Integrate Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra with Service Connector

This page shows supported authentication methods and clients, and shows sample code you can use to connect Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra to other cloud services using Service Connector. You might still be able to connect to the Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra in other programming languages without using Service Connector. This page also shows default environment variable names and values (or Spring Boot configuration) you get when you create the service connection.

Supported compute services

Service Connector can be used to connect the following compute services to Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra:

• Azure App Service
• Azure Container Apps
• Azure Functions
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Spring Apps

Supported authentication types and client types

The table below shows which combinations of client types and authentication methods are supported for connecting your compute service to Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra using Service Connector. A “Yes” indicates that the combination is supported, while a “No” indicates that it is not supported.

Client type	System-assigned managed identity	User-assigned managed identity	Secret / connection string	Service principal
.NET	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Go	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Java	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Java - Spring Boot	No	No	Yes	No
Node.js	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Python	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

This table indicates that all combinations of client types and authentication methods in the table are supported, except for the Java - Spring Boot client type, which only supports the Secret / connection string method. All other client types can use any of the authentication methods to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra using Service Connector.

Default environment variable names or application properties and Sample code

Reference the connection details and sample code in the following tables, according to your connection's authentication type and client type, to connect your compute services to Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra. For more information about naming conventions, check the Service Connector internals article.

System-assigned Managed Identity

Default environment variable name	Description	Example value
AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL	The URL to get the connection string	https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<subscription-ID>/resourceGroups/<resource-group-name>/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>/listKeys?api-version=2021-04-15
AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE	Your managed identity scope	https://management.azure.com/.default
AZURE_COSMOS_RESOURCEENDPOINT	Your resource endpoint	https://<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.documents.azure.com:443/
AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT	Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra contact point	<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.cassandra.cosmos.azure.com
AZURE_COSMOS_PORT	Cassandra connection port	10350
AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE	Cassandra keyspace	<keyspace>
AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME	Cassandra username	<username>

Sample code

Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra using a system-assigned managed identity.

.NET

1. Install dependencies

   dotnet add package CassandraCSharpDriver --version 3.19.3
   dotnet add package Azure.Identity
   

2. Get an access token for the managed identity or service principal using client library Azure.Identity. Use the access token and AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   using System;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Net.Security;
   using System.Net.Http;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using Cassandra;
   using Azure.Identity;
   
   public class Program
   {
   	public static async Task Main()
   	{
           var cassandraContactPoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
           var userName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
           var cassandraPort = Int32.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
           var cassandraKeyspace = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
           var listKeyUrl = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL");
           var scope = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE");
   
           // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
           // For system-assigned identity.
           // var tokenProvider = new DefaultAzureCredential();
   
           // For user-assigned identity.
           // var tokenProvider = new DefaultAzureCredential(
           //     new DefaultAzureCredentialOptions
           //     {
           //         ManagedIdentityClientId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID");
           //     }
           // );
   
           // For service principal.
           // var tenantId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID");
           // var clientId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID");
           // var clientSecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET");
           // var tokenProvider = new ClientSecretCredential(tenantId, clientId, clientSecret);
   
           // Acquire the access token. 
           AccessToken accessToken = await tokenProvider.GetTokenAsync(
               new TokenRequestContext(scopes: new string[]{ scope }));
   
           // Get the password.
           var httpClient = new HttpClient();
           httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", $"Bearer {accessToken.Token}");
           var response = await httpClient.POSTAsync(listKeyUrl);
           var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
           var keys = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(responseBody);
           var password = keys["primaryMasterKey"];
   
           // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
           var options = new Cassandra.SSLOptions(SslProtocols.Tls12, true, ValidateServerCertificate);
           options.SetHostNameResolver((ipAddress) => cassandraContactPoint);
           Cluster cluster = Cluster
               .Builder()
               .WithCredentials(userName, password)
               .WithPort(cassandraPort)
               .AddContactPoint(cassandraContactPoint).WithSSL(options).Build();
           ISession session = await cluster.ConnectAsync();
       }
   
       public static bool ValidateServerCertificate
   	(
           object sender,
           X509Certificate certificate,
           X509Chain chain,
           SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors
       )
       {
           if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
               return true;
   
           Console.WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);
           // Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers.
           return false;
       }
   }
   
   

Java

1. Add the following dependencies in your pom.xml file:

   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
       <version>4.5.1</version>
   </dependency>  
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
       <version>4.0.0</version>
   </dependency>       
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-driver-extras</artifactId>
       <version>3.1.4</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.5</version>
   </dependency>
   

2. Get an access token for the managed identity or service principal using azure-identity. Use the access token and AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
   import javax.net.ssl.*;
   import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
   import com.azure.identity.*;
   import com.azure.core.credentital.*;
   import java.net.http.*;
   import java.net.URI;
   
   int cassandraPort = Integer.parseInt(System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
   String cassandraUsername = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
   String cassandraHost = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
   String cassandraKeyspace = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
   String listKeyUrl = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL");
   String scope = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE");
   
   // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
   // For system managed identity.
   // DefaultAzureCredential defaultCredential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder().build();
   
