This is a small Python script that creates a keyspace. It is primarily intended to be run in a container.

I have written this for reaper-operator. All schema initialization except for creating the keyspace is done by Reaper itself.

The intent is for the operator to run this as a k8s job; however, it can also be run on its own or in a container outside of Kubernetes.

The script requires three environment variables to be set:

KEYSPACE

The name of the keyspace to create.

CONTACT_POINTS

A list of node hostnames or IP addresses with which to create initial connections. In Kubernetes the headless service for the Cassandra statefulset can be used instead.

REPLICATION The replication settings, e.g.,

{'class': 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'dc1': 3}