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Connect to Your Cluster¶

Once your ScyllaDB Cloud cluster is running, you can connect your application to it using the CQL protocol. This page explains how to find your connection details and points you to drivers and tutorials for common languages.

Get Your Connection Details¶

  1. Go to cloud.scylladb.com and open your cluster’s view.

  2. Click the Connect tab.

  3. Choose your preferred client — CQL Shell (cqlsh) or one of the ScyllaDB drivers. The tab displays the connection string, host address, port, and credentials specific to your cluster.

ScyllaDB Cloud uses default credentials for new clusters. You can manage users and roles in the Security section.

Note

If you set up VPC Peering or AWS Transit Gateway during cluster creation, make sure network connectivity is fully configured before attempting to connect your application. See Configure Network Access for setup guides.

Use a ScyllaDB Driver¶

ScyllaDB provides Cassandra-compatible drivers for all major programming languages. The drivers are aware of the cluster topology and automatically route requests to the correct shard, which is important for performance.

Recommended drivers:

  • Python Driver

  • Java Driver

  • Go Driver (gocqlx)

  • Rust Driver

  • All supported drivers

Hands-On Tutorial¶

The Getting Started with ScyllaDB Cloud tutorial walks you through building a real application connected to ScyllaDB Cloud. It covers creating a keyspace and table, writing and reading data, and best practices for production use. Examples are available in Go, Java, Python, Rust, and more.

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