On Linux, Couchbase Server is installed as a standalone application with support for running as a background (daemon) process during startup through the use of a standard control script, /etc/init.d/couchbase-server. The startup script is automatically installed during installation from one of the Linux packaged releases (Debian/Ubuntu or RedHat/CentOS). By default Couchbase Server is configured to be started automatically at run levels 2, 3, 4, and 5, and explicitly shutdown at run levels 0, 1 and 6.

To manually start Couchbase Server using the startup/shutdown script:

shell> sudo /etc/init.d/couchbase-server start

To manually stop Couchbase Server using the startup/shutdown script:

shell> sudo /etc/init.d/couchbase-server stop