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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Cassandra Message Store Installation and Configuration Overview

• Overview of Cassandra Message Store Installed Software
• Overview of the Message Store Installation Procedure
• Messaging Server Installation Options
• Directory Placeholders Used in This Guide

2 Planning Your Cassandra Message Store Installation

• About Cassandra and DataStax
• About the Cassandra Message Store
• About Solr Indexing and Search
• Planning Your Cassandra Message Store Installation
• System Deployment Planning
  • Planning for High Availability
  • Planning for Disaster Recovery
  • Using Load Balancing
  • Planning Backup Strategies
• About Installing a Secure System

3 Developing a Cassandra Message Store Architecture

• Understanding the Cassandra Message Store Architecture
• Overview of Cassandra Message Store Logical Architecture
• Deploying the Cassandra Message Store on Data Centers
• Planning for a Highly Available Cassandra Message Store Deployment

4 Cassandra Message Store System Requirements

• Software Requirements
  • Supported Operating Systems
  • Required Software
• Hardware Requirements
• Time Synchronization Requirements
• Information Requirements
  • Connection Information
  • Data Center and Replication Factor Requirements
  • Store Affinity Group Requirements

5 Cassandra Message Store Pre-Installation Tasks

• Summary of General Pre-Installation Tasks
• Installing Java
• Installing Python
• Installing DataStax Enterprise
  • Downloading the DataStax Enterprise Software
  • Installing the DataStax Enterprise Software
  • Setting Up the Cassandra Cluster
  • Changing Initial Cassandra Settings
  • Changing Initial Tuning Settings
    • Linux Tuning Settings
    • dse File
    • dse.yaml File
    • cassandra.yaml File
    • cassandra-env.sh File
    • jvm.options File
    • cassandra-rackdc.properties File
  • Changing Initial Solr Tunings

6 Installing Cassandra Message Store

• About Messaging Server Components
• About Unified Configuration
• Before Installing Messaging Server
• Using a Configuration Management Tool to Simplify Installation and Configuration
• Installing and Configuring Messaging Server
  • Downloading the Messaging Server Software
  • Installing and Configuring the Messaging Server Software
    • Installing Messaging-CAS Software on DSE/Solr Nodes
    • Installing Message Access Tier Hosts
    • Installing MTA Tier Hosts
    • Installing MMP Hosts
  • Using a Non-MMP IMAP Proxy
  • Configuring a Remote Indexed Search Converter
  • Enabling SSL
• Starting the Cassandra Message Store Across Tiers
• Restarting a Cassandra Cluster

7 Cassandra Message Store Post-Installation Tasks

• Verifying the Installation
• Scaling Your Cassandra Message Store Deployment Horizontally

8 Migrating to Cassandra Message Store

• Overview of Migrating to Cassandra Message Store

9 Uninstalling the Cassandra Message Store

• Uninstalling Cassandra Database
• Uninstalling Message Server Software

A config-fit Reference

• Overview of the config-fit Script
  • Syntax