   // For user assigned managed identity.
   // DefaultAzureCredential defaultCredential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder()
   //     .managedIdentityClientId(System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID"))
   //     .build();
   
   // For service principal.
   // ClientSecretCredential defaultCredential = new ClientSecretCredentialBuilder()
   //   .clientId(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID>"))
   //   .clientSecret(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET>"))
   //   .tenantId(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID>"))
   //   .build();
   
   // Get the access token.
   AccessToken accessToken = defaultCredential.getToken(new TokenRequestContext().addScopes(new String[]{ scope })).block();
   String token = accessToken.getToken();
   
   // Get the password.
   HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder().build();
   HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
       .uri(new URI(listKeyUrl))
       .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + token)
       .POST()
       .build();
   HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
   JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
   JSONObject responseBody = parser.parse(response.body());
   String cassandraPassword = responseBody.get("primaryMasterKey");
   
   // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
   final SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
   CqlSession session = CqlSession.builder().withSslContext(sc)
       .addContactPoint(new InetSocketAddress(cassandraHost, cassandraPort)).withLocalDatacenter('datacenter1')
       .withAuthCredentials(cassandraUsername, cassandraPassword).build();
   

SpringBoot

Authentication type is not supported for Spring Boot.

Python

1. Install dependencies

   pip install Cassandra-driver 
   pip install pyopenssl
   pip install azure-identity
   

2. Use azure-identity to authenticate with the managed identity or service principal and send request to AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   from cassandra.cluster import Cluster
   from ssl import PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, SSLContext, CERT_NONE
   from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
   import requests
   from azure.identity import ManagedIdentityCredential, ClientSecretCredential
   
   username = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME')
   contactPoint = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT')
   port = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_PORT')
   keyspace = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE')
   listKeyUrl = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL')
   scope = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE')
   
   # Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
   # For system-assigned managed identity
   # cred = ManagedIdentityCredential()
   
   # For user-assigned managed identity
   # managed_identity_client_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID')
   # cred = ManagedIdentityCredential(client_id=managed_identity_client_id)
   
   # For service principal
   # tenant_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID')
   # client_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID')
   # client_secret = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET')
   # cred = ClientSecretCredential(tenant_id=tenant_id, client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret)
   
   # Get the password 
   session = requests.Session()
   token = cred.get_token(scope)
   response = session.post(listKeyUrl, headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(token.token)})
   keys_dict = response.json()
   password = keys_dict['primaryMasterKey']
   
   # Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.
   ssl_context = SSLContext(PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
   ssl_context.verify_mode = CERT_NONE
   auth_provider = PlainTextAuthProvider(username, password)
   cluster = Cluster([contanctPoint], port = port, auth_provider=auth_provider,ssl_context=ssl_context)
   session = cluster.connect()
   

Go

1. Install dependencies.

   go get github.com/gocql/gocql
   go get "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
   go get "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore"
   

2. In code, get an access token via azidentity, then use it to acquire the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import (
       "fmt"
       "os"
       "context"
       "log"
       "io/ioutil"
       "encoding/json"
   
       "github.com/gocql/gocql"
       "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
   )
   
   func GetSession() *gocql.Session {
       cosmosCassandraContactPoint = os.Getenv("AAZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT")
       cosmosCassandraPort = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT")
       cosmosCassandraUser = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME")
       cosmosCassandraKeyspace = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE")
       listKeyUrl = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL")
       scope = os.Getenv("AZUE_COSMOS_SCOPE")
   
       // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
       // For system-assigned identity.
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
   
       // For user-assigned identity.
       // clientid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID")
       // azidentity.ManagedIdentityCredentialOptions.ID := clientid
       // options := &azidentity.ManagedIdentityCredentialOptions{ID: clientid}
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewManagedIdentityCredential(options)
   
       // For service principal.
       // clientid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID")
       // tenantid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID")
       // clientsecret := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET")
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewClientSecretCredential(tenantid, clientid, clientsecret, &azidentity.ClientSecretCredentialOptions{})
   
       // Acquire the access token.
       ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
       token, err := cred.GetToken(ctx, policy.TokenRequestOptions{
           Scopes: []string{scope},
       })
   
       // Acquire the password.
       client := &http.Client{}
   	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", listKeyUrl, nil)
   	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + token.Token)
   	resp, err := client.Do(req)
       body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
       var result map[string]interface{}
        json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
       cosmosCassandraPassword, err := result["primaryMasterKey"]
   
       // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
       clusterConfig := gocql.NewCluster(cosmosCassandraContactPoint)
       port, err := strconv.Atoi(cosmosCassandraPort)
       clusterConfig.Port = port
        clusterConfig.ProtoVersion = 4
       clusterConfig.Authenticator = gocql.PasswordAuthenticator{Username: cosmosCassandraUser, Password: cosmosCassandraPassword}
       clusterConfig.SslOpts = &gocql.SslOptions{Config: &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12}}
   
       session, err := clusterConfig.CreateSession()
       return session
   }
   
   func main() {
       session := utils.GetSession(cosmosCassandraContactPoint, cosmosCassandraPort, cosmosCassandraUser, cosmosCassandraPassword)
       defer session.Close()
       ...
   }
   

