DataStax Docs

Documentation for configuring, upgrading, and deploying DataStax Enterprise, DSE OpsCenter, CQL, DataStax Drivers, and DataStax Studio.

DataStax Apache Kafka™ Connector supports

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

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: Linux 64-bit, 32-bit \| Windows 64-bit, 32-bit	DataStax install documentation

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. Available drivers and compatibility with DSE, DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra (DDAC), and open-source Cassandra
DSE drivers	Apache Cassandra drivers	Compatibility
C++	C++	DSE C++ \| OSS C++
C# \| DSE Graph Extension	C#	DSE C# \| OSS C#
Java (DSE Graph Extension included)	Java	DSE Java \| OSS Java
Node.js \| DSE Graph Extension	Node.js	DSE Node.js \| OSS Node.js
Python \| DSE Graph Extension	Python	DSE Python \| OSS Python
Other Driver docs
Developing applications with DataStax drivers	All DSE and Cassandra drivers
Maintenance only drivers - Supported by DataStax, but only critical bug fixes will be included in new versions.
PHP	PHP	DSE PHP \| OSS PHP
Ruby	Ruby	DSE Ruby \| OSS Ruby

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.
Notebooks created in earlier versions are automatically upgraded when starting later versions.


Japanese docs: 日本語ドキュメント

Getting startedInstalling 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} Release notes DSE 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 \| DDAC OpsCenter 6.7 \| 6.5 \| 6.1 Security DSE 6.7 DSE 6.0 DSE 5.1 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	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 DataStax tools 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 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