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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 Apache Kafka™ Connector supports the following databases:

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 5.0 and later
Open source Apache Cassandra 2.1 and later
DataStax Astra cloud
DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra (DDAC)

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

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 6.8 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.

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.	ODBC install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide)	ODBC Simba documentation
DataStax ODBC Driver for Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise with CQL connector. Download	DataStax ODBC install documentation

Welcome to DataStax docs

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InstallHow to install DataStax products.

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Community and support Community and professional support for Apache Cassandra and DataStax products.

What's newNew and updated 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.

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Doc quick links

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

Install guides


Apache Cassandra (OSS) installation 3.x \| 3.0 \| 2.2 \| 2.1 DSE installation 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE OpsCenter 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.5 \| 6.1 DataStax Bulk Loader Installation Guide DataStax Apache Kafka® Connector Installation Guide	DSE Graph Loader Installation Guide DDAC Installation Guide Open JDK 8 Debian \| RHEL Oracle JDK 8 Debian \| RHEL Python 2.7 for older RHEL platforms

DataStax Astra

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

Kubernetes

DataStax Kubernetes Operator for Apache Cassandra

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.

DataStax Enterprise


DSE Administrator Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE Developer Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE Architecture Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1	DSE Installation Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE Release Notes 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1

Security

DSE Security Guides 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | DDAC

DSE OpsCenter

OpsCenter Guides 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1
OpsCenter Release Notes 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1

CQL

Cassandra Query Language ^{Version correspondence}


CQL 6.8 \| 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	CQLSH standalone tool 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 \| DDAC CQL DDAC \| Quick reference \| cqlsh reference

Upgrading


Upgrading DataStax Enterprise Upgrading DSE OpsCenter Upgrading Apache Cassandra to DSE	Upgrading DDAC to DSE Upgrading from Apache Cassandra to DDAC Upgrading DDAC (patch releases)

Drivers

Starting January 2020, you can use the same DataStax drivers 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

DataStax Studio ^{Notebook compatibility}

Data loaders

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

API

DataStax drivers API
DataStax Spark Cassandra Connector
DSE Graph API 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.1
OpsCenter API 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1

Planning and troubleshooting

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.