Cassandra 5.0 Cluster Tutorial 2025: Ansible Automation for DevOps Tasks
What’s New in 2025
Key Updates and Changes
- Cassandra 5.0: Storage Attached Indexes (SAI), Vector Search, Unified Compaction
- Ansible 2.19: Event-driven automation, enhanced cloud integrations
- VirtualBox Compatibility: Use 6.1.x with Vagrant 2.4.1 for stability
- Security First: Ansible Vault and external secret managers now standard
- Infrastructure as Code: Git-based workflows with Ansible Collections
Deprecated Features
- Cassandra 3.x is end-of-life
- Legacy Ansible inventory formats
- Manual SSH key management (use automation)
- Static inventories for cloud environments
Cassandra Tutorial: Setting up Ansible for our Cassandra Database Cluster for DevOps/DBA tasks
Ansible is a key DevOps/DBA tool for managing backups and rolling upgrades to the Cassandra cluster in AWS/EC2. Ansible uses ssh, so you do not have to install an agent to use it. In 2025, Ansible remains the preferred automation tool with improved event-driven capabilities.