Create a keyspace and table for Azure Cosmos DB - API for Cassandra

APPLIES TO: Cassandra

Note

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Sample script

# Reference: Az.CosmosDB | https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/az.cosmosdb
# --------------------------------------------------
# Purpose
# Create Cosmos Cassandra API account with automatic failover,
# a keyspace, and a table with defined schema, dedicated throughput, and
# conflict resolution policy with last writer wins and custom resolver path.
# --------------------------------------------------
Function New-RandomString{Param ([Int]$Length = 10) return $(-join ((97..122) + (48..57) | Get-Random -Count $Length | ForEach-Object {[char]$_}))}
# --------------------------------------------------
$uniqueId = New-RandomString -Length 7 # Random alphanumeric string for unique resource names
$apiKind = "Cassandra"
# --------------------------------------------------
# Variables - ***** SUBSTITUTE YOUR VALUES *****
$locations = @()
$locations += New-AzCosmosDBLocationObject -LocationName "East Us" -FailoverPriority 0 -IsZoneRedundant 0
$locations += New-AzCosmosDBLocationObject -LocationName "West Us" -FailoverPriority 1 -IsZoneRedundant 0

$resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup" # Resource Group must already exist
$accountName = "cosmos-$uniqueId" # Must be all lower case
$consistencyLevel = "BoundedStaleness"
$maxStalenessInterval = 300
$maxStalenessPrefix = 100000
$tags = @{Tag1 = "MyTag1"; Tag2 = "MyTag2"; Tag3 = "MyTag3"}
$keyspaceName = "mykeyspace"
$tableName = "mytable"
$tableRUs = 400
$partitionKeys = @("machine", "cpu", "mtime")
$clusterKeys = @( 
    @{ name = "loadid"; orderBy = "Asc" };
    @{ name = "duration"; orderBy = "Desc" }
)
$columns = @(
    @{ name = "loadid"; type = "uuid" };
    @{ name = "machine"; type = "uuid" };
    @{ name = "cpu"; type = "int" };
    @{ name = "mtime"; type = "int" };
    @{ name = "load"; type = "float" };
    @{ name = "duration"; type = "float" }
)
# --------------------------------------------------
Write-Host "Creating account $accountName"
$account = New-AzCosmosDBAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -LocationObject $locations -Name $accountName -ApiKind $apiKind -Tag $tags `
    -DefaultConsistencyLevel $consistencyLevel `
    -MaxStalenessIntervalInSeconds $maxStalenessInterval `
    -MaxStalenessPrefix $maxStalenessPrefix `
    -EnableAutomaticFailover:$true

Write-Host "Creating keyspace $keyspaceName"
$keyspace = New-AzCosmosDBCassandraKeyspace -ParentObject $account `
    -Name $keyspaceName

# Table Schema
$psClusterKeys = @()
ForEach ($clusterKey in $clusterKeys) {
    $psClusterKeys += New-AzCosmosDBCassandraClusterKey -Name $clusterKey.name -OrderBy $clusterKey.orderBy
}

$psColumns = @()
ForEach ($column in $columns) {
    $psColumns += New-AzCosmosDBCassandraColumn -Name $column.name -Type $column.type
}

$schema = New-AzCosmosDBCassandraSchema `
    -PartitionKey $partitionKeys `
    -ClusterKey $psClusterKeys `
    -Column $psColumns

Write-Host "Creating table $tableName"
$table = New-AzCosmosDBCassandraTable -ParentObject $keyspace `
    -Name $tableName -Schema $schema -Throughput $tableRUs 

Clean up deployment

After the script sample has been run, the following command can be used to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it.

Remove-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName "myResourceGroup"

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Command	Notes
Azure Cosmos DB
New-AzCosmosDBAccount	Creates an Azure Cosmos DB Account.
New-AzCosmosDBCassandraKeyspace	Creates an Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Keyspace.
New-AzCosmosDBCassandraClusterKey	Creates an Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Cluster Key.
New-AzCosmosDBCassandraColumn	Creates an Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Column.
New-AzCosmosDBCassandraSchema	Creates an Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Schema.
New-AzCosmosDBCassandraTable	Creates an Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Table.
Azure Resource Groups
Remove-AzResourceGroup	Deletes a resource group including all nested resources.

Next steps

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