Cassandra Basics

CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS somename WITH replication = { 'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 1}  AND durable_writes = true;

CREATE KEYSPACE test1 WITH replication = {'class': 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'dc1' : 2};

ALTER KEYSPACE somename WITH REPLICATION = { 'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 3 };

DROP KEYSPACE some_name;

SELECT * FROM system_schema.keyspaces;

cqlsh> UPDATE system.local SET cluster_name = 'test' where key='local';

./nodetool flush