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. Monitor the progress of the startup with:

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Command::
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[source,shell]
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include::example$BASH/tail_syslog.sh[]
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Result::
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Cassandra is ready when you see an entry like this in the `system.log`:

[source,plaintext]
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include::example$RESULTS/tail_syslog.result[]
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