About
This article shows you how you can connect to an AstraDb database with Jdbc. 1)
Steps
Download the Cassandra Astra Driver
Download the JDBC driver at datastax 2)
Optional for Idea - Create a new driver
Create a new driver with the following properties:
- Driver File: CassandraJDBC42.jar
- Driver Class: com.simba.cassandra.jdbc42.Driver
Auth
From the Astra DB console:
- Download the Secure Connect Bundle that contains:
- the database hostname and port
Connect String
Create a new connection with the following JDBC URL
jdbc:cassandra://keyspace;DefaultKeyspace=keyspace;AuthMech=2;UID=token;PWD=<ApplicationToken>;SecureConnectionBundlePath=<PATH TO YOUR SECURE CONNECT BUNDLE>;TunableConsistency=6
where:
- keyspace is the keyspace you want to connect to (Optional)
- DefaultKeyspace is the default keyspace (Optional)
- AuthMech: Specifies whether the driver connects to a Cassandra or Astra DB database and whether the driver authenticates the connection.
- ApplicationToken: The generated from Astra DB console.
- SecureConnectionBundlePath: Path to where your downloaded Secure Connect Bundle is located.
- TunableConsistency: Specifies Cassandra replica or the number of Cassandra replicas that must process a query for the query to be considered successful.
Example on Idea:
For legacy driver, client id and client secret correspond to username and password. They are created when you generate your application token.