CassandraObject::Base.establish_connection( keyspace: 'cassandra_object_test', servers: '127.0.0.1:9160' ) CassandraObject::Tasks::Keyspace.new.tap do |keyspace_task| keyspace_task.drop('cassandra_object_test') if keyspace_task.exists?('cassandra_object_test') keyspace_task.create('cassandra_object_test') end CassandraObject::Tasks::ColumnFamily.new('cassandra_object_test').tap do |column_family_task| column_family_task.create('Issues') unless column_family_task.exists?('Issues') end