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<h1>Nodetool<a class="headerlink" href="#nodetool" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h1>Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#usage" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<dt>usage: nodetool [(-pwf &lt;passwordFilePath&gt; | –password-file &lt;passwordFilePath&gt;)]</dt>
<dd>[(-p &lt;port&gt; | –port &lt;port&gt;)] [(-h &lt;host&gt; | –host &lt;host&gt;)]
[(-pw &lt;password&gt; | –password &lt;password&gt;)] [(-pp | –print-port)]
[(-u &lt;username&gt; | –username &lt;username&gt;)] &lt;command&gt; [&lt;args&gt;]</dd>
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<p>The most commonly used nodetool commands are:</p>
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<div><p><a class="reference internal" href="assassinate.html"><span class="doc">assassinate</span></a> -                   Forcefully remove a dead node without re-replicating any data.  Use as a last resort if you cannot removenode</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="bootstrap.html"><span class="doc">bootstrap</span></a> -                     Monitor/manage node’s bootstrap process</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="cleanup.html"><span class="doc">cleanup</span></a> -                       Triggers the immediate cleanup of keys no longer belonging to a node. By default, clean all keyspaces</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="clearsnapshot.html"><span class="doc">clearsnapshot</span></a> -                 Remove the snapshot with the given name from the given keyspaces. If no snapshotName is specified we will remove all snapshots</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="clientstats.html"><span class="doc">clientstats</span></a> -                   Print information about connected clients</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="compact.html"><span class="doc">compact</span></a> -                       Force a (major) compaction on one or more tables or user-defined compaction on given SSTables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="compactionhistory.html"><span class="doc">compactionhistory</span></a> -             Print history of compaction</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="compactionstats.html"><span class="doc">compactionstats</span></a> -               Print statistics on compactions</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="decommission.html"><span class="doc">decommission</span></a> -                  Decommission the <em>node I am connecting to</em></p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="describecluster.html"><span class="doc">describecluster</span></a> -               Print the name, snitch, partitioner and schema version of a cluster</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="describering.html"><span class="doc">describering</span></a> -                  Shows the token ranges info of a given keyspace</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disableauditlog.html"><span class="doc">disableauditlog</span></a> -               Disable the audit log</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disableautocompaction.html"><span class="doc">disableautocompaction</span></a> -         Disable autocompaction for the given keyspace and table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disablebackup.html"><span class="doc">disablebackup</span></a> -                 Disable incremental backup</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disablebinary.html"><span class="doc">disablebinary</span></a> -                 Disable native transport (binary protocol)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disablefullquerylog.html"><span class="doc">disablefullquerylog</span></a> -           Disable the full query log</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disablegossip.html"><span class="doc">disablegossip</span></a> -                 Disable gossip (effectively marking the node down)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disablehandoff.html"><span class="doc">disablehandoff</span></a> -                Disable storing hinted handoffs</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disablehintsfordc.html"><span class="doc">disablehintsfordc</span></a> -             Disable hints for a data center</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="disableoldprotocolversions.html"><span class="doc">disableoldprotocolversions</span></a> -    Disable old protocol versions</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="drain.html"><span class="doc">drain</span></a> -                         Drain the node (stop accepting writes and flush all tables)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enableauditlog.html"><span class="doc">enableauditlog</span></a> -                Enable the audit log</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enableautocompaction.html"><span class="doc">enableautocompaction</span></a> -          Enable autocompaction for the given keyspace and table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enablebackup.html"><span class="doc">enablebackup</span></a> -                  Enable incremental backup</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enablebinary.html"><span class="doc">enablebinary</span></a> -                  Reenable native transport (binary protocol)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enablefullquerylog.html"><span class="doc">enablefullquerylog</span></a> -            Enable full query logging, defaults for the options are configured in cassandra.yaml</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enablegossip.html"><span class="doc">enablegossip</span></a> -                  Reenable gossip</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enablehandoff.html"><span class="doc">enablehandoff</span></a> -                 Reenable future hints storing on the current node</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enablehintsfordc.html"><span class="doc">enablehintsfordc</span></a> -              Enable hints for a data center that was previsouly disabled</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="enableoldprotocolversions.html"><span class="doc">enableoldprotocolversions</span></a> -     Enable old protocol versions</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="failuredetector.html"><span class="doc">failuredetector</span></a> -               Shows the failure detector information for the cluster</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="flush.html"><span class="doc">flush</span></a> -                         Flush one or more tables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="garbagecollect.html"><span class="doc">garbagecollect</span></a> -                Remove deleted data from one or more tables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="gcstats.html"><span class="doc">gcstats</span></a> -                       Print GC Statistics</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getbatchlogreplaythrottle.html"><span class="doc">getbatchlogreplaythrottle</span></a> -     Print batchlog replay throttle in KB/s. This is reduced proportionally to the number of nodes in the cluster.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getcompactionthreshold.html"><span class="doc">getcompactionthreshold</span></a> -        Print min and max compaction thresholds for a given table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getcompactionthroughput.html"><span class="doc">getcompactionthroughput</span></a> -       Print the MB/s throughput cap for compaction in the system</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getconcurrency.html"><span class="doc">getconcurrency</span></a> -                Get maximum concurrency for processing stages</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getconcurrentcompactors.html"><span class="doc">getconcurrentcompactors</span></a> -       Get the number of concurrent compactors in the system.