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Documentation for installing, configuring, upgrading, and deploying DataStax products and helpful information for connecting with the DataStax community and resources.

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.

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	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

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

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 guides	Quickstarts	DSE version compatibility	DDAC and OSS version compatibility
C++		C++	C++ quickstart	DSE C++	OSS C++
C#	C# Graph Extension	C#	C# quickstart	DSE C#	OSS C#
Java	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/OSS drivers guides	DSE version compatibility	DDAC/OSS version compatibility
PHP	PHP	DSE PHP	OSS PHP
Ruby	Ruby	DSE Ruby	OSS Ruby

Welcome to DataStax docs

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

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

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

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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.

DDAC

DataStax Distribution 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

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

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