DataStax drivers for Astra DB Classic
Before using the DataStax driver, review the Best practices for DataStax drivers to understand the rules and recommendations for improving performance and minimizing resource utilization in applications that use a DataStax driver.
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If possible, upgrade to the latest native driver. |
For more details about supported software, see the DataStax Support Policy.
Use one of the following DataStax drivers to connect to your DataStax Astra DB database. Choose the DataStax driver for your preferred programming language:
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Upgrade your driver to a compatible version to connect to DataStax Astra DB databases. For more information, see the DataStax Driver Matrix. |
Before using the DataStax drivers, review the Best practices for DataStax drivers to understand the rules and recommendations for improving performance and minimizing resource utilization in applications that use DataStax drivers.
The following table offers a complete view of our Astra DB drivers, their supported versions, and specifications. For details about supported versions, see Version Compatibility.
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Cloud (gRPC) |
Interacts with Astra via CQL and gRPC APIs. |
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Native |
C#, 3.17 or greater |
Actively maintained by DataStax and has built-in support. |
Legacy |
Legacy drivers were developed for Apache Cassandra™. Alternatively, you can use the SSL-related files, such as the ca.cert, cert, and key, and the port from the Ruby and PHP are not actively maintained and are in maintenance mode. |
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For new projects on Astra DB, use a Cloud or Native driver. Legacy drivers should be used only if migrating an existing Cassandra application developed with a Legacy driver to Astra DB. DataStax recommends using the unified DataStax drivers. See this blog post for more information. You can also use the DataStax Enterprise (DSE) drivers, which exposes the same API for connecting to Cassandra databases. |
CQL-Proxy
DataStax CQL Proxy simplifies connecting to Astra DB without having to change your Cassandra driver, driver version, and/or framework (springdata, lagom, akka-persistence-cassandra, quarkus, etc.). This new open source tool securely forwards your application’s CQL traffic to an appropriate database service. CQL Proxy auto-discovers and auto-configures communication with Astra DB.
If you are using a driver for an unsupported language, consider using CQL-proxy. The cql-proxy sidecar enables unsupported CQL drivers to work with DataStax Astra.
