IntelliJ

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Overview¶

IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment written in Java for developing computer software written in Java, Kotlin, Groovy, and other JVM-based languages. It is developed by JetBrains, and is available as an Apache 2 Licensed community edition, and in a proprietary commercial edition.

Prerequisites¶

You should have an Astra account
You should Create an Astra Database
You should Have an Astra Token
You should download either Community or ultimate edition of intelliJ from the Download Page

Installation Guide¶

✅ 1. Download Plugin¶

Astra DB Explorer Installation Page

Open the plugin panel and search for astra

File > Preferences > Plugins

Click the [INSTALL] button

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Once the plugin is downloaded and installed you will be asked to restart

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✅ 2. Setup Plugin¶

During the first restart you will got an IDE error occured message it is expected we will now configure the plugin

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The plugin configuration is defined in a file on disk located at ${user.home}/.astra/config. Fortunately you can do it directly in the IDE
In the bottom left hand corner locate the panel astra.explorer and open it

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✅ 3. Edit Profiles¶

In the drop down menu select Edit Profiles the configuration file is referred as a profile

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You will be asked if you want to create the file, click [CREATE]

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Also pick the first option in the radio button Edit this file anyway

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The file open and the content should look like. Not that the value used for the bearerToken is the one starting by AstraCS:..... Save the file

[astraProfileFile.profiles]
default = "AstraCS:XXXX"

✅ 4. Reload Profiles¶

Now on the drop down menu select Reload Profiles

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Et voila! You can now list databases on your Astra organization and for each you can see the different keyspaces

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Last update: 2023-10-13