I just spun up a machine on EC2 running Cassandra following the instructions in the link below, but I have no idea what version it is. How do I figure this out? I know I'm missing something incredibly simple, just don't know where to look.
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A:
After reviewing the instructions you listed, it looks like you're on a Debian(-based) system. In particular, in the "Cassandra Basic Setup" section, it says:
Step 3. Install the Debian package for Cassandra
% apt-get update % apt-get install cassandra
At this point, Cassandra will be installed and running. However, it's not configured for a multi-node cluster. So we need to continue.
If you followed this step to install Cassandra, you can simply use Debian's package management tool to inquire about the package you installed:
% dpkg -s cassandra
chuckx
2010-08-30 23:16:20