Ensure that Cassandra only listens for network connections on authorized interfaces Details When listen_address is blank and listen_interface is commented out, this will be set automatically by InetAddress.getLocalHost(). Presuming the node...
Ensure that logging is enabled. – logback.xml Details Apache Cassandra uses Logback for logging functionality. While this can be set using nodetool setlogginglevel changes made using this...
Ensure that logging is enabled. – nodetool getlogginglevels Details Apache Cassandra uses Logback for logging functionality. While this can be set using nodetool setlogginglevel changes made using this...
Ensure that the default password changed for the cassandra role Details The cassandra role has a default password which must be changed. Rationale: Failure to change the default password for...
Ensure the Cassandra service is run as a non-root user Details Though Cassandra database may be run as root, it should run as another non-root user. Rationale: One of the...
Ensure the latest version of Java is installed Details A prerequisite to installing Cassandra is the installation of Java. The version of Java installed should be the most...
Ensure the latest version of Python is installed Details A prerequisite to installing Cassandra is the installation of Python. The version of Python installed should be the most...
Inter-node Encryption Details Cassandra offers the option to encrypt data in transit between nodes on the cluster. By default, inter-node encryption is...