Warning
The cassandra returner is deprecated in favor of the cassandra_cql returner.
Return data to a Cassandra ColumnFamily
Here's an example Keyspace / ColumnFamily setup that works with this returner:
create keyspace salt;
use salt;
create column family returns
with key_validation_class='UTF8Type'
and comparator='UTF8Type'
and default_validation_class='UTF8Type';
Required python modules: pycassa
To use the cassandra returner, append '--return cassandra' to the salt command. ex:
salt '*' test.ping --return cassandra
Do any work necessary to prepare a JID, including sending a custom id
Return data to a Cassandra ColumnFamily