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# Apache Cassandra Connector 4.1 Additional Configuration Information

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Configure Anypoint Connector for Apache Cassandra (Apache Cassandra Connector) to work in your
environment with basic authentication and DataSense functionality.

## Enable Apache Cassandra Authentication

By default, accessing the Apache Cassandra database does not require credentials. You need to
configure Apache Cassandra to enable authentication. The Apache Cassandra Connector configuration
must match the Apache Cassandra configuration for basic authentication.

After enabling authentication, run the `cqlsh` command from the Apache Cassandra installation home
directory as shown in this example, which uses default credentials with username `cassandra` and
password `cassandra`:

```text
bin/cqlsh localhost -u cassandra -p cassandra
Connected to Test Cluster at localhost:9042.
[cqlsh 5.0.1 | Cassandra 3.10 | CQL spec 3.4.4 | Native protocol v4]
Use HELP for help.
```

1.  After installing Apache Cassandra, open the `conf\cassandra.yaml` file for editing.

2.  Optionally, change the value of `AllowAllAuthenticator` to `PasswordAuthenticator`.

3.  Restart Apache Cassandra.

4.  In a separate terminal tab, verify that Apache Cassandra is running:

    `bin/nodetool status`

## POJO Configuration

The connector exposes multiple operations in the Apache Cassandra Connector Reference. The following
operations accept some POJOs as input parameters, which are needed for the DataSense functionality:

- `addNewColumn`

- `changeColumnType`

- `createKeyspace`

- `createTable`

- `deleteColumnsValue`

- `deleteRows`

- `dropColumn`

- `dropKeyspace`

- `dropTable`

- `executeCQLQuery`

- `getTableNamesFromKeyspace`

- `renameColumn`

- `select`

- `update`

## See Also

- [Introduction to Anypoint Connectors](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/introduction-to-anypoint-connectors)

- [Salesforce Help](https://help.salesforce.com)