Install a single-node Cassandra cluster with Chef in Vagrant.

Berksfile

cookbook "cassandra", git: "https://github.com/michaelklishin/cassandra-chef-cookbook.git", ref: "e8f260247b9a4897255d2821daeed129a5a352a0"

Vagrantfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  
  config.vm.box = "precise64"

  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box"

  config.berkshelf.enabled = true

  config.omnibus.chef_version = :latest

  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "sudo apt-get update"

  config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024"]
  end

  config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
    chef.add_recipe "cassandra"

    chef.json = { 
      :cassandra => {
        :version  => "1.2.13",
        :listen_address => 'localhost',
        :broadcast_address => 'localhost',
        :rpc_address => 'localhost'
      }
    }
  end
end