Cassandra

Required Information

To configure Cassandra in Alation, you will need the following information:

  • Hostname or IP address

  • Port: 9042 by default

  • Database Name - Optional

  • Service account with privileges listed below

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Connectivity

Alation uses a driver for Apache Cassandra 1.2+ that works exclusively with the Cassandra Query Language version 3 (CQL3) and Cassandra’s binary protocol.

Confirm Alation can reach your server on the following ports (defaults): 9042

Service Account

CREATE USER IF IT DOES NOT EXIST <Alation Service Account> WITH PASSWORD 'password' NOSUPERUSER;

Metadata Extraction/Profiling/Sampling

GRANT SELECT ON ALL KEYSPACES TO <Alation Service Account>;

Query Log Ingestion Setup

Not supported yet.