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Configuration location

Depending on the operating system and the installation method you might have chosen at the beginning, the configuration files might exist in different locations.

The configuration files are usually located in one of the following directories based on your installation type:

Cassandra package installations (apt-get or yum installation): /etc/cassandra
Cassandra Tarball installation: install_location/conf
Cassandra Windows installations: C:Program/FilesDataStax/Community/apache-cassandra/conf

If you go to the location where your configuration files are located and take a look at the list of files persisting there, it should look like this:

Your list might vary depending on the Cassandra version and the installation ...

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