Configuring snitches for cloud providers

Configure a cloud provider snitch that corresponds to the provider.

Configuring the Amazon EC2 single-region snitch

Use the Ec2Snitch snitch for Amazon EC2 deployments where the DataStax Enterprise (DSE) cluster is in a single region.

Configuring Amazon EC2 multi-region snitch

Use the Ec2MultiRegionSnitch snitch for Amazon EC2 deployments where the DSE cluster spans multiple regions.

Configuring the Google Cloud Platform snitch

Use the GoogleCloudSnitch snitch for DSE deployments on Google Cloud Platform across one or more regions.

Configuring the Apache CloudStack® snitch

Use the CloudstackSnitch snitch for Apache CloudStack environments.

Was this helpful?

Give Feedback

How can we improve the documentation?

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2026 | Privacy policy | Terms of use |  Manage Privacy Choices

Apache, Apache Cassandra, Cassandra, Apache Tomcat, Tomcat, Apache Lucene, Apache Solr, Apache Hadoop, Hadoop, Apache Pulsar, Pulsar, Apache Spark, Spark, Apache TinkerPop, TinkerPop, Apache Kafka and Kafka are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation or its subsidiaries in Canada, the United States and/or other countries. Kubernetes is the registered trademark of the Linux Foundation.

General Inquiries: Contact IBM