Cassandra 2.x Cluster on AWS EC2 Install java 8 # Remove java 7 sudo yum remove -y java # Install basic packages sudo yum install -y git # Download and install java 8 wget --no-cookies --no-check-certificate --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F; oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u45-b14/jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz" tar -xzvf jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz rm -rf jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz # Configure JAVA_HOME sudo vim ~/.bashrc alias cls='clear' export JAVA_HOME=~/jdk1.8.0_45 export JRE_HOME=~/jdk1.8.0_45/jre export PATH=$PATH:~/jdk1.8.0_45/bin:/~/jdk1.8.0_45/jre/bin source ~/.bashrc java -version Cassandra 2.x wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/2.1.9/apache-cassandra-2.1.9-bin.tar.gz tar -xzvf apache-cassandra-2.1.9-bin.tar.gz rm -rf apache-cassandra-2.1.9-bin.tar.gz
