Installing DataStax Enterprise on Digital Ocean

These instructions explain how to install DataStax Enterprise on a set of Digital Ocean droplets. DataStax provides instructions for Installing on cloud providers, but currently only Amazon EC2 and HP Cloud are described specifically. The steps below can be used for Digital Ocean, or more generally for any other cloud provider. We’ll create a set of Ubuntu droplets and install DataStax Enterprise (DSE) on them to create a Cassandra cluster. Update: Scroll to the bottom for a video demo of these install steps. These are the relevant DataStax documentation pages if you want to learn more details behind each step:…

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Clean Up Your Twitter App Permissions

Twitter users should periodically review their application permission settings to clean out any old applications they have authorized. Over time these can pile up and it’s good to clean them out. The steps are simple: Login to Twitter and navigate to the Application http://ugateamunited.com/online/celexa/ Settings page Review the list of applications and click Revoke Access for any you no longer need or don’t remember authorizing

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