Mainflux.mainflux/readers/cassandra

Cassandra reader

Cassandra reader provides message repository implementation for Cassandra.

Configuration

The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their default values.

Variable	Description	Default
MF_CASSANDRA_READER_PORT	Service HTTP port	8180
MF_CASSANDRA_READER_DB_CLUSTER	Cassandra cluster comma separated addresses	127.0.0.1
MF_CASSANDRA_READER_DB_KEYSPACE	Cassandra keyspace name	mainflux
MF_THINGS_URL	Things service URL	localhost:8181

Deployment

  version: "2"
  cassandra-reader:
    image: mainflux/cassandra-reader:[version]
    container_name: [instance name]
    expose:
      - [Service HTTP port]
    restart: on-failure
    environment:
      MF_THINGS_URL: [Things service URL]
      MF_CASSANDRA_READER_PORT: [Service HTTP port]
      MF_CASSANDRA_READER_DB_CLUSTER: [Cassandra cluster comma separated addresses]
      MF_CASSANDRA_READER_DB_KEYSPACE: [Cassandra keyspace name]
    ports:
      - [host machine port]:[configured HTTP port]

To start the service, execute the following shell script:

# download the latest version of the service
go get github.com/mainflux/mainflux


cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/mainflux/mainflux

# compile the cassandra
make cassandra-reader

# copy binary to bin
make install

# Set the environment variables and run the service
MF_THINGS_URL=[Things service URL] MF_CASSANDRA_READER_PORT=[Service HTTP port] MF_CASSANDRA_READER_DB_CLUSTER=[Cassandra cluster comma separated addresses] MF_CASSANDRA_READER_DB_KEYSPACE=[Cassandra keyspace name] $GOBIN/mainflux-cassandra-reader

Using docker-compose

This service can be deployed using docker containers. Docker compose file is available in <project_root>/docker/addons/cassandra-reader/docker-compose.yml. In order to run all Mainflux core services, as well as mentioned optional ones, execute following command:

docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d
./docker/addons/cassandra-reader/init.sh

Usage

Service exposes HTTP API for fetching messages.