Module: sip-router Branch: master Commit: 29a87c81bab87c5b34d053ed5937cfa271d756f2 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=29a87c81...

Author: Anca Vamanu anca.vamanu@1and1.ro Committer: Anca Vamanu anca.vamanu@1and1.ro Date: Fri Jan 27 11:24:37 2012 +0200

modules/db_cassandra Addition in documentation

Specified how keyspaces and column families should be created in Cassandra

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modules/db_cassandra/README | 15 +++++++++++++-- modules/db_cassandra/doc/db_cassandra_admin.xml | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/db_cassandra/README b/modules/db_cassandra/README index be27201..b545ee9 100644 --- a/modules/db_cassandra/README +++ b/modules/db_cassandra/README @@ -94,8 +94,19 @@ Chapter 1. Admin Guide You will find the schemas for location, subscriber and version tables in utils/kamctl/dbcassandra directory. You have to provide the path to the directory containing the table definitions by setting the module - parameter schema_path. NOTE that there is no need to configure a table - metadata in Cassandra cluster. + parameter schema_path. + + There is no need to configure a table metadata in Cassandra cluster. + You only need to define a keyspace with the name of the database and + for each table a column family inside that keyspace with the name of + the table. The comparator and validators should be either UTF8Type or + ASCIIType. Example: + ... + create keyspace openser; + use openser; + create column family 'location' with comparator='UTF8Type' and +default_validation_class='UTF8Type' and key_validation_class='UTF8Type'; + ...

Special attention was given to performance in Cassandra. Therefore, the implementation uses only the native row indexing in Cassandra and no diff --git a/modules/db_cassandra/doc/db_cassandra_admin.xml b/modules/db_cassandra/doc/db_cassandra_admin.xml index 1a59500..1c00067 100644 --- a/modules/db_cassandra/doc/db_cassandra_admin.xml +++ b/modules/db_cassandra/doc/db_cassandra_admin.xml @@ -52,9 +52,24 @@ utils/kamctl/dbcassandra directory. You have to provide the path to the directory containing the table definitions by setting the module parameter schema_path. - NOTE that there is no need to configure a table metadata in Cassandra cluster. </para> <para> + There is no need to configure a table metadata in Cassandra cluster. + You only need to define a keyspace with the name of the database and for each table + a column family inside that keyspace with the name of the table. The comparator + and validators should be either UTF8Type or ASCIIType. + Example: + </para> +<programlisting format="linespecific"> + ... + create keyspace openser; + use openser; + create column family 'location' with comparator='UTF8Type' and +default_validation_class='UTF8Type' and key_validation_class='UTF8Type'; + ... +</programlisting> + + <para> Special attention was given to performance in Cassandra. Therefore, the implementation uses only the native row indexing in Cassandra and no secondary indexes, because they are costly. Instead, we simulate a secondary index by