Cassandra Operations & Maintenance
Schedule nodetool commands across clusters, orchestrate rolling restarts without downtime, and maintain a complete audit trail of every operational action.
Operational control without the risk
Routine Cassandra maintenance should not require SSH access, handcrafted scripts, or tribal knowledge about which nodes to touch first. When operations are manual, mistakes happen during the most critical moments. AxonOps replaces ad-hoc maintenance with structured, auditable workflows that execute safely across your entire fleet.
Schedule nodetool commands, rolling restarts, and routine tasks from a single interface. No SSH, no cron jobs, no scripts to maintain.
Built-in health checks, configurable parallelism, and automatic pause on failure ensure operations complete safely across large clusters.
Every action is recorded with who ran it, when, on which nodes, and the outcome. Meet compliance requirements and simplify incident review.
The most complete operations platform for Apache Cassandra
Nodetool scheduling, rolling restarts, and full audit governance in one platform.
| Capability | What you get | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Nodetool scheduling | ||
| Scheduled commands | Run any nodetool command on a recurring schedule | Per-node, datacenter, or cluster scope |
| Execution windows | Restrict operations to off-peak hours | Avoid impacting production traffic |
| Execution history | Every run logged with exit code, duration, and output | Diagnose failures without SSH |
| Retry and failure handling | Configurable retry policies with failure notifications | Automatic or manual intervention |
| Rolling restarts | ||
| Orchestrated restart | Drain, restart, and validate each node sequentially | Maintains cluster availability throughout |
| Health checks | Automatic health validation before proceeding to the next node | Pause on failure with manual resume |
| Configurable parallelism | Control how many nodes restart concurrently | Balance speed against availability risk |
| Governance | ||
| Audit log | Full trail of who ran what, when, and on which nodes | Compliance and incident review |
| Role-based access | Assign edit or read-only rights per user, with access scoped to specific clusters | Prevent unauthorized changes |
| SSO authentication | Optional Enterprise SAML integration for single sign-on | Centralized identity management |
| Failure alerts | Immediate notification when a scheduled task or restart step fails | Routable to the right on-call team |
| Automation | ||
| Terraform provider | Automate nodetool schedules, rolling restart policies, and maintenance routines as code | Codify your operations runbook |
Nodetool Task Scheduler
Define and schedule nodetool commands across nodes, datacenters, or entire clusters from a single interface. AxonOps executes tasks on the cadence you set, removing the need for cron jobs, shell scripts, or manual SSH sessions.
- Schedule any nodetool command with per-node or cluster-wide scope
- Set execution windows to avoid peak traffic periods
- View execution history with exit codes and duration for every run
- Configure retry policies and failure notifications
Rolling Restart Orchestration
Perform rolling restarts across Cassandra nodes with built-in safety checks. AxonOps drains each node, validates cluster health before proceeding, and moves through the ring one node at a time to maintain availability throughout the process.
- Automated drain, restart, and health-check sequence per node
- Configurable parallelism and inter-node delay
- Automatic pause on failure with manual resume or rollback
Operational Audit Log
Every action taken through AxonOps is recorded with the user, timestamp, target cluster, and outcome. The audit log provides the traceability that compliance, incident review, and post-mortem workflows require.
- Full trail of who ran what, when, and on which nodes
- Filter and search by user, action type, cluster, or time range
- Supports compliance requirements for regulated environments
- Exportable records for integration with external SIEM or log systems
See Cassandra operations in action