NodeJS

1. Install dependencies

   npm install cassandra-driver
   npm install --save @azure/identity
   

2. In code, get the access token via @azure/identity, then use it to acquire the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import { DefaultAzureCredential,ClientSecretCredential } from "@azure/identity";
   const cassandra = require("cassandra-driver");
   const axios = require('axios');
   
   let username = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME;
   let contactPoint = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT;
   let port = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_PORT;
   let keyspace = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE;
   let listKeyUrl = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL;
   let scope = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE;
   
   // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.  
   // For system-assigned identity.
   // const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
   
   // For user-assigned identity.
   // const clientId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID;
   // const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential({
   //     managedIdentityClientId: clientId
   // });
   
   // For service principal.
   // const tenantId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID;
   // const clientId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID;
   // const clientSecret = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET;
   
   // Acquire the access token.
   var accessToken = await credential.getToken(scope);
   
   // Get the password.
   const config = {
       method: 'post',
       url: listKeyUrl,
       headers: { 
         'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken.token}`
       }
   };
   const response = await axios(config);
   const keysDict = response.data;
   const password = keysDict['primaryMasterKey'];
   
   let authProvider = new cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider(
       username,
       password
   );
   
   let client = new cassandra.Client({
       contactPoints: [`${contactPoint}:${port}`],
       authProvider: authProvider,
       localDataCenter: 'datacenter1',
       sslOptions: {
           secureProtocol: "TLSv1_2_method"
       },
   });
   
   client.connect();
   

Other

For other languages, you can use the Cassandra contact point and other properties that Service Connector sets to the environment variables to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra resource. For environment variable details, see Integrate Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra with Service Connector.

User-assigned Managed Identity

Default environment variable name	Description	Example value
AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL	The URL to get the connection string	https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<subscription-ID>/resourceGroups/<resource-group-name>/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>/listKeys?api-version=2021-04-15
AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE	Your managed identity scope	https://management.azure.com/.default
AZURE_COSMOS_RESOURCEENDPOINT	Your resource endpoint	https://<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.documents.azure.com:443/
AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT	Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra contact point	<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.cassandra.cosmos.azure.com
AZURE_COSMOS_PORT	Cassandra connection port	10350
AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE	Cassandra keyspace	<keyspace>
AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME	Cassandra username	<username>
AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID	Your client ID	<client-ID>

Sample code

Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra using a user-assigned managed identity.

.NET

1. Install dependencies

   dotnet add package CassandraCSharpDriver --version 3.19.3
   dotnet add package Azure.Identity
   

2. Get an access token for the managed identity or service principal using client library Azure.Identity. Use the access token and AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   using System;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Net.Security;
   using System.Net.Http;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using Cassandra;
   using Azure.Identity;
   
   public class Program
   {
   	public static async Task Main()
   	{
           var cassandraContactPoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
           var userName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
           var cassandraPort = Int32.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
           var cassandraKeyspace = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
           var listKeyUrl = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL");
           var scope = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE");
   
           // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
           // For system-assigned identity.
           // var tokenProvider = new DefaultAzureCredential();
   
           // For user-assigned identity.
           // var tokenProvider = new DefaultAzureCredential(
           //     new DefaultAzureCredentialOptions
           //     {
           //         ManagedIdentityClientId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID");
           //     }
           // );
   
           // For service principal.
           // var tenantId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID");
           // var clientId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID");
           // var clientSecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET");
           // var tokenProvider = new ClientSecretCredential(tenantId, clientId, clientSecret);
   
           // Acquire the access token. 
           AccessToken accessToken = await tokenProvider.GetTokenAsync(
               new TokenRequestContext(scopes: new string[]{ scope }));
   
           // Get the password.
           var httpClient = new HttpClient();
           httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", $"Bearer {accessToken.Token}");
           var response = await httpClient.POSTAsync(listKeyUrl);
           var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
           var keys = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(responseBody);
           var password = keys["primaryMasterKey"];
   
           // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
           var options = new Cassandra.SSLOptions(SslProtocols.Tls12, true, ValidateServerCertificate);
           options.SetHostNameResolver((ipAddress) => cassandraContactPoint);
           Cluster cluster = Cluster
               .Builder()
               .WithCredentials(userName, password)
               .WithPort(cassandraPort)
               .AddContactPoint(cassandraContactPoint).WithSSL(options).Build();
           ISession session = await cluster.ConnectAsync();
       }
   
       public static bool ValidateServerCertificate
   	(
           object sender,
           X509Certificate certificate,
           X509Chain chain,
           SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors
       )
       {
           if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
               return true;
   
           Console.WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);
           // Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers.
           return false;
       }
   }
   
   

Java

1. Add the following dependencies in your pom.xml file:

   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
       <version>4.5.1</version>
   </dependency>  
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
       <version>4.0.0</version>
   </dependency>       
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-driver-extras</artifactId>
       <version>3.1.4</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.5</version>
   </dependency>
   

