cassandra-aws-benchmark

Scripts and templates for cassandra benchmark environment provision

Requirements

• aws cli: pip install awscli --upgrade --user and aws configure

Create benchmark environment

create cloudformation stack:

aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name MY_STACK_NAME \
    --disable-rollback \
    --template-body file://cloudformation.yaml \
    --parameters \
    ParameterKey=CassandraAMI,ParameterValue=MY_CASSANDRA_AMI_ID \
    ParameterKey=KeyName,ParameterValue=MY_SSH_KEY_NAME \
    ParameterKey=VPCSubnetId,ParameterValue=MY_VPC_SUBNET_ID \
    ParameterKey=InstanceProfile,ParameterValue=NAME_OF_INSTANCE_PROFILE_WITH_EC2_AND_AUOSCALEGROUP_READONLY_ACCESS \
    --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM

update cloudformation stack:

aws cloudformation udpate-stack --stack-name MY_STACK_NAME \
    --template-body file://cloudformation.yaml \
    --parameters \
    ParameterKey=CassandraAMI,ParameterValue=MY_CASSANDRA_AMI_ID \
    ParameterKey=KeyName,ParameterValue=MY_SSH_KEY_NAME \
    ParameterKey=VPCSubnetId,ParameterValue=MY_VPC_SUBNET_ID \
    ParameterKey=InstanceProfile,ParameterValue=NAME_OF_INSTANCE_PROFILE_WITH_EC2_AND_AUOSCALEGROUP_READONLY_ACCESS \
    --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM

Lastest Prebuilt Cassandra AMI

• cassandra 3.0.15: ami-09cc7371 (us-west-2)
• rocksandra: ami-b770cdcf (us-west-2)

Build Cassandra AMI Myself

prerequists: packer: brew install packer

cassandra3x

$> cd ami/cassandra3x
$> wget -O resources/cassandra.rpm https://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/30x/cassandra-3.0.15-1.noarch.rpm 
$> packer build -var "image_version=$(date +%s)" packer.json

ndbench

$> cd ami/bencher
$> packer build -var "image_version=$(date +%s)" packer.json

License

Cassandra AWS Benchmark is Apache 2.0 licensed, as found in the LICENSE file.