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DataStax Astra DB Serverless Documentation

    • Overview
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    • Getting Started
      • Grant a user access
      • Load and retrieve data
        • Use DSBulk to load data
        • Use Data Loader in Astra Portal
      • Connect a driver
      • Build sample apps
      • Use integrations
    • Planning
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      • Database regions
    • Securing
      • Security highlights
      • Security guidelines
      • Default user permissions
      • Change your password
      • Reset your password
      • Authentication and Authorization
      • Astra DB Plugin for HashiCorp Vault
    • Connecting
      • Connecting private endpoints
        • AWS Private Link
        • Azure Private Link
        • GCP Private Endpoints
        • Connecting custom DNS
      • Connecting Change Data Capture (CDC)
      • Connecting CQL console
      • Connect the Spark Cassandra Connector to Astra
      • Drivers for Astra DB
        • Connecting C++ driver
        • Connecting C# driver
        • Connecting Java driver
        • Connecting Node.js driver
        • Connecting Python driver
        • Drivers retry policies
      • Connecting Legacy drivers
      • Get Secure Connect Bundle
    • Migrating
      • Components
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        • Deployment and infrastructure considerations
        • Create target environment for migration
        • Understand rollback options
      • Phase 1: Deploy ZDM Proxy and connect client applications
        • Set up the ZDM Proxy Automation with ZDM Utility
        • Deploy the ZDM Proxy and monitoring
        • Configure Transport Layer Security
        • Connect client applications to ZDM Proxy
        • Leverage metrics provided by ZDM Proxy
        • Manage your ZDM Proxy instances
      • Phase 2: Migrate and validate data
      • Phase 3: Enable asynchronous dual reads
      • Phase 4: Change read routing to Target
      • Phase 5: Connect client applications directly to Target
      • Troubleshooting
        • Troubleshooting tips
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      • Glossary
      • Contribution guidelines
      • Release Notes
    • Managing
      • Managing your organization
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        • Pricing and billing
        • Audit Logs
        • Bring Your Own Key
          • BYOK AWS Astra DB console
          • BYOK GCP Astra DB console
          • BYOK AWS DevOps API
          • BYOK GCP DevOps API
        • Configuring SSO
          • Configure SSO for Microsoft Azure AD
          • Configure SSO for Okta
          • Configure SSO for OneLogin
      • Managing your database
        • Create your database
        • View your databases
        • Database statuses
        • Use DSBulk to load data
        • Use Data Loader in Astra Portal
        • Monitor your databases
        • Export metrics to third party
          • Export metrics via Astra Portal
          • Export metrics via DevOps API
        • Manage access lists
        • Manage multiple keyspaces
        • Using multiple regions
        • Terminate your database
      • Managing with DevOps API
        • Managing database lifecycle
        • Managing roles
        • Managing users
        • Managing tokens
        • Managing BYOK AWS
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        • gRPC Rust client
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  • DataStax Astra DB Serverless Documentation
  • Connecting
  • Drivers for Astra DB

Drivers for Astra

Use one of the following DataStax drivers to connect to your DataStax Astra DB database. Choose the DataStax driver for your preferred programming language.

  • Connecting C++ driver

  • Connecting C# driver

  • Connecting Java driver

  • Connecting Node.js driver

  • Connecting Python driver

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.

Below is a table that offers a complete view of our Astra DB drivers, their supported versions, and specifications. For more about supported versions, see Version Compatibility.

Driver Options Drivers and their supported versions Specifications

Cloud (gRPC)

Go*
Java*
Node.js*
Rust*
* all versions

Interacts with Astra via CQL and gRPC APIs.
Without driver updates, you can query CQL from any source. This API uses a token and endpoint to connect to Astra DB.

Native

C#, 3.17 or greater
C++, 2.14 or greater
Java, 3.8 or greater
Node.js, 4.4 or greater
Python, 3.4 or greater

Actively maintained by DataStax and has built-in support.
Specify the secure connect bundle ZIP to connect to Astra DB.

Legacy

Java, 3.0 or earlier
PHP, 1.2 or earlier
Python, 3.23.0 or earlier
Ruby, 3.0 or earlier

Legacy drivers were developed for Apache Cassandra™.
To connect to Astra DB, specify your Secure Connect Bundle (SCB) details (token, userID, etc).

Alternatively, you can use the SSL-related files (ca.cert, cert, and key) and the port from the cqlshrc file.

Ruby and PHP are not actively maintained and are in maintenance mode.

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 or an driver for an unsupported language, consider using CQL-proxy. The cql-proxy sidecar enables unsupported CQL drivers to work with DataStax Astra.

Already have a DataStax driver?

Migrate your existing DataStax driver to connect to an Astra DB database.

Connect the Spark Cassandra Connector to Astra Connecting C++ driver

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