Get started with Astra Managed Clusters
Register for an Astra account, and then create Astra Managed Clusters databases that are optimized for real-time applications that require large data volume, low latency, and flexible data models.
Create a database
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In the Astra Portal, click Create database.
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Click Managed clusters.
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Enter a meaningful, human-readable database name.
You cannot change the database name after you create the database.
Database names must follow these rules:
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Must start and end with a letter or number
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Can contain letters, numbers, and the special characters
& + - _ ( ) < > . , @ -
Cannot exceed 50 characters
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Enter a name for the database’s first keyspace.
Keyspace names must follow these rules:
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Must start with a letter or number
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Can contain letters, numbers, and underscores
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Cannot exceed 48 characters.
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Cannot be the reserved words
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Must be unique within the database
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Select a cloud provider and region to host your database.
To minimize latency in production databases, select a region that is close to your application’s users.
For multi-region availability, you can add more regions after you create the database.
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Select a Workload Type and Workload Size for this database. For more information, see workload capacity tiers.
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Click Create database.
Wait for your database to initialize and reach Active status. This can take several minutes.
Get an application token
You use application tokens to connect to your database.
In the Astra Portal, there are several ways you can generate an application token scoped to a database.
When you sign in to the Astra Portal, click Managed clusters, find your Astra Managed Clusters database, click More, and then select Generate Token. This option generates a token scoped to the selected database.
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Download and securely store your token. The token is shown only once. |
For more information, see Manage application tokens.
Load data into your database
You can load data into your Astra Managed Clusters databases with any of these methods:
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DataStax Bulk Loader (DSBulk) to load data from CSV or JSON files.
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Data Loader feature in Astra Portal, which presents options to load CSV data; or load data from the provided sample datasets; or load data from your Amazon S3 bucket that contains exported DynamoDB data.
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Cassandra Query Language (CQL) statements to load data.
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Apache Cassandra drivers to load data through apps.