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getconcurrentviewbuilders.html"><span class="doc">getconcurrentviewbuilders</span></a> -     Get the number of concurrent view builders in the system</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getendpoints.html"><span class="doc">getendpoints</span></a> -                  Print the end points that owns the key</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getinterdcstreamthroughput.html"><span class="doc">getinterdcstreamthroughput</span></a> -    Print the Mb/s throughput cap for inter-datacenter streaming in the system</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getlogginglevels.html"><span class="doc">getlogginglevels</span></a> -              Get the runtime logging levels</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getmaxhintwindow.html"><span class="doc">getmaxhintwindow</span></a> -              Print the max hint window in ms</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getreplicas.html"><span class="doc">getreplicas</span></a> -                   Print replicas for a given key</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getseeds.html"><span class="doc">getseeds</span></a> -                      Get the currently in use seed node IP list excluding the node IP</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getsstables.html"><span class="doc">getsstables</span></a> -                   Print the sstable filenames that own the key</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="getstreamthroughput.html"><span class="doc">getstreamthroughput</span></a> -           Print the Mb/s throughput cap for streaming in the system</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="gettimeout.html"><span class="doc">gettimeout</span></a> -                    Print the timeout of the given type in ms</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="gettraceprobability.html"><span class="doc">gettraceprobability</span></a> -           Print the current trace probability value</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="gossipinfo.html"><span class="doc">gossipinfo</span></a> -                    Shows the gossip information for the cluster</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="handoffwindow.html"><span class="doc">handoffwindow</span></a> -                 Print current hinted handoff window</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="help.html"><span class="doc">help</span></a> -                          Display help information</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="import.html"><span class="doc">import</span></a> -                        Import new SSTables to the system</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="info.html"><span class="doc">info</span></a> -                          Print node information (uptime, load, …)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="invalidatecountercache.html"><span class="doc">invalidatecountercache</span></a> -        Invalidate the counter cache</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="invalidatekeycache.html"><span class="doc">invalidatekeycache</span></a> -            Invalidate the key cache</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="invalidaterowcache.html"><span class="doc">invalidaterowcache</span></a> -            Invalidate the row cache</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="join.html"><span class="doc">join</span></a> -                          Join the ring</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="listsnapshots.html"><span class="doc">listsnapshots</span></a> -                 Lists all the snapshots along with the size on disk and true size.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="move.html"><span class="doc">move</span></a> -                          Move node on the token ring to a new token</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="netstats.html"><span class="doc">netstats</span></a> -                      Print network information on provided host (connecting node by default)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="pausehandoff.html"><span class="doc">pausehandoff</span></a> -                  Pause hints delivery process</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="profileload.html"><span class="doc">profileload</span></a> -                   Low footprint profiling of activity for a period of time</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="proxyhistograms.html"><span class="doc">proxyhistograms</span></a> -               Print statistic histograms for network operations</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="rangekeysample.html"><span class="doc">rangekeysample</span></a> -                Shows the sampled keys held across all keyspaces</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="rebuild.html"><span class="doc">rebuild</span></a> -                       Rebuild data by streaming from other nodes (similarly to bootstrap)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="rebuild_index.html"><span class="doc">rebuild_index</span></a> -                 A full rebuild of native secondary indexes for a given table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="refresh.html"><span class="doc">refresh</span></a> -                       Load newly placed SSTables to the system without restart</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="refreshsizeestimates.html"><span class="doc">refreshsizeestimates</span></a> -          Refresh system.size_estimates</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="reloadlocalschema.html"><span class="doc">reloadlocalschema</span></a> -             Reload local node schema from system tables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="reloadseeds.html"><span class="doc">reloadseeds</span></a> -                   Reload the seed node list from the seed node provider</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="reloadssl.html"><span class="doc">reloadssl</span></a> -                     Signals Cassandra to reload SSL certificates</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="reloadtriggers.html"><span class="doc">reloadtriggers</span></a> -                Reload trigger classes</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="relocatesstables.html"><span class="doc">relocatesstables</span></a> -              Relocates sstables to the correct disk</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="removenode.html"><span class="doc">removenode</span></a> -                    Show status of current node removal, force completion of pending removal or remove provided ID</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="repair.html"><span class="doc">repair</span></a> -                        Repair one or more tables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="repair_admin.html"><span class="doc">repair_admin</span></a> -
