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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.

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 2. 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

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.

JDBC/ODBC drivers

Table 3. Driver download links plus installation and configuration documentation
Drivers (DSE 4.8 and later)	Installation	Configuration
Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark®. Download	JDBC install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide)	JDBC Simba documentation
Simba ODBC Driver for Spark®. Download: Linux Windows 64-bit \| 32-bit	ODBC install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide)	ODBC 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 ODBC install documentation

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

Welcome to DataStax docs

New to DataStax? Get started installing and using DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra® (DDAC) and DataStax Enterprise (DSE).

Docs for developers Start developing applications and access information about DataStax drivers, APIs, and DSE Advanced Functionality.

Products and tools Browse all the DataStax products and tools for developing and managing your database.

All docs A complete list of DataStax documentation, including docs for current and previous versions, plus the DataStax docs for Apache Cassandra®.

Community and support DataStax offers a thriving Cassandra community and professional support to ensure your success with DataStax products.

Docs for Apache Cassandra® (OSS) DataStax provides documentation for open-source Apache Cassandra 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, and 3.x; and CQL 3.1, 3.3, and 3.x.

Docs for administrators Learn how to manage your databases, including installing, capacity planning, security, search, analytics, upgrading, tuning, and monitoring.

Cloud offerings DataStax cloud products are available on the Azure Marketplace, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Japanese docs 日本語ドキュメント DataStax Enterprise、DSE OpsCenter、CQL、DataStax ドライバー群、および DataStax Studio 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 the DataStax docs for supported products.

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.

DataStax Enterprise

DSE Installation Guides 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1
DSE Release Notes 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1
DSE Administrator Guides 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1
DSE Developer Guides 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1
DSE Architecture Guides 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1

Security

DDAC

DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra.

Note: DataStax has different documentation versions for Apache Cassandra. For more information, see About the different doc versions of Apache Cassandra.

DSE OpsCenter

OpsCenter Guides 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1
OpsCenter Release Notes 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1

CQL

Cassandra Query Language ^{Version correspondence}

CQL DDAC | Quick reference | cqlsh reference
CQL 6.7 | Quick reference | cqlsh reference
CQL 6.0 | Quick reference | cqlsh reference
CQL 5.1 | Quick reference | cqlsh reference

Upgrading

Drivers

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.

Studio

Data loaders

DataStax Bulk Loader Installation | Release Notes | Guide
DataStax Apache Kafka® Connector Installation | Release Notes | Guide ^{Supported products}
DSE Graph Loader Installation | Guide

Other docs

DataStax API documentation

Miscellaneous