Introduction to Apache Cassandra and DataStax Community Edition¶

The Install Types¶

There are three ways to get going on a single node cluster:

• If you have root permissions or sudo, see Installing the DataStax Community Binaries on Linux or Mac OSX as Root.
• If you do not have root permissions or sudo, see Installing the DataStax Community Binaries as User.
• If you want to install on Windows, see Installing the DataStax Community Binaries on Windows.

After installing and starting Cassandra, run the demo application to see Cassandra in action.

Learning about Cassandra¶

If you only want to learn more about Cassandra and how it works, see the following conceptual topics:

• Understanding the Cassandra Architecture
• Understanding the Cassandra Data Model
• Managing and Accessing Data in Cassandra