<span class="xref std std-doc">list</span> -  and fail incremental repair sessions</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="replaybatchlog.html"><span class="doc">replaybatchlog</span></a> -                Kick off batchlog replay and wait for finish</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="resetfullquerylog.html"><span class="doc">resetfullquerylog</span></a> -             Stop the full query log and clean files in the configured full query log directory from cassandra.yaml as well as JMX</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="resetlocalschema.html"><span class="doc">resetlocalschema</span></a> -              Reset node’s local schema and resync</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="resumehandoff.html"><span class="doc">resumehandoff</span></a> -                 Resume hints delivery process</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="ring.html"><span class="doc">ring</span></a> -                          Print information about the token ring</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="scrub.html"><span class="doc">scrub</span></a> -                         Scrub (rebuild sstables for) one or more tables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setbatchlogreplaythrottle.html"><span class="doc">setbatchlogreplaythrottle</span></a> -     Set batchlog replay throttle in KB per second, or 0 to disable throttling. This will be reduced proportionally to the number of nodes in the cluster.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setcachecapacity.html"><span class="doc">setcachecapacity</span></a> -              Set global key, row, and counter cache capacities (in MB units)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setcachekeystosave.html"><span class="doc">setcachekeystosave</span></a> -            Set number of keys saved by each cache for faster post-restart warmup. 0 to disable</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setcompactionthreshold.html"><span class="doc">setcompactionthreshold</span></a> -        Set min and max compaction thresholds for a given table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setcompactionthroughput.html"><span class="doc">setcompactionthroughput</span></a> -       Set the MB/s throughput cap for compaction in the system, or 0 to disable throttling</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setconcurrency.html"><span class="doc">setconcurrency</span></a> -                Set maximum concurrency for processing stage</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setconcurrentcompactors.html"><span class="doc">setconcurrentcompactors</span></a> -       Set number of concurrent compactors in the system.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setconcurrentviewbuilders.html"><span class="doc">setconcurrentviewbuilders</span></a> -     Set the number of concurrent view builders in the system</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="sethintedhandoffthrottlekb.html"><span class="doc">sethintedhandoffthrottlekb</span></a> -    Set hinted handoff throttle in kb per second, per delivery thread.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setinterdcstreamthroughput.html"><span class="doc">setinterdcstreamthroughput</span></a> -    Set the Mb/s throughput cap for inter-datacenter streaming in the system, or 0 to disable throttling</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setlogginglevel.html"><span class="doc">setlogginglevel</span></a> -               Set the log level threshold for a given component or class. Will reset to the initial configuration if called with no parameters.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setmaxhintwindow.html"><span class="doc">setmaxhintwindow</span></a> -              Set the specified max hint window in ms</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="setstreamthroughput.html"><span class="doc">setstreamthroughput</span></a> -           Set the Mb/s throughput cap for streaming in the system, or 0 to disable throttling</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="settimeout.html"><span class="doc">settimeout</span></a> -                    Set the specified timeout in ms, or 0 to disable timeout</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="settraceprobability.html"><span class="doc">settraceprobability</span></a> -           Sets the probability for tracing any given request to value. 0 disables, 1 enables for all requests, 0 is the default</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="snapshot.html"><span class="doc">snapshot</span></a> -                      Take a snapshot of specified keyspaces or a snapshot of the specified table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="status.html"><span class="doc">status</span></a> -                        Print cluster information (state, load, IDs, …)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="statusautocompaction.html"><span class="doc">statusautocompaction</span></a> -
<a class="reference internal" href="status.html"><span class="doc">status</span></a> -  of autocompaction of the given keyspace and table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="statusbackup.html"><span class="doc">statusbackup</span></a> -                  Status of incremental backup</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="statusbinary.html"><span class="doc">statusbinary</span></a> -                  Status of native transport (binary protocol)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="statusgossip.html"><span class="doc">statusgossip</span></a> -                  Status of gossip</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="statushandoff.html"><span class="doc">statushandoff</span></a> -                 Status of storing future hints on the current node</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="stop.html"><span class="doc">stop</span></a> -                          Stop compaction</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="stopdaemon.html"><span class="doc">stopdaemon</span></a> -                    Stop cassandra daemon</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="tablehistograms.html"><span class="doc">tablehistograms</span></a> -               Print statistic histograms for a given table</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="tablestats.html"><span class="doc">tablestats</span></a> -                    Print statistics on tables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="toppartitions.html"><span class="doc">toppartitions</span></a> -                 Sample and print the most active partitions</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="tpstats.html"><span class="doc">tpstats</span></a> -                       Print usage statistics of thread pools</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="truncatehints.html"><span class="doc">truncatehints</span></a> -                 Truncate all hints on the local node, or truncate hints for the endpoint(s) specified.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="upgradesstables.html"><span class="doc">upgradesstables</span></a> -               Rewrite sstables (for the requested tables) that are not on the current version (thus upgrading them to said current version)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="verify.html"><span class="doc">verify</span></a> -                        Verify (check data checksum for) one or more tables</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="version.html"><span class="doc">version</span></a> -                       Print cassandra version</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="viewbuildstatus.html"><span class="doc">viewbuildstatus</span></a> -               Show progress of a materialized view build</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p>See ‘nodetool help &lt;command&gt;’ for more information on a specific command.</p>
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