docker-compose.yml

# docker-compose Cassandra Test Cluster
# docker-compose rm
# docker-compose up
# docker run -it --link cassandra_cassandra-1_1:cassandra --rm cassandra cqlsh cassandra
# copy paste the test script on cassandra-1
# run select on cassandra-2
#

cassandra-1:
  hostname: cassandra-1
  image: cassandra:latest
  command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 1 && echo ' -- Pausing to let system catch up ... -->' && /docker-entrypoint.sh cassandra -f"
  expose:
    - 7000
    - 7001
    - 7199
    - 9042
    - 9160
  # volumes: # uncomment if you desire mounts, also uncomment cluster.sh
  #   - ./data/cassandra-1:/var/lib/cassandra:rw

cassandra-2:
  hostname: cassandra-2
  image: cassandra:latest
  command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 30 && echo ' -- Pausing to let system catch up ... -->' && /docker-entrypoint.sh cassandra -f"
  environment:
    - CASSANDRA_SEEDS=cassandra-1
  links:
    - cassandra-1
  expose:
    - 7000
    - 7001
    - 7199
    - 9042
    - 9160
  # volumes: # uncomment if you desire mounts, also uncomment cluster.sh
  #   - ./data/cassandra-2:/var/lib/cassandra:rw