CASSANDRA-14298 cqlshlib tests broken on b.a.o Resolved CASSANDRA-14872 Update to version of python driver and update cqlsh to use driver metadata for virtual tables Below is the code to connect with cassandra from python. from cassandra.cluster import Cluster from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider auth_provider = PlainTextAuthProvider(username='username', password='password') cluster = Cluster(["hostname"],auth_provider = auth_provider) session = cluster.connect() session.set_keyspace('keyspace') cluster.connect()