# Cassandra

### Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| -------- | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Linux    | ✓       | ✓    |        |
| Windows  | ✓       | ✓    |        |
| macOS    | ✓       | ✓    |        |

### Prerequisites

This source supports Apache Cassandra versions 3.11 and 4.0.

### Configuration Table

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th width="184.47265625">Type</th><th>Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>telemetry_types</td><td><code>telemetrySelector</code></td><td><code>["Logs", "Metrics"]</code></td><td>Choose Telemetry Type.</td></tr><tr><td>address</td><td>string</td><td>localhost</td><td>IP address or hostname to scrape for Cassandra metrics.</td></tr><tr><td>port</td><td>int</td><td>7199</td><td>Port to scrape for Cassandra metrics.</td></tr><tr><td>jar_path</td><td>string</td><td>"/opt/opentelemetry-java-contrib-jmx-metrics.jar"</td><td>Full path to the JMX metrics jar.</td></tr><tr><td>collection_interval</td><td>int</td><td>60</td><td>How often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.</td></tr><tr><td>enable_system_logs</td><td>bool</td><td>true</td><td>Enables collecting system logs.</td></tr><tr><td>system_log_path</td><td>strings</td><td>["/var/log/cassandra/system.log"]</td><td>File paths to system logs.</td></tr><tr><td>enable_debug_logs</td><td>bool</td><td>true</td><td>Enables the collection of debug logs.</td></tr><tr><td>debug_log_path</td><td>strings</td><td>["/var/log/cassandra/debug.log"]</td><td>File paths to debug logs.</td></tr><tr><td>enable_gc_logs</td><td>bool</td><td>true</td><td>Enables collection of garbage collector logs.</td></tr><tr><td>gc_log_path</td><td>strings</td><td>["/var/log/cassandra/gc.log"]</td><td>File paths to garbage collection logs.</td></tr><tr><td>timezone</td><td>timezone</td><td>UTC</td><td>The timezone to use when parsing timestamps.</td></tr><tr><td>start_at</td><td>enum</td><td>end</td><td>Start reading logs from 'beginning' or 'end'.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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