[Egg Request]: Cassandra ( DataBase )

[BasToTheMax]

Service

Database: Apache Cassandra

Does this expand an already existing service

Yes

Link to game

https://cassandra.apache.org

Links for server downloads

https://cassandra.apache.org/

Links for the install docs

https://cassandra.apache.org/_/quickstart.html

[pascal-zarrad]

Installing should be possible by using the binary tar.gz distribution. I might add Cassandra as an egg, as it is like MongoDB and MariaDB a nice database to use and run. Unlike MariaDB, it should be possible to add this without needing an entirely new Docker image, what makes adding it way easier.

[BasToTheMax]

Installing should be possible by using the binary tar.gz distribution. I might add Cassandra as an egg, as it is like MongoDB and MariaDB a nice database to use and run. Unlike MariaDB, it should be possible to add this without needing an entirely new Docker image, what makes adding it way easier.

Wich docker image should I use?

[pascal-zarrad]

I'm currently on implementing an egg to provide Cassandra without manual installation.

If you want to manually set up Cassandra for now you can use: ghcr.io/pterodactyl/yolks:java_11

[pascal-zarrad]

Important: Do not forgot to unset Xms in the JVM options. If you set it, it will kill the container

[pascal-zarrad]

I want to start a CQL shell to allow the server administrator to prepare his instance from the Pterodactyl console. Issue here is that CQLSH is based on Python. The default Java images only ship with Java..

@parkervcp / @Software-Noob I'm not sure if a new image in yolks shipping with Java + Python for Cassandra would be accepted? .../yolks:java_11_python_36

A specific Cassandra Docker image with Cassandra included does not really make sense for the official egg, as I think the easiest way to keep the egg updated is to let the user specify the Cassandra version and then pull it from an official mirror. So, a generic Java/Python image would be the choice that is more maintainable.

[Software-Noob]

I want to start a CQL shell to allow the server administrator to prepare his instance from the Pterodactyl console. Issue here is that CQLSH is based on Python. The default Java images only ship with Java..

@parkervcp / @Software-Noob I'm not sure if a new image in yolks shipping with Java + Python for Cassandra would be accepted? .../yolks:java_11_python_36

A specific Cassandra Docker image with Cassandra included does not really make sense for the official egg, as I think the easiest way to keep the egg updated is to let the user specify the Cassandra version and then pull it from an official mirror. So, a generic Java/Python image would be the choice that is more maintainable.

Egg-specific images are avoided whenever possible but can be created if that's the only option. They exist already for some eggs.

[pascal-zarrad]

PR for compatible images has been created. Development will continue as soon as the image(s) are merged and deployed to ghcr.

[BasToTheMax]

How far are you with the development?

[pascal-zarrad]

About 80-90% done:

• Startup works
• CQLSH works
• Stopping works
• Server status works
• Still need to adjust the port automatically through config option
• Maybe add some mechanism that handles when the server fails to boot up
• Maybe fix 1-2 small things in the images -> This won't prevent the egg from being usable

[pascal-zarrad]

Another Update:

• Adjusting the Cassandra config using the Yaml configuration parser does not work as it converts a large number in the config to its scientific notation. I will use the file parser as an workaround, lets see if this gets accepted
• Everything works, I just need to implement some automated authentication to ensure the console CQLSH is always working -> will define variables for the login values.
• Will add some security critical documentation to the eggs README (also regarding authentication)

[pascal-zarrad]

@BasToTheMax PR has been created, feel free to test it and also leave an review. If you'd like something to be done differently, suggest it in the PR.

[BasToTheMax]

It seems its working. Today I will test if I can connect via a client-library.

I also found a typo at line 7 in the start.sh file.

[parkervcp]

@BasToTheMax have you tested the latest release?

[BasToTheMax]

I think everything is working!

[parkervcp]

@BasToTheMax Just catching up on this. Is everything working here?

[BasToTheMax]

I haven't encountered any error so far.