2. Get an access token for the managed identity or service principal using azure-identity. Use the access token and AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
   import javax.net.ssl.*;
   import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
   import com.azure.identity.*;
   import com.azure.core.credentital.*;
   import java.net.http.*;
   import java.net.URI;
   
   int cassandraPort = Integer.parseInt(System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
   String cassandraUsername = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
   String cassandraHost = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
   String cassandraKeyspace = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
   String listKeyUrl = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL");
   String scope = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE");
   
   // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
   // For system managed identity.
   // DefaultAzureCredential defaultCredential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder().build();
   
   // For user assigned managed identity.
   // DefaultAzureCredential defaultCredential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder()
   //     .managedIdentityClientId(System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID"))
   //     .build();
   
   // For service principal.
   // ClientSecretCredential defaultCredential = new ClientSecretCredentialBuilder()
   //   .clientId(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID>"))
   //   .clientSecret(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET>"))
   //   .tenantId(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID>"))
   //   .build();
   
   // Get the access token.
   AccessToken accessToken = defaultCredential.getToken(new TokenRequestContext().addScopes(new String[]{ scope })).block();
   String token = accessToken.getToken();
   
   // Get the password.
   HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder().build();
   HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
       .uri(new URI(listKeyUrl))
       .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + token)
       .POST()
       .build();
   HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
   JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
   JSONObject responseBody = parser.parse(response.body());
   String cassandraPassword = responseBody.get("primaryMasterKey");
   
   // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
   final SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
   CqlSession session = CqlSession.builder().withSslContext(sc)
       .addContactPoint(new InetSocketAddress(cassandraHost, cassandraPort)).withLocalDatacenter('datacenter1')
       .withAuthCredentials(cassandraUsername, cassandraPassword).build();
   

SpringBoot

Authentication type is not supported for Spring Boot.

Python

1. Install dependencies

   pip install Cassandra-driver 
   pip install pyopenssl
   pip install azure-identity
   

2. Use azure-identity to authenticate with the managed identity or service principal and send request to AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   from cassandra.cluster import Cluster
   from ssl import PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, SSLContext, CERT_NONE
   from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
   import requests
   from azure.identity import ManagedIdentityCredential, ClientSecretCredential
   
   username = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME')
   contactPoint = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT')
   port = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_PORT')
   keyspace = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE')
   listKeyUrl = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL')
   scope = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE')
   
   # Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
   # For system-assigned managed identity
   # cred = ManagedIdentityCredential()
   
   # For user-assigned managed identity
   # managed_identity_client_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID')
   # cred = ManagedIdentityCredential(client_id=managed_identity_client_id)
   
   # For service principal
   # tenant_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID')
   # client_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID')
   # client_secret = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET')
   # cred = ClientSecretCredential(tenant_id=tenant_id, client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret)
   
   # Get the password 
   session = requests.Session()
   token = cred.get_token(scope)
   response = session.post(listKeyUrl, headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(token.token)})
   keys_dict = response.json()
   password = keys_dict['primaryMasterKey']
   
   # Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.
   ssl_context = SSLContext(PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
   ssl_context.verify_mode = CERT_NONE
   auth_provider = PlainTextAuthProvider(username, password)
   cluster = Cluster([contanctPoint], port = port, auth_provider=auth_provider,ssl_context=ssl_context)
   session = cluster.connect()
   

Go

1. Install dependencies.

   go get github.com/gocql/gocql
   go get "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
   go get "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore"
   

2. In code, get an access token via azidentity, then use it to acquire the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import (
       "fmt"
       "os"
       "context"
       "log"
       "io/ioutil"
       "encoding/json"
   
       "github.com/gocql/gocql"
       "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
   )
   
   func GetSession() *gocql.Session {
       cosmosCassandraContactPoint = os.Getenv("AAZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT")
       cosmosCassandraPort = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT")
       cosmosCassandraUser = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME")
       cosmosCassandraKeyspace = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE")
       listKeyUrl = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL")
       scope = os.Getenv("AZUE_COSMOS_SCOPE")
   
       // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
       // For system-assigned identity.
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
   
       // For user-assigned identity.
       // clientid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID")
       // azidentity.ManagedIdentityCredentialOptions.ID := clientid
       // options := &azidentity.ManagedIdentityCredentialOptions{ID: clientid}
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewManagedIdentityCredential(options)
   
       // For service principal.
       // clientid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID")
       // tenantid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID")
       // clientsecret := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET")
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewClientSecretCredential(tenantid, clientid, clientsecret, &azidentity.ClientSecretCredentialOptions{})
   
       // Acquire the access token.
       ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
       token, err := cred.GetToken(ctx, policy.TokenRequestOptions{
           Scopes: []string{scope},
       })
   
       // Acquire the password.
       client := &http.Client{}
   	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", listKeyUrl, nil)
   	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + token.Token)
   	resp, err := client.Do(req)
       body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
       var result map[string]interface{}
        json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
       cosmosCassandraPassword, err := result["primaryMasterKey"]
   
       // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
       clusterConfig := gocql.NewCluster(cosmosCassandraContactPoint)
       port, err := strconv.Atoi(cosmosCassandraPort)
       clusterConfig.Port = port
        clusterConfig.ProtoVersion = 4
       clusterConfig.Authenticator = gocql.PasswordAuthenticator{Username: cosmosCassandraUser, Password: cosmosCassandraPassword}
       clusterConfig.SslOpts = &gocql.SslOptions{Config: &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12}}
   
       session, err := clusterConfig.CreateSession()
       return session
   }
   
   func main() {
       session := utils.GetSession(cosmosCassandraContactPoint, cosmosCassandraPort, cosmosCassandraUser, cosmosCassandraPassword)
       defer session.Close()
       ...
   }
   

NodeJS

1. Install dependencies

   npm install cassandra-driver
   npm install --save @azure/identity
   

2. In code, get the access token via @azure/identity, then use it to acquire the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import { DefaultAzureCredential,ClientSecretCredential } from "@azure/identity";
   const cassandra = require("cassandra-driver");
   const axios = require('axios');
   
   let username = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME;
   let contactPoint = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT;
   let port = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_PORT;
   let keyspace = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE;
   let listKeyUrl = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL;
   let scope = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE;
   
   // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.  
   // For system-assigned identity.
   // const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
   
   // For user-assigned identity.
   // const clientId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID;
   // const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential({
   //     managedIdentityClientId: clientId
   // });
   
   // For service principal.
   // const tenantId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID;
   // const clientId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID;
   // const clientSecret = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET;
   
   // Acquire the access token.
   var accessToken = await credential.getToken(scope);
   
   // Get the password.
   const config = {
       method: 'post',
       url: listKeyUrl,
       headers: { 
         'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken.token}`
       }
   };
   const response = await axios(config);
   const keysDict = response.data;
   const password = keysDict['primaryMasterKey'];
   
   let authProvider = new cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider(
       username,
       password
   );
   
   let client = new cassandra.Client({
       contactPoints: [`${contactPoint}:${port}`],
       authProvider: authProvider,
       localDataCenter: 'datacenter1',
       sslOptions: {
           secureProtocol: "TLSv1_2_method"
       },
   });
   
   client.connect();
   

Other

For other languages, you can use the Cassandra contact point and other properties that Service Connector sets to the environment variables to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra resource. For environment variable details, see Integrate Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra with Service Connector.

Connection String

Warning

Microsoft recommends that you use the most secure authentication flow available. The authentication flow described in this procedure requires a very high degree of trust in the application, and carries risks that are not present in other flows. You should only use this flow when other more secure flows, such as managed identities, aren't viable.

SpringBoot client type

Default environment variable name	Description	Example value
spring.data.cassandra.contact-points	Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra contact point	<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.cassandra.cosmos.azure.com
spring.data.cassandra.port	Cassandra connection port	10350
spring.data.cassandra.keyspace-name	Cassandra keyspace	<keyspace>
spring.data.cassandra.username	Cassandra username	<username>
spring.data.cassandra.password	Cassandra password	<password>
spring.data.cassandra.local-datacenter	Azure Region	<Azure-region>
spring.data.cassandra.ssl	SSL status	true

Other client types

Default environment variable name	Description	Example value
AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT	Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra contact point	<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.cassandra.cosmos.azure.com
AZURE_COSMOS_PORT	Cassandra connection port	10350
AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE	Cassandra keyspace	<keyspace>
AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME	Cassandra username	<username>
AZURE_COSMOS_PASSWORD	Cassandra password	<password>

Sample code

Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra using a connection string.

.NET

1. Install dependencies

   dotnet add package CassandraCSharpDriver --version 3.19.3
   

2. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.

   using System;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Net.Security;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using Cassandra;
   
   public class Program
   {
   	public static async Task Main()
   	{
           var cassandraContactPoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
           var userName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
           var password = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_PASSWORD");
           var cassandraPort = Int32.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
           var cassandraKeyspace = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
   
           var options = new Cassandra.SSLOptions(SslProtocols.Tls12, true, ValidateServerCertificate);
           options.SetHostNameResolver((ipAddress) => cassandraContactPoint);
           Cluster cluster = Cluster
               .Builder()
               .WithCredentials(userName, password)
               .WithPort(cassandraPort)
               .AddContactPoint(cassandraContactPoint).WithSSL(options).Build();
           ISession session = await cluster.ConnectAsync();
       }
   
       public static bool ValidateServerCertificate
   	(
           object sender,
           X509Certificate certificate,
           X509Chain chain,
           SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors
       )
       {
           if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
               return true;
   
           Console.WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);
           // Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers.
           return false;
       }
   }
   
   

For more information, see Build an Apache Cassandra app with .NET SDK and Azure Cosmos DB.

