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Documentation for installing, configuring, upgrading, and deploying DataStax products and helpful information for connecting with the DataStax community and other resources.

DataStax drivers for open-source Cassandra (OSS), DSE, and DDAC

Note: Starting January 2020, you can use the same DataStax driver for Apache Cassandra® (OSS), DataStax Enterprise, and DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra. DataStax has unified the DSE and OSS drivers to avoid user confusion and enhance the OSS drivers with some of the features in the DSE drivers. For more information, see the Better Drivers for Cassandra blog.
  • DSE drivers are supported until January 1st, 2022. However, all new features and functionality will take place only in the unified DataStax drivers.
Table 1. DataStax drivers for open-source Cassandra (OSS), DSE, and DDAC
Guides Source (GitHub) Version Compatibility Upgrade Quickstart
C++ (2.15.0) * C++ C++ C++ C++
C# (3.13.0) *

Graph extension

 C# C# C# C#
Java (4.4.0) *

(includes Graph extension)

 Java Java Java Java
Node.js (4.4.0) *

Graph extension

 Node.js Node.js Node.js Node.js
Python (3.21.0) *

Graph extension (optional)

 Python Python Python Python
* The starting versions for the unified drivers are indicated in parenthesis.

JDBC/ODBC drivers

Table 2. Driver download links plus installation and configuration documentation
Drivers (DSE 4.8 and later) DataStax instructions Simba install and configuration
DataStax ODBC Driver for Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise with CQL connector. Download DataStax ODBC install documentation
Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Cassandra®. Download. Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Cassandra guide
Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark®. Download JDBC install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide) Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark guide
Simba ODBC Driver for Spark®. Download. ODBC install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide) Simba ODBC Driver for Spark guide

Studio notebooks

  • Studio 6.8 only supports DataStax Enterprise 6.8.
  • Studio 6.7 only supports DataStax Enterprise 6.7.
  • Studio 6.0 only supports DataStax Enterprise 6.0.
  • Studio 2.0 only supports DataStax Enterprise 5.1 and 5.0 (EOSL).
  • Notebooks created in earlier versions are automatically upgraded when starting later versions.

DSE maintenance only drivers

Note: DSE drivers are supported until January 1st, 2022. However, all new features and functionality will take place only in the unified DataStax drivers.
  • DSE only drivers require DSE 5.1 and later for full functionality.
Table 3. DSE drivers (only bug fixes will be included in new versions)
Driver Guides Graph Extensions Version compatibility
DSE C++ Guide DSE C++
DSE C# Guide DSE C# Graph Extension DSE C#
DSE Java Guide Included DSE Java
DSE Node.js Guide DSE Node.js Graph Extension DSE Node.js
DSE Python Guide DSE Python Graph Extension DSE Python

Spark Cassandra Connector

DSE Developer Guides Github
Getting started with the Spark Cassandra Connector 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 DataStax Spark Cassandra Connector

CQL to DSE version mapping

  • DSE 6.8 uses CQL 6.8
  • DSE 6.7 uses CQL 6.7
  • DSE 6.0 uses CQL 6.0
  • DSE 5.1 uses CQL 5.1

Welcome to DataStax docs

New products and docs
DataStax for Developers Learn how to succeed with Apache Cassandra™. DataStax Desktop 2.1.1 Explore DataStax products in a development environment.
DataStax Astra Cassandra made easy in the cloud. AWS or GCP. Kubernetes Operator Automate deploying and managing Apache Cassandra or DataStax Enterprise.
Katacoda scenarios embedded within the docs to help you learn Cassandra and DataStax products. Best practices The most important things to know about using Cassandra and DataStax products.
New to DataStax?Get started with DataStax products.
DataStax Astra and other cloud offerings Astra is a cloud-native service built on Apache Cassandra.
InstallHow to install DataStax products.
Docs for developers Start developing applications.
Community and support Community and professional support for Apache Cassandra and DataStax products.
Docs for Apache Cassandra DataStax documentation for open-source Apache Cassandra® (OSS).
DataStax database tools Tools for developing and managing your database.
Docs for administrators Information on manage, upgrading, securing, and more.
Japanese docs 日本語ドキュメント DataStax 製品の設定、アップグレード、デプロイに関するドキュメント群。

Doc quick links

Links to commonly used docs for supported products are listed below:

API

Cassandra OSS

DataStax documentation for open-source Apache Cassandra and corresponding CQL:
Note: DataStax has different documentation versions for Apache Cassandra. For more information, see About the different doc versions of Apache Cassandra.

CQL

Cassandra Query Language Version correspondence

Data loaders

DataStax Astra

Develop and deploy your database in a cloud-native service built on the best distribution of Apache Cassandra.

DataStax Desktop

  • DataStax Desktop 1.1

DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

DDAC

DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra.
Note: DataStax offers subscription-based support (Luna) for open-source Cassandra. Learn more.
Note: DataStax has different documentation versions for Apache Cassandra. For more information, see About the different doc versions of Apache Cassandra.

Drivers

Starting January 2020, you can use the same DataStax drivers for Apache Cassandra (OSS), DataStax Enterprise (DSE), and DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra. DataStax has unified the DSE and OSS drivers to avoid user confusion and enhance the OSS drivers with some of the features in the DSE drivers. For more information, see the Better Drivers for Cassandra blog.

DSE OpsCenter

Install guides

Kubernetes

Monitoring

Planning and troubleshooting

Security

Storage-Attached Indexing

Studio

DataStax Studio Notebook compatibility

Upgrading