title: cassandra: Exception connecting to localhost/9160. Reason: Connection refused
body: <p>I am unable to connect to to the cassandra. By this I mean that when I try <code>cassandra-CLI</code>, or <code>pycassaShell</code> I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Exception connecting to localhost/9160. Reason: Connection refused.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried using a few non-defaul ports but to no joy.</p>
  
  <p>I am running cassandra version 1.0.7</p>
  
  <p>I have tried bounding the service, using restart, stop, start, and force-restart.</p>