Connecting to your Astra DB database
You can access your databases in the Astra Portal or programmatically. The Astra Portal is best for administration and monitoring, such as user management and monitoring database health metrics. Use programmatic options for nuanced data manipulation operations, such as inserting rows and querying data, and developing applications that use your Astra DB databases.
Astra DB Classic offers several programmatic options to connect to your database:
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APIs |
Use the Stargate APIs on Astra to interact with your database and self-manage the schema.
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DataStax drivers |
Initialize one of the DataStax drivers to manage database connections for your application. |
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CQL shell ( |
Use Cassandra Query Language (CQL) for Astra DB to interact with your database. |
Drivers
DataStax offers the following officially-supported drivers for Astra DB Classic:
| Language | Language dependency | Driver documentation |
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C++ |
2.14 or later |
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C# |
3.17 or later |
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Go |
1.18 or later |
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Java |
3.x series: 3.11 or later 4.x series: 4.6 or later |
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Node.js |
4.4 or later |
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Python |
3.25 or later |
For more information about working with drivers, see DataStax driver matrix and Developing applications with DataStax drivers.
The following Legacy drivers were developed for Apache Cassandra®. They are not actively maintained. DataStax recommends using supported DataStax drivers. Only use the following legacy drivers to migrate an existing Cassandra application developed with a legacy driver to Astra DB:
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If you are using a driver for an unsupported language, consider using DataStax CQL Proxy, that can enable unsupported drivers to work with Astra DB Classic. DataStax CQL Proxy simplifies connecting to Astra DB Classic without having to change your Cassandra driver, driver version, or framework. This open source tool securely forwards your application’s CQL traffic to an appropriate database service, including automatically discovering Astra DB Classic and configuring a connection to it. |
Astra Portal
The Astra Portal provides a web-based interface to manage your Astra DB Classic organizations and databases. It is best for administrative tasks and high-level database management, including inspecting database health metrics.
For fine-grained data manipulation and nuanced searches, you must use a programmatic approach, such as the Data API.
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If your organization has strict firewall rules, you might need to authorize the following ports and third-party domains to access the Astra Portal:
If these ports and domains aren’t authorized, browsers can render the Astra Portal incorrectly and some functionality can be unavailable. |
