Configuring Cassandra monitoring

You must configure the Cassandra agent so that the agent can collect data from the nodes within the cluster to monitor the health of the Cassandra Database.

Before you begin

Review the hardware and software prerequisites, see Software Product Compatibility Reports for Cassandra agent

About this task

The Cassandra agent is a multiple instance agent. You must create the first instance and start the agent manually.

The product version and the agent version often differ. The directions here are for the most current release of this agent. For information about how to check the version of an agent in your environment, see Agent version command. For detailed information about the agent version list and what's new for each version, see the Change history.

  • To configure the agent on Windows systems, you can use the IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management window or the silent response file.
  • To configure the agent on Linux® systems, you can run the script and respond to prompts, or use the silent response file.