` |
| 149 | + NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE |
| 150 | + cassandra-0 1/1 Running 0 10m |
| 151 | + cassandra-1 1/1 Running 0 9m |
| 152 | + cassandra-2 1/1 Running 0 8m |
| 153 | + ``` |
| 154 | + |
| 155 | +3. Run the Cassandra [nodetool](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA2/NodeTool) inside the first Pod, to |
| 156 | + display the status of the ring. |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | + ```shell |
| 159 | + kubectl exec -it cassandra-0 -- nodetool status |
| 160 | + ``` |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | + The response should look something like: |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | + ``` |
| 165 | + Datacenter: DC1-K8Demo |
| 166 | + ====================== |
| 167 | + Status=Up/Down |
| 168 | + |/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving |
| 169 | + -- Address Load Tokens Owns (effective) Host ID Rack |
| 170 | + UN 172.17.0.5 83.57 KiB 32 74.0% e2dd09e6-d9d3-477e-96c5-45094c08db0f Rack1-K8Demo |
| 171 | + UN 172.17.0.4 101.04 KiB 32 58.8% f89d6835-3a42-4419-92b3-0e62cae1479c Rack1-K8Demo |
| 172 | + UN 172.17.0.6 84.74 KiB 32 67.1% a6a1e8c2-3dc5-4417-b1a0-26507af2aaad Rack1-K8Demo |
| 173 | + ``` |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | +## Modifying the Cassandra StatefulSet |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | +Use `kubectl edit` to modify the size of a Cassandra StatefulSet. |
| 178 | + |
| 179 | +1. Run the following command: |
| 180 | + |
| 181 | + ```shell |
| 182 | + kubectl edit statefulset cassandra |
| 183 | + ``` |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | + This command opens an editor in your terminal. The line you need to change is the `replicas` field. The following sample is an excerpt of the StatefulSet file: |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | + ```yaml |
| 188 | + # Please edit the object below. Lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored, |
| 189 | + # and an empty file will abort the edit. If an error occurs while saving this file will be |
| 190 | + # reopened with the relevant failures. |
| 191 | + # |
| 192 | + apiVersion: apps/v1 |
| 193 | + kind: StatefulSet |
| 194 | + metadata: |
| 195 | + creationTimestamp: 2016-08-13T18:40:58Z |
| 196 | + generation: 1 |
| 197 | + labels: |
| 198 | + app: cassandra |
| 199 | + name: cassandra |
| 200 | + namespace: default |
| 201 | + resourceVersion: "323" |
| 202 | + uid: 7a219483-6185-11e6-a910-42010a8a0fc0 |
| 203 | + spec: |
| 204 | + replicas: 3 |
| 205 | + ``` |
| 206 | + |
| 207 | +1. Change the number of replicas to 4, and then save the manifest. |
| 208 | + |
| 209 | + The StatefulSet now scales to run with 4 Pods. |
| 210 | + |
| 211 | +1. Get the Cassandra StatefulSet to verify your change: |
| 212 | + |
| 213 | + ```shell |
| 214 | + kubectl get statefulset cassandra |
| 215 | + ``` |
| 216 | + |
| 217 | + The response should be similar to: |
| 218 | + |
| 219 | + ``` |
| 220 | + NAME DESIRED CURRENT AGE |
| 221 | + cassandra 4 4 36m |
| 222 | + ``` |
| 223 | + |
| 224 | + |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | +## {{% heading "cleanup" %}} |
| 227 | + |
| 228 | +Deleting or scaling a StatefulSet down does not delete the volumes associated with the StatefulSet. This setting is for your safety because your data is more valuable than automatically purging all related StatefulSet resources. |
| 229 | + |
| 230 | +{{< warning >}} |
| 231 | +Depending on the storage class and reclaim policy, deleting the *PersistentVolumeClaims* may cause the associated volumes to also be deleted. Never assume you’ll be able to access data if its volume claims are deleted. |
| 232 | +{{< /warning >}} |
| 233 | + |
| 234 | +1. Run the following commands (chained together into a single command) to delete everything in the Cassandra StatefulSet: |
| 235 | + |
| 236 | + ```shell |
| 237 | + grace=$(kubectl get pod cassandra-0 -o=jsonpath='{.spec.terminationGracePeriodSeconds}') \ |
| 238 | + && kubectl delete statefulset -l app=cassandra \ |
| 239 | + && echo "Sleeping ${grace} seconds" 1>&2 \ |
| 240 | + && sleep $grace \ |
| 241 | + && kubectl delete persistentvolumeclaim -l app=cassandra |
| 242 | + ``` |
| 243 | + |
| 244 | +1. Run the following command to delete the Service you set up for Cassandra: |
| 245 | + |
| 246 | + ```shell |
| 247 | + kubectl delete service -l app=cassandra |
| 248 | + ``` |
| 249 | + |
| 250 | +## Cassandra container environment variables |
| 251 | + |
| 252 | +The Pods in this tutorial use the [`gcr.io/google-samples/cassandra:v13`](https://github.com/kubernetes/examples/blob/master/cassandra/image/Dockerfile) |
| 253 | +image from Google's [container registry](https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/). |
| 254 | +The Docker image above is based on [debian-base](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/build/debian-base) |
| 255 | +and includes OpenJDK 8. |
| 256 | +
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| 257 | +This image includes a standard Cassandra installation from the Apache Debian repo. |
| 258 | +By using environment variables you can change values that are inserted into `cassandra.yaml`. |
| 259 | +
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| 260 | +| Environment variable | Default value | |
| 261 | +| ------------------------ |:---------------: | |
| 262 | +| `CASSANDRA_CLUSTER_NAME` | `'Test Cluster'` | |
| 263 | +| `CASSANDRA_NUM_TOKENS` | `32` | |
| 264 | +| `CASSANDRA_RPC_ADDRESS` | `0.0.0.0` | |
| 265 | +
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| 266 | +
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| 267 | +
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| 268 | +## {{% heading "whatsnext" %}} |
| 269 | +
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| 270 | +
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| 271 | +* Learn how to [Scale a StatefulSet](/docs/tasks/run-application/scale-stateful-set/). |
| 272 | +* Learn more about the [*KubernetesSeedProvider*](https://github.com/kubernetes/examples/blob/master/cassandra/java/src/main/java/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java) |
| 273 | +* See more custom [Seed Provider Configurations](https://git.k8s.io/examples/cassandra/java/README.md) |
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