# Example: Deploying Cassandra with a StatefulSet — Validating the Cassandra StatefulSet

> Get the Cassandra StatefulSet Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl get statefulset cassandra ``` Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text NAME DESIRED CURRENT AGE cassandra 3 0 13s ``` Get the Pods to see the ordered

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## Knowledge

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Get the Cassandra StatefulSet

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
    kubectl get statefulset cassandra
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
    NAME        DESIRED   CURRENT   AGE
    cassandra   3         0         13s
```

Get the Pods to see the ordered creation status

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
    kubectl get pods -l="app=cassandra"
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
    NAME          READY     STATUS              RESTARTS   AGE
    cassandra-0   1/1       Running             0          1m
    cassandra-1   0/1       ContainerCreating   0          8s
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
    NAME          READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
    cassandra-0   1/1       Running   0          10m
    cassandra-1   1/1       Running   0          9m
    cassandra-2   1/1       Running   0          8m
```

Run the Cassandra nodetool inside the first Pod, to display the status of the ring.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
    kubectl exec -it cassandra-0 -- nodetool status
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
    Datacenter: DC1-K8Demo
    ======================
    Status=Up/Down
    |/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving
    --  Address     Load       Tokens       Owns (effective)  Host ID                               Rack
    UN  172.17.0.5  83.57 KiB  32           74.0%             e2dd09e6-d9d3-477e-96c5-45094c08db0f  Rack1-K8Demo
    UN  172.17.0.4  101.04 KiB  32           58.8%             f89d6835-3a42-4419-92b3-0e62cae1479c  Rack1-K8Demo
    UN  172.17.0.6  84.74 KiB  32           67.1%             a6a1e8c2-3dc5-4417-b1a0-26507af2aaad  Rack1-K8Demo
```

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