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+#!/bin/bash
+
+CASSANDRA_DIR=${HOME}/apache-cassandra-1.1.4
+LOGDIR=${HOME}/ONOS/onos-logs
+CASSANDRA_LOG=$LOGDIR/cassandara.onos1vpc.log
+
+function lotate {
+logfile=$1
+nr_max=$2
+if [ -f $logfile ]; then
+  for i in `seq $(expr 10 - 1) -1 1`; do
+    if [ -f ${logfile}.${i} ]; then
+      mv -f ${logfile}.${i} ${logfile}.`expr $i + 1`
+    fi
+  done
+  mv $logfile $logfile.1
+fi
+}
+
+function start {
+  if [ ! -d ${LOGDIR} ]; then
+    mkdir -p ${LOGDIR}
+  fi
+  echo "rotate log: $log"
+  if [ -f $CASSANDRA_LOG ]; then
+    lotate $CASSANDRA_LOG
+  fi
+
+  # Run cassandra 
+  echo "Starting cassandra"
+  $CASSANDRA_DIR/bin/cassandra > $CASSANDRA_LOG 2>&1 
+}
+
+function stop {
+  # Kill the existing processes
+  capid=`ps -edalf |grep java |grep apache-cassandra | awk '{print $4}'`
+  pids="$capid"
+  for p in ${pids}; do
+    if [ x$p != "x" ]; then
+      sudo kill -KILL $p
+      echo "Killed existing prosess (pid: $p)"
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+#function deldb {
+#   # Delete the berkeley db database
+#   if [ -d "/tmp/cassandra.titan" ]; then
+#      rm -rf /tmp/cassandra.titan
+#      mkdir /tmp/cassandra.titan
+#   fi
+#}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    stop
+    start 
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    stop
+    ;;
+#  deldb)
+#    deldb
+#    ;;
+  status)
+    n=`ps -edalf |grep java |grep apache-cassandra | wc -l`
+    echo "$n instance of cassandra running"
+    $CASSANDRA_DIR/bin/nodetool ring 
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
+    exit 1
+esac