cassandra Cassandra as a Service Windows

Example

1. Download the latest apache commons daemon from Apache Commons Project Distributions.

2. Extract the commons daemon in <Cassandra installed directory>\bin.

3. Rename the extracted folder as daemon.

4. Add <Cassandra installed directory> as CASSANDRA_HOME in windows environment variable.

5. Edit the cassandra.yaml file in <Cassandra installed directory>\conf and uncomment the data_file_directories, commitlog_directory, saved_cache_directory and set the absolute paths.

6. Edit cassandra.bat in <Cassandra installed directory>\bin and replace the value for the PATH_PRUNSRV as follows:

   for 32 bit windows, set PATH_PRUNSRV=%CASSANDRA_HOME%\bin\daemon\
   for 64 bit windows, set PATH_PRUNSRV=%CASSANDRA_HOME%\bin\daemon\amd64\
   

7. Edit cassandra.bat and configure SERVICE_JVM for required service name.

   SERVICE_JVM="cassandra"
   

8. With administrator privileges, run cassandra.bat install from command prompt.