Category: Best Practices and Tutorials
An Introduction to Couchbase Cloud: Migration Made Easy
It’s not a straightforward question to answer: How do I move my on-premises, virtualised or public cloud solution over to a shiny new fully managed cloud infrastructure – with as little disruption as possible? Migration concerns are high on the...
Daniel Bull, Associate Solutions Engineer
July 2, 2021
![OIDC Implicit Flow for Client Authentication in Couchbase Sync Gateway [Part 2 of 3]](https://www.couchbase.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/oidc-implicit-flow-client-authentication-authorization-couchbase-sync-gateway-800x280.jpg)
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...
Priya Rajagopal, Senior Director, Product Management
June 29, 2021
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...
Jeff Morris, VP Product Marketing
June 24, 2021
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....
Patrick Stephens, Senior Software Engineer
June 23, 2021
![OAuth 2.0 & OIDC Fundamentals for Authentication & Authorization [Part 1 of 3]](https://www.couchbase.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/feature-800x280.png)
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...
Priya Rajagopal, Senior Director, Product Management
June 22, 2021
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...
Prasad Doddi
June 21, 2021
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...
James Powenski, Couchbase Senior Solutions Engineer
June 17, 2021
How to Take Python Input in Couchbase
Writing software is never easy. Writing software that appeals to users requires interacting with them. So do you get relevant data that you can put to use on behalf of users? Python – the most-wanted language for building software according...
Tyler Mitchell
June 2, 2021
Why Data Encryption Is Essential
This article aims to bring awareness around the importance of data encryption, considering the astounding rate at which data is being produced, transmitted and consumed. We will discuss the need for data protection, regulation, and some encryption best practices. Organizations...
Arun Vijayraghavan
May 20, 2021
Alternate Address & Port Support for Couchbase/N1QL Clusters
In order to connect to Couchbase deployments on cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP) or Kubernetes, we support multi-addresses in the form of alternate addresses. External applications use this facility to communicate with the cluster, but not directly to the nodes....
Isha Kandaswamy
May 13, 2021
Craft the Right Query, Get the Right Performance
There is a great blog on getting the best performance out of our Indexing service: “Create the Right Index, Get the Right Performance.”, both that blog and its advice have stood the test of time. So why not have a...
Sam Redman, Solutions Engineer
April 28, 2021
Develop a User Profile Store and Session Store with Node.js – Video
This companion video complements the Create a User Profile Store with Node.js and a NoSQL Database article. For example, we start from scratch, introduce valuable concepts demonstrating user data storage with NoSQL. We use the Couchbase Node SDK and tools...
Eric Bishard
March 19, 2021