Month: June 2021

Couchbase Modifies License of Free Community Edition Package

Couchbase Modifies License of Free Community Edition Package

As Couchbase increases its presence in the market, we have decided to modify the distribution and usage license of some of our free products. This change is necessary in order to protect the community from over-deployment of unsupported and unpatched...

June 30, 2021
OIDC Implicit Flow for Client Authentication in Couchbase Sync Gateway [Part 2 of 3]

OIDC Implicit Flow for Client Authentication in Couchbase Sync Gateway [Part 2 of 3]

OpenID Connect (OIDC) is a popular client authentication mechanism supported by Couchbase Sync Gateway. In this context, clients may be Couchbase Lite clients that synchronize data with Sync Gateway over the Internet using the websockets-based replication protocol or they could...

Couchbase Mobile Offers Embedded Java Write Throughput and More

Couchbase Mobile Offers Embedded Java Write Throughput and More

Couchbase Mobile extends the power of Couchbase to the edge, securely managing and syncing data from any cloud to edge devices or directly between edge devices. In this post, I discuss the main features in the Couchbase Lite and Sync...

J is for June, July & Java Developers

J is for June, July & Java Developers

As Java developers begin planning their June and July vacations, we felt it would be appropriate to celebrate our own commitment to a four-letter word that starts with J: Java. At Couchbase, this June and July are dedicated to Java...

Using Fluent Bit for Log Forwarding & Processing with Couchbase Server

Using Fluent Bit for Log Forwarding & Processing with Couchbase Server

With the recent release of Couchbase Autonomous Operator (CAO) 2.2, we have recently provided log processing and forwarding for the Kubernetes deployments using the OSS Fluent Bit tooling. This is also OSS and available on GitHub or as a container....

OAuth 2.0 & OIDC Fundamentals for Authentication & Authorization [Part 1 of 3]

OAuth 2.0 & OIDC Fundamentals for Authentication & Authorization [Part 1 of 3]

Developers and architects simply can’t build modern applications without running into issues of authorization and authentication. OAuth 2.0 is an industry standard for “delegated authorization” which is the ability to provide an application or client access to data or features offered...

New and Improved Import in Couchbase Cloud

New and Improved Import in Couchbase Cloud

We’re happy to announce that the release of Couchbase Cloud 1.6 comes with a number of key improvements, particularly in data import. These feature improvements include Import of documents using the Couchbase Cloud Web UI with various key generation and...

June 21, 2021
How to Use Global Secondary Index Partitioning for More Than Partitions

How to Use Global Secondary Index Partitioning for More Than Partitions

As a field engineer, I work with customers and often see them using Couchbase features with a “thinking-out-of-the-box” approach. One such feature that I see being used more creatively is Global Secondary Index (GSI) partitions. Let’s first discuss GSI and...

Google Autopilot and the Journey from Manual to Autonomous

Google Autopilot and the Journey from Manual to Autonomous

It’s fair to say that Kubernetes has done wonders for containerization, becoming a crucial component of organizations’ digital transformation strategies. Kubernetes goes some way to easing the burden of managing various container clusters, while its ease-of-use minimizes the time taken...

Couchbase Cloud New Features Now Available: Public API, Improved Import

Couchbase Cloud New Features Now Available: Public API, Improved Import

We are pleased to announce the release of Couchbase Cloud version 1.6, which introduces features that streamline account administration, enhance data migration and simplify how you work with Couchbase Cloud. In this post I’ll provide a general overview of the...

Why NoSQL JSON Databases Are So Useful

Why NoSQL JSON Databases Are So Useful

My family hears me talk about JSON databases rather frequently. Naturally, I had to explain that Jason is not the owner of my company! Instead, many modern databases use JSON as a data format. They usually leave the room at...

Announcing Couchbase Autonomous Operator 2.2

Announcing Couchbase Autonomous Operator 2.2

Today we are announcing the General Availability of Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes (CAO) Version 2.2. This release provides an automated cloud-native database experience with exciting new features and improvements, such as: Auto-scaling Couchbase services Online storage scaling (scale up...