Java

1. Add the following dependencies in your pom.xml file:

   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
       <version>4.5.1</version>
   </dependency>  
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
       <version>4.0.0</version>
   </dependency>       
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-driver-extras</artifactId>
       <version>3.1.4</version>
   </dependency>
   

2. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.

   import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
   import javax.net.ssl.*;
   import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
   
   int cassandraPort = Integer.parseInt(System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
   String cassandraUsername = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
   String cassandraHost = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
   String cassandraPassword = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PASSWORD");
   String cassandraKeyspace = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
   
   final SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
   
   CqlSession session = CqlSession.builder().withSslContext(sc)
       .addContactPoint(new InetSocketAddress(cassandraHost, cassandraPort)).withLocalDatacenter('datacenter1')
       .withAuthCredentials(cassandraUsername, cassandraPassword).build();
   

For more information, see Build a Java app to manage Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra data.

SpringBoot

Set up your Spring App application according to How to use Spring Data with Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra. The connection configuration properties are added to Spring Apps by Service Connector.

Python

1. Install dependencies

   pip install Cassandra-driver 
   pip install pyopenssl
   

2. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.

   from cassandra.cluster import Cluster
   from ssl import PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, SSLContext, CERT_NONE
   from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
   
   username = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME')
   password = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_PASSWORD')
   contactPoint = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT')
   port = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_PORT')
   keyspace = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE')
   
   ssl_context = SSLContext(PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
   ssl_context.verify_mode = CERT_NONE
   auth_provider = PlainTextAuthProvider(username, password)
   cluster = Cluster([contanctPoint], port = port, auth_provider=auth_provider,ssl_context=ssl_context)
   session = cluster.connect()
   

For more information, see Build a Cassandra app with Python SDK and Azure Cosmos DB

Go

1. Install dependencies.

   go get github.com/gocql/gocql
   

2. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.

   import (
       "fmt"
       "os"
       "context"
       "log"
   
       "github.com/gocql/gocql"
   )
   
   func GetSession() *gocql.Session {
       cosmosCassandraContactPoint = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT")
       cosmosCassandraPort = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT")
       cosmosCassandraUser = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME")
       cosmosCassandraPassword = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PASSWORD")
       cosmosCassandraKeyspace = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE")
   
       clusterConfig := gocql.NewCluster(cosmosCassandraContactPoint)
       port, err := strconv.Atoi(cosmosCassandraPort)
       if err != nil {
    	    // error handling
        }
   
       clusterConfig.Port = port
        clusterConfig.ProtoVersion = 4
       clusterConfig.Authenticator = gocql.PasswordAuthenticator{Username: cosmosCassandraUser, Password: cosmosCassandraPassword}
       clusterConfig.SslOpts = &gocql.SslOptions{Config: &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12}}
   
       session, err := clusterConfig.CreateSession()
       if err != nil {
    	    // error handling
        }
       return session
   }
   
   func main() {
       session := utils.GetSession(cosmosCassandraContactPoint, cosmosCassandraPort, cosmosCassandraUser, cosmosCassandraPassword)
       defer session.Close()
       ...
   }
   

For more information, refer to Build a Go app with the gocql client to manage Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra data.

NodeJS

1. Install dependencies

   npm install cassandra-driver
   

2. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.

   const cassandra = require("cassandra-driver");
   
   let username = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME;
   let password = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_PASSWORD;
   let contactPoint = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT;
   let port = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_PORT;
   let keyspace = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE;
   
   let authProvider = new cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider(
      username,
      password
   );
   
   let client = new cassandra.Client({
        contactPoints: [`${contactPoint}:${port}`],
        authProvider: authProvider,
        localDataCenter: 'datacenter1',
        sslOptions: {
            secureProtocol: "TLSv1_2_method"
        },
    });
   
    client.connect();
   

For more details, refer to Build a Cassandra app with Node.js SDK and Azure Cosmos DB

Other

For other languages, you can use the Cassandra contact point and other properties that Service Connector sets to the environment variables to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra resource. For environment variable details, see Integrate Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra with Service Connector.

Service principal

Default environment variable name	Description	Example value
AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL	The URL to get the connection string	https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<subscription-ID>/resourceGroups/<resource-group-name>/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>/listKeys?api-version=2021-04-15
AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE	Your managed identity scope	https://management.azure.com/.default
AZURE_COSMOS_RESOURCEENDPOINT	Your resource endpoint	https://<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.documents.azure.com:443/
AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT	Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra contact point	<Azure-Cosmos-DB-account>.cassandra.cosmos.azure.com
AZURE_COSMOS_PORT	Cassandra connection port	10350
AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE	Cassandra keyspace	<keyspace>
AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME	Cassandra username	<username>
AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID	Your client ID	<client-ID>
AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET	Your client secret	<client-secret>
AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID	Your tenant ID	<tenant-ID>

Sample code

Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra using a service principal.

