Preparing Standalone Cassandra Inside Docker Container

Introduction

You can run Cassandra locally (or on another machine) as a Docker container. Doing so can be more advantageous over installing Cassandra natively on your machine, as the setup is easier. See Docker Hub for more information.

Docker Compose

You can manage Cassandra on your development setup using Docker Compose. Here is a sample docker-compose.yml file:

version: '3.1'

services:
  cassandra:
    container_name: cassandra
    image: cassandra:3.11.2
    ports:
      - 9042:9042