1. Make sure oracle JDK is installed (1.6+): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java#Oracle_Java_7
2. Add the DataStax repository key to your aptitude trusted keys.

$ curl -L http://debian.datastax.com/debian/repo_key | sudo apt-key add -

3. Install Cassandra:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cassandra

4. Create keyspace and tables:

cqlsh run commands from src/main/resources/createDatabase.txt

1. Open a terminal window, navigate to pom.xml directory (project root)
2. Execute the following command:

mvn clean compile assembly:single

3. In target/, a runnable jar tsfc.jar is created

java -jar tsfc.jar <<comma separated list of topics to watch (without whitespace)>>