Installing the CQLSH tool

Install the standalone CQLSH tool using a binary tarball on any Linux-based platform.

Install the CQLSH standalone tool using a binary tarball on any Linux-based platform.

This command line shell remotely connects to a DataStax database cluster. The tool is not required to run locally on a cluster node.

Prerequisites

The cqlsh Python script that starts CQLSH requires Python 2.7.

Important: DataStax CQLSH License Terms. By downloading this DataStax product, you agree to the terms of the EULA.

On the DataStax Download page, click Tools > CQLSH.
If you agree with the license terms, select the CQLSH Terms checkbox, choose a compatible version, and click Tarball to download the tool.
Unpack the distribution:
```
tar -xzvf cqlsh-6.0.tar.gz
```
The files are downloaded and extracted into the current directory.

Start CQLSH.