Updated for cassandra validation worksession

diff --git a/installations/cassandra-validation/cassandra-validation.yml b/installations/cassandra-validation/cassandra-validation.yml
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+---
+- include: configuration/update_cache.yml
+
+- hosts: "{{ hosts }}"
+  roles:
+  - apigee-opdk-setup-default-settings
+  tasks:
+  - name: Capture nodetool ring status
+    shell: "{{ apigee_installation_home }}/apigee-cassandra/bin/nodetool -h 127.0.0.1 status"
+    register: ring_status
+
+  - name: Report nodetool ring status
+    debug:
+      var: ring_status.stdout_lines
+

diff --git a/installations/cassandra-validation/configuration/update_cache.yml b/installations/cassandra-validation/configuration/update_cache.yml
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+---
+- hosts: planet
+  vars_files:
+  - ~/.apigee/credentials.yml
+  pre_tasks:
+  - setup:
+  - ec2_facts:
+    when: "{{ ansible_bios_version | lower | search('amazon') }}"
+  roles:
+  - apigee-opdk-setup-default-settings
+

diff --git a/installations/cassandra-validation/requirements.yml b/installations/cassandra-validation/requirements.yml
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+---
+- src: https://github.com/carlosfrias/apigee-opdk-setup-default-settings
+