DataStax Docs

Documentation for configuring, upgrading, and deploying DataStax Enterprise, DSE OpsCenter, CQL, DataStax Drivers, DataStax Studio, and the DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra.

CQL to DSE version mapping

  • DSE 6.7 uses CQL 6.7
  • DSE 6.0 uses CQL 6.0
  • DSE 5.1 uses CQL 5.1
  • DSE 5.0 uses CQL 3.3

JDBC/ODBC drivers

Table 1. Driver download links plus installation and configuration documentation
Drivers (DSE 4.8 and later) Installation Configuration
Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark™. Download Install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide) Simba documentation
Simba ODBC Driver for Spark™. Download: Linux | Windows Install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide) Simba documentation
DataStax ODBC Driver for Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise with CQL connector. Download: DataStax install documentation

DataStax Apache Kafka™ Connector supports

  • DataStax Enterprise 5.0 and later
  • DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra™ 3.11

Studio notebooks

  • 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.

Docker

DataStax and Apache Cassandra drivers

While the DataStax drivers for Apache Cassandra drivers can connect to DSE 5.0 and later clusters, DataStax strongly recommends upgrading to the DSE drivers. The DSE drivers provide functionality for all DataStax Enterprise features.

Table 2. General driver docs
Developing applications with DataStax drivers Driver home page
Table 3. Available drivers and compatibility with DSE, DDAC, and open-source Cassandra (OSS)
DSE drivers guides DSE Graph Extension DDAC and OSS Quickstarts Version compatibility
C++ C++ Guide C++ quickstart DSE C++ | OSS C++
C# C# Graph Extension C# C# quickstart DSE C# | OSS C#
Java Graph Extension included Java Java quickstart DSE Java | OSS Java
Node.js Node.js Graph Extension Node.js Node.js quickstart DSE Node.js | OSS Node.js
Python Python Graph Extension Python Python quickstart DSE Python | OSS Python
Table 4. Supported maintenance only drivers (only critical bug fixes will be included in new versions)
DSE drivers guides DDAC and open-source Apache Cassandra drivers guides Version compatibility
PHP PHP DSE PHP | OSS PHP
Ruby Ruby DSE Ruby | OSS Ruby
Japanese docs: 日本語ドキュメント
Getting started Installing software

DSE Installation Guide 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | DDAC

OpsCenter Installation Guide 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1

Docker 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 Learn more

Studio 6.7 | 6.0

Graph Loader

Bulk Loader

Kafka

DataStax Desktop (Labs)

Release notes

DSE 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | DDAC

OpsCenter 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1

Security

DSE 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | DDAC

Planning and troubleshooting

Planning Guide

Troubleshooting Guide

Upgrading software

Upgrading DSE | DDAC | OpsCenter

Upgrading Studio | Drivers

Upgrading from Apache Cassandra™

DSE Utilities

Graph Loader 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

dsetool 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

nodetool 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

Stress tools 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

SSTable utilities 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

LearningAdditional resources

DataStax Academy

Kerberos tutorial

DataStax Developer Blog

DataStax Support

DataStax Webinars

 Developing and administering applicationsDataStax Enterprise

Administrator Guide 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

Developer Guide 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

Architecture Guide 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

CQL 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | DDAC Versions

Apache Cassandra™

DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra (DDAC)

DataStax Cassandra documentation

DSE OpsCenter

OpsCenter 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1

Lifecycle Manager 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1

Drivers, tools, API, and data loadersTools

DataStax Apache Kafka™ Connector Supported products

DataStax Studio 6.7 | 6.0 | 2.0 Compatibility

DataStax Bulk Loader

Extensions

DataStax APIs

DataStax drivers

Developing applications with DataStax drivers

DataStax and Apache Cassandra OSS drivers

JDBC/ODBC Drivers

DSE advanced functionalityAdvanced features

DSE Analytics 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

DSE Graph 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

DSE Search 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1