Tutorial prerequisites and considerations

Before you start this tutorial, follow the AWS setup instructions in Accessing Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra). These steps include signing up for AWS and creating an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) principal with access to Amazon Keyspaces. Take note of the name of the IAM user and the access keys because you'll need them later in this tutorial.

Create a keyspace with the name myKeyspaceand at least one table to test the connection using the VPC endpoint later in this tutorial. You can find detailed instructions in Getting started with Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra).

After completing the prerequisite steps, proceed to Step 1: Launch an Amazon EC2 instance.