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---
layout: "docs"
page_title: "Cassandra - Database - Secrets Engines"
sidebar_current: "docs-secrets-databases-cassandra"
description: |-
Cassandra is one of the supported plugins for the database secrets engine.
This plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured
roles for the Cassandra database.
---
# Cassandra Database Secrets Engine
Cassandra is one of the supported plugins for the database secrets engine. This
plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured roles for
the Cassandra database.
See the [database secrets engine](/docs/secrets/databases/index.html) docs for
more information about setting up the database secrets engine.
## Setup
1. Enable the database secrets engine if it is not already enabled:
```text
$ vault secrets enable database
Success! Enabled the database secrets engine at: database/
```
By default, the secrets engine will enable at the name of the engine. To
enable the secrets engine at a different path, use the `-path` argument.
1. Configure Vault with the proper plugin and connection information:
```text
$ vault write database/config/my-cassandra-database \
plugin_name="cassandra-database-plugin" \
hosts=127.0.0.1 \
protocol_version=4 \
username=cassandra \
password=cassandra \
allowed_roles=my-role
```
1. Configure a role that maps a name in Vault to an SQL statement to execute to
create the database credential:
```text
$ vault write database/roles/my-role \
db_name=my-cassandra-database \
creation_statements="CREATE USER '{{username}}' WITH PASSWORD '{{password}}' NOSUPERUSER; \
GRANT SELECT ON ALL KEYSPACES TO {{username}};" \
default_ttl="1h" \
max_ttl="24h"
Success! Data written to: database/roles/my-role
```
## Usage
After the secrets engine is configured and a user/machine has a Vault token with
the proper permission, it can generate credentials.
1. Generate a new credential by reading from the `/creds` endpoint with the name
of the role:
```text
$ vault read database/creds/my-role
Key Value
--- -----
lease_id database/creds/my-role/2f6a614c-4aa2-7b19-24b9-ad944a8d4de6
lease_duration 1h
lease_renewable true
password 8cab931c-d62e-a73d-60d3-5ee85139cd66
username v-root-e2978cd0-
```
## API
The full list of configurable options can be seen in the [Cassandra database
plugin API](/api/secret/databases/cassandra.html) page.
For more information on the database secrets engine's HTTP API please see the [Database secret
secrets engine API](/api/secret/databases/index.html) page.