From 2d7a5707333cce93de197cf714ef20387ccc342b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Ferguson Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:17:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Explicitly mention the need for CASSANDRA_ENDPOINT_SNITCH when using DC/RACK variables --- cassandra/content.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/cassandra/content.md b/cassandra/content.md index 9fb546cb7..08cf62b70 100644 --- a/cassandra/content.md +++ b/cassandra/content.md @@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ This variable sets number of tokens for this node. It will set the [`num_tokens` ### `CASSANDRA_DC` -This variable sets the datacenter name of this node. It will set the [`dc`](http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/3.0/cassandra/architecture/archsnitchGossipPF.html) option of `cassandra-rackdc.properties`. +This variable sets the datacenter name of this node. It will set the [`dc`](http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/3.0/cassandra/architecture/archsnitchGossipPF.html) option of `cassandra-rackdc.properties`. You must set `CASSANDRA_ENDPOINT_SNITCH` to use the ["GossipingPropertyFileSnitch"](https://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/3.0/cassandra/architecture/archsnitchGossipPF.html) in order for Cassandra to apply `cassandra-rackdc.properties`, otherwise this variable will have no effect. ### `CASSANDRA_RACK` -This variable sets the rack name of this node. It will set the [`rack`](http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/3.0/cassandra/architecture/archsnitchGossipPF.html) option of `cassandra-rackdc.properties`. +This variable sets the rack name of this node. It will set the [`rack`](http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/3.0/cassandra/architecture/archsnitchGossipPF.html) option of `cassandra-rackdc.properties`. You must set `CASSANDRA_ENDPOINT_SNITCH` to use the ["GossipingPropertyFileSnitch"](https://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/3.0/cassandra/architecture/archsnitchGossipPF.html) in order for Cassandra to apply `cassandra-rackdc.properties`, otherwise this variable will have no effect. ### `CASSANDRA_ENDPOINT_SNITCH`