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Documentation for installing, configuring, upgrading, and deploying DataStax products and related projects.

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 1. 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

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

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

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 3. DataStax drivers for open-source Cassandra (OSS) and DSE
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.

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

New & noteworthy!

DataStax Astra DB Develop and deploy data-driven applications with a cloud-native service, without the hassles of database and infrastructure administration. See the latest Astra DB documentation. Recent additions: gRPC API, private endpoints UI, and a Data Loader option to load DynamoDB data that was extracted to an S3 bucket. DataStax Astra Streaming A cloud native messaging and event streaming platform powered by Apache Pulsar. A public beta is available. See the latest Astra Streaming documentation.
K8ssandra project Integrated components providing a cohesive Cassandra® experience on Kubernetes. See the K8ssandra install steps for your preferred local or cloud platform: Local | (EKS) | (DOKS) | (GKE) | (AKS) Post-install role-based K8ssandra quickstarts: Developers | Site Reliability Engineers Stargate project A comprehensive API platform to interact with Cassandra data over REST, GraphQL, and schemaless Document APIs.
DataStax CDC for Apache Cassandra Open-source software that sends Cassandra mutations for tables having Change Data Capture (CDC) enabled to Luna Streaming or Apache Pulsar™.

See the latest DataStax CDC for Apache Cassandra documentation.

 Enhanced Pulsar products Distribution of Apache Pulsar plus production-ready tools and features.
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 6.8.x updates See the DSE 6.8.x Release Notes for the latest updates. Apache Cassandra® 4.0 docs Open-source Cassandra 4.0 is GA. See the latest Cassandra documentation for descriptions of the new features and related updates.

Docs for DSE developers Start developing applications.

Install and upgrade DSE & related productsInstalling DataStax products & related projects.Upgrading DataStax products.

DataStax field team recommendations Recommendations and best practices from the DataStax field team.

Docs for DSE administrators Information on managing, upgrading, and securing your DataStax Enterprise database.

Docs for Apache Cassandra® DataStax documentation for open-source Apache Cassandra (OSS).

DSE & related database tools Tools for developing and managing your database.

Doc quick links

Links to commonly used docs for supported products:

APIs

Astra products

Cassandra Open-Source Software (OSS)

CQLVersion correspondence

Bulk Loader

DataStax Desktop

DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

DSE Installation Guides

Drivers

Graph Loader

Install guides

Kafka

Kubernetes

Monitoring

OpsCenter

Planning and troubleshooting

Pulsar (enhanced)

Security

Storage-Attached Indexing

StudioNotebook compatibility

Upgrading

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