Cassandra timeout on CircleCI

.circleci-start-cassandra.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "describe cluster;" > /tmp/dc
for i in {1..5}; do
  echo Attempt $i
  if cassandra-cli -f /tmp/dc 2>&1 | grep "Cluster Information"; then
    exit 0
  else
    sudo service cassandra stop; sudo service cassandra start
    sleep 10
  fi
done
exit 1

cassandra_startup.rb

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.before :suite do
    successful = false
    start_time = Time.now
    Timeout.timeout(5.minutes) do
      begin
        # Choose a Cequel record. Doesn't matter which one.
        CequelRecordObject.create(id: '12345').destroy
        successful = true
      rescue Cassandra::Errors::WriteTimeoutError
        puts "Cassandra is not yet available. Trying again..."
        sleep 3
      end until successful
    end
    elapsed_time = Time.now - start_time
    puts "Waited #{elapsed_time} seconds for Cassandra to become available."
  end
end