First at all, I would like to clarify something that maybe sounds evident, but sometimes we forget, the path is not a string, it is a fact that we must keep in mind to avoid headaches in our journey in Python.  Since Python 3.4 in advance, we count on a powerful and versatile module called pathlib.

Sometimes, the only thing that we want is to drop a database(not in PRODUCTION) and recreate it from scratch, especially when we are in the process of automating the deployment of our MySQL databases, for instance using liquibase. Therefore, it is not uncommon in an initial testing process to wish to drop and recreate our tested database.

The aim of this post is to show you a specific and useful tip in Python for replacing strings with matched values contained in a dictionary, for this task that could sound trivial but in the practice may represent an interesting challenge.

This is the last article of the series about “Configuring a Cassandra Cluster in the Cloud” composed of three articles, the first article was about the architecture of the Cassandra Cluster and complete prerequisites, in the second article we walked through the setup process for installing Cassandra, and finally, in this article, we will be developing all the steps for completing our solution in Azure.  I would like to highlight that these particular series include Azure as the cloud platform, however, the first two articles can be considered agnostic in terms of the mechanisms and approaches used for the main configuration of the Cassandra Cluster.