Enable Cassandra Data Source

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

Applies from version 4.18.0

Alation now supports cataloging Cassandra as a data source.

In Settings, add a new data source and choose Cassandra as the DB type.

This feature is enabled in alation_conf and or in Feature Configuration.

In Feature Configuration, turn on the corresponding switch Enable Cassandra Database Type.

Alternatively, set the Cassandra datasource flag using alation_conf:

alation_conf alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_cassandra -s True

Also see:

• Feature Configuration

• Using the alation_conf File