.NET

1. Install dependencies

   dotnet add package CassandraCSharpDriver --version 3.19.3
   dotnet add package Azure.Identity
   

2. Get an access token for the managed identity or service principal using client library Azure.Identity. Use the access token and AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   using System;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Net.Security;
   using System.Net.Http;
   using System.Security.Authentication;
   using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using Cassandra;
   using Azure.Identity;
   
   public class Program
   {
   	public static async Task Main()
   	{
           var cassandraContactPoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
           var userName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
           var cassandraPort = Int32.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
           var cassandraKeyspace = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
           var listKeyUrl = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL");
           var scope = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE");
   
           // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
           // For system-assigned identity.
           // var tokenProvider = new DefaultAzureCredential();
   
           // For user-assigned identity.
           // var tokenProvider = new DefaultAzureCredential(
           //     new DefaultAzureCredentialOptions
           //     {
           //         ManagedIdentityClientId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID");
           //     }
           // );
   
           // For service principal.
           // var tenantId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID");
           // var clientId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID");
           // var clientSecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET");
           // var tokenProvider = new ClientSecretCredential(tenantId, clientId, clientSecret);
   
           // Acquire the access token. 
           AccessToken accessToken = await tokenProvider.GetTokenAsync(
               new TokenRequestContext(scopes: new string[]{ scope }));
   
           // Get the password.
           var httpClient = new HttpClient();
           httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", $"Bearer {accessToken.Token}");
           var response = await httpClient.POSTAsync(listKeyUrl);
           var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
           var keys = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(responseBody);
           var password = keys["primaryMasterKey"];
   
           // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
           var options = new Cassandra.SSLOptions(SslProtocols.Tls12, true, ValidateServerCertificate);
           options.SetHostNameResolver((ipAddress) => cassandraContactPoint);
           Cluster cluster = Cluster
               .Builder()
               .WithCredentials(userName, password)
               .WithPort(cassandraPort)
               .AddContactPoint(cassandraContactPoint).WithSSL(options).Build();
           ISession session = await cluster.ConnectAsync();
       }
   
       public static bool ValidateServerCertificate
   	(
           object sender,
           X509Certificate certificate,
           X509Chain chain,
           SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors
       )
       {
           if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
               return true;
   
           Console.WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);
           // Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers.
           return false;
       }
   }
   
   

Java

1. Add the following dependencies in your pom.xml file:

   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
       <version>4.5.1</version>
   </dependency>  
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
       <version>4.0.0</version>
   </dependency>       
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-driver-extras</artifactId>
       <version>3.1.4</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.5</version>
   </dependency>
   

2. Get an access token for the managed identity or service principal using azure-identity. Use the access token and AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
   import javax.net.ssl.*;
   import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
   import com.azure.identity.*;
   import com.azure.core.credentital.*;
   import java.net.http.*;
   import java.net.URI;
   
   int cassandraPort = Integer.parseInt(System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT"));
   String cassandraUsername = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME");
   String cassandraHost = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT");
   String cassandraKeyspace = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE");
   String listKeyUrl = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL");
   String scope = System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE");
   
   // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
   // For system managed identity.
   // DefaultAzureCredential defaultCredential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder().build();
   
   // For user assigned managed identity.
   // DefaultAzureCredential defaultCredential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder()
   //     .managedIdentityClientId(System.getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID"))
   //     .build();
   
   // For service principal.
   // ClientSecretCredential defaultCredential = new ClientSecretCredentialBuilder()
   //   .clientId(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID>"))
   //   .clientSecret(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET>"))
   //   .tenantId(System.getenv("<AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID>"))
   //   .build();
   
   // Get the access token.
   AccessToken accessToken = defaultCredential.getToken(new TokenRequestContext().addScopes(new String[]{ scope })).block();
   String token = accessToken.getToken();
   
   // Get the password.
   HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder().build();
   HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
       .uri(new URI(listKeyUrl))
       .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + token)
       .POST()
       .build();
   HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
   JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
   JSONObject responseBody = parser.parse(response.body());
   String cassandraPassword = responseBody.get("primaryMasterKey");
   
   // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
   final SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
   CqlSession session = CqlSession.builder().withSslContext(sc)
       .addContactPoint(new InetSocketAddress(cassandraHost, cassandraPort)).withLocalDatacenter('datacenter1')
       .withAuthCredentials(cassandraUsername, cassandraPassword).build();
   

SpringBoot

Authentication type is not supported for Spring Boot.

Python

1. Install dependencies

   pip install Cassandra-driver 
   pip install pyopenssl
   pip install azure-identity
   

2. Use azure-identity to authenticate with the managed identity or service principal and send request to AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL to get the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   from cassandra.cluster import Cluster
   from ssl import PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, SSLContext, CERT_NONE
   from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
   import requests
   from azure.identity import ManagedIdentityCredential, ClientSecretCredential
   
   username = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME')
   contactPoint = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT')
   port = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_PORT')
   keyspace = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE')
   listKeyUrl = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL')
   scope = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE')
   
   # Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
   # For system-assigned managed identity
   # cred = ManagedIdentityCredential()
   
   # For user-assigned managed identity
   # managed_identity_client_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID')
   # cred = ManagedIdentityCredential(client_id=managed_identity_client_id)
   
   # For service principal
   # tenant_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID')
   # client_id = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID')
   # client_secret = os.getenv('AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET')
   # cred = ClientSecretCredential(tenant_id=tenant_id, client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret)
   
   # Get the password 
   session = requests.Session()
   token = cred.get_token(scope)
   response = session.post(listKeyUrl, headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(token.token)})
   keys_dict = response.json()
   password = keys_dict['primaryMasterKey']
   
   # Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra.
   ssl_context = SSLContext(PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
   ssl_context.verify_mode = CERT_NONE
   auth_provider = PlainTextAuthProvider(username, password)
   cluster = Cluster([contanctPoint], port = port, auth_provider=auth_provider,ssl_context=ssl_context)
   session = cluster.connect()
   

Go

1. Install dependencies.

   go get github.com/gocql/gocql
   go get "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
   go get "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore"
   

2. In code, get an access token via azidentity, then use it to acquire the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import (
       "fmt"
       "os"
       "context"
       "log"
       "io/ioutil"
       "encoding/json"
   
       "github.com/gocql/gocql"
       "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
   )
   
   func GetSession() *gocql.Session {
       cosmosCassandraContactPoint = os.Getenv("AAZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT")
       cosmosCassandraPort = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_PORT")
       cosmosCassandraUser = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME")
       cosmosCassandraKeyspace = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE")
       listKeyUrl = os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL")
       scope = os.Getenv("AZUE_COSMOS_SCOPE")
   
       // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.
       // For system-assigned identity.
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
   
       // For user-assigned identity.
       // clientid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID")
       // azidentity.ManagedIdentityCredentialOptions.ID := clientid
       // options := &azidentity.ManagedIdentityCredentialOptions{ID: clientid}
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewManagedIdentityCredential(options)
   
       // For service principal.
       // clientid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID")
       // tenantid := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID")
       // clientsecret := os.Getenv("AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET")
       // cred, err := azidentity.NewClientSecretCredential(tenantid, clientid, clientsecret, &azidentity.ClientSecretCredentialOptions{})
   
       // Acquire the access token.
       ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
       token, err := cred.GetToken(ctx, policy.TokenRequestOptions{
           Scopes: []string{scope},
       })
   
       // Acquire the password.
       client := &http.Client{}
   	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", listKeyUrl, nil)
   	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + token.Token)
   	resp, err := client.Do(req)
       body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
       var result map[string]interface{}
        json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
       cosmosCassandraPassword, err := result["primaryMasterKey"]
   
       // Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra
       clusterConfig := gocql.NewCluster(cosmosCassandraContactPoint)
       port, err := strconv.Atoi(cosmosCassandraPort)
       clusterConfig.Port = port
        clusterConfig.ProtoVersion = 4
       clusterConfig.Authenticator = gocql.PasswordAuthenticator{Username: cosmosCassandraUser, Password: cosmosCassandraPassword}
       clusterConfig.SslOpts = &gocql.SslOptions{Config: &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12}}
   
       session, err := clusterConfig.CreateSession()
       return session
   }
   
   func main() {
       session := utils.GetSession(cosmosCassandraContactPoint, cosmosCassandraPort, cosmosCassandraUser, cosmosCassandraPassword)
       defer session.Close()
       ...
   }
   

NodeJS

1. Install dependencies

   npm install cassandra-driver
   npm install --save @azure/identity
   

2. In code, get the access token via @azure/identity, then use it to acquire the password. Get the connection information from the environment variables added by Service Connector and connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra. When using the code below, uncomment the part of the code snippet for the authentication type you want to use.

   import { DefaultAzureCredential,ClientSecretCredential } from "@azure/identity";
   const cassandra = require("cassandra-driver");
   const axios = require('axios');
   
   let username = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_USERNAME;
   let contactPoint = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CONTACTPOINT;
   let port = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_PORT;
   let keyspace = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_KEYSPACE;
   let listKeyUrl = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_LISTKEYURL;
   let scope = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_SCOPE;
   
   // Uncomment the following lines corresponding to the authentication type you want to use.  
   // For system-assigned identity.
   // const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
   
   // For user-assigned identity.
   // const clientId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID;
   // const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential({
   //     managedIdentityClientId: clientId
   // });
   
   // For service principal.
   // const tenantId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_TENANTID;
   // const clientId = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTID;
   // const clientSecret = process.env.AZURE_COSMOS_CLIENTSECRET;
   
   // Acquire the access token.
   var accessToken = await credential.getToken(scope);
   
   // Get the password.
   const config = {
       method: 'post',
       url: listKeyUrl,
       headers: { 
         'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken.token}`
       }
   };
   const response = await axios(config);
   const keysDict = response.data;
   const password = keysDict['primaryMasterKey'];
   
   let authProvider = new cassandra.auth.PlainTextAuthProvider(
       username,
       password
   );
   
   let client = new cassandra.Client({
       contactPoints: [`${contactPoint}:${port}`],
       authProvider: authProvider,
       localDataCenter: 'datacenter1',
       sslOptions: {
           secureProtocol: "TLSv1_2_method"
       },
   });
   
   client.connect();
   

Other

For other languages, you can use the Cassandra contact point and other properties that Service Connector sets to the environment variables to connect to Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra resource. For environment variable details, see Integrate Azure Cosmos DB for Cassandra with Service Connector.

Next steps

Follow the tutorials listed below to learn more about Service Connector.

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