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Authenticate to Cassandra

After you add the connector, you need to set the required properties.
  • Server: Enter the host name or the IP address of the server that hosts the Cassandra database. The default host name is localhost.
  • Port: Enter the port number of the server that hosts the Cassandra database. The default port value is 9042.
supports authenticating to Cassandra in several ways. Select your authentication method below to proceed to the relevant section that contains the authentication details.

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Basic

Note: In the cassandra.yaml file, you also need to set the authenticator property to PasswordAuthenticator.

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DataStax Enterprise

To connect with DataStax Enterprise credentials, specify the following properties:
  • Auth Scheme: Select DSE.
  • User: Enter the username that you use to authenticate to the Cassandra database.
  • Password: Enter the password that you use to authenticate to the Cassandra database.
Note: In the cassandra.yaml file, you also need to set the authenticator property to com.datastax.bdp.cassandra.auth.DseAuthenticator.

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Kerberos

Note: In the cassandra.yaml file, you also need to set the authenticator property to com.datastax.bdp.cassandra.auth.DseAuthenticator.

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LDAP

To connect with LDAP credentials, specify the following properties:
  • Auth Scheme: Select LDAP.
  • LDAP Server: Enter the host name or the IP address of your LDAP server.
  • User: Enter the username that you use to authenticate to the Cassandra database.
  • Password: Enter the password that you use to authenticate to the Cassandra database.
  • LDAP Password: Enter the password of the default LDAP user. Note: You must set the password if the LDAP server does not allow anonymous bind.
  • LDAP Port: Enter the port for your LDAP server. The default port is 389.
  • Default LDAP User: Enter the default LDAP user used to connect to and communicate with the server, it must be set if the LDAP server do not allow anonymous bind.
  • Search Base: Enter the user-lookup search base for your LDAP server.
  • Search Filter: Enter the search filter that you want to use to look up usernames in LDAP. The default setting is (uid=)
Note: In the cassandra.yaml file, you also need to set the authenticator property to com.datastax.bdp.cassandra.auth.DseAuthenticator.

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Complete Your Connection

To complete your connection:
  1. Specify the following properties:
    • (Optional) Database: Enter the name of the Cassandra keyspace that contains your tables.
    • Use SSL Select whether you want to enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). By default, the Enable checkbox is not selected.
    • Consistency Level: Select the level that determines the number of the replicas from which you want to enforce a response before queries are considered a success. The default level is ONE.
  2. Define advanced connection settings on the Advanced tab. (In most cases, though, you should not need these settings.)
  3. Click Create & Test to create your connection.