Introducing the New Data Replication Protocol in Couchbase Mobile 2.0
In a distributed system, updates to a shared database from multiple clients will have to be synchronized. The goal of the replication process is to ensure that all the mobile clients and the server(s) have a consistent view of the...
Access to Shared Couchbase Database Bucket From Mobile and Web Clients
With the release of Sync Gateway 1.5 and Couchbase Server 5.0, mobile and web clients can seamlessly access documents in the same Couchbase Server bucket. This implies that a document created by a web app via the Couchbase SDK will...
Certificate Pinning in your Couchbase Mobile iOS App
Communication between Couchbase Lite and Sync Gateway is encryped and secured using SSL/TLS. The SSL/TLS protocol relies on a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) mechanism using a X.509 certificate to establish the Sync Gateway server’s identity. The certificate is typically issued/signed...
Managing Database Sizes in Couchbase Mobile and Conflict Resolution
Couchbase Mobile uses a Multi Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) technique for handling conflicts. One of the challenges in a MVCC based system is that over time, a document can grow to have multiple revisions. One can conclude that if all...
Demystifying Conflict Resolution in Couchbase Mobile
Conflicts can occur in replication environments where a document can be updated concurrently by one or more writers. This is especially common in mobile environments wherein unreliable network connections may result in concurrent changes from multiple devices not being synchronized in...
Data Sharing with Couchbase Lite between iOS Apps and App Extensions
This post discusses how to use Couchbase Lite as an embedded database to share data between your iOS App and iOS App Extension. App Extensions implement a specific task or functionality that can be exposed to other apps on the device...
Data Synchronization Across iOS Devices Using Couchbase Mobile
This post looks at how you get started with data replication/synchronization across iOS devices using Couchbase Mobile. The Couchbase Mobile Stack comprises of Couchbase Server, Sync Gateway and Couchbase Lite embedded NoSQL Database. In an earlier post, we discussed how...
Querying Couchbase Sync Gateway using Postman
This post discusses a convenient way to query, explore and test the REST API exposed by the Couchbase Mobile Sync Gateway using the Postman Chrome Developer tool. Sync Gateway exposes a REST, Batch & Stream interface that allows clients interact with...
Getting Started with Couchbase Lite in your iOS App : Part1
This post looks at how you can get started with Couchbase Lite in your iOS App. Couchbase Lite is an embedded JSON database that can work standalone, in a P2P network, or with a Sync Gateway as a remote endpoint. While we will...
Ahoy-Hoy Couchbase! This is Priya Rajagopal…
I just started as a Developer Advocate, focusing on Mobile at Couchbase, so let me use the opportunity to introduce myself. I am based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, ranked as one of the top college towns in the US. I’ve...