Category: Sync Gateway
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So, you want to build a data sync solution….
Mobile apps depend on data to operate, and as a developer, how you decide to handle that data can have huge implications on app performance. To provide the best possible experience, you must ensure…
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Scopes and Collections Support in Couchbase Mobile for Edge Applications
We’re pleased to announce the general availability of Couchbase Mobile 3.1, which includes Couchbase Lite and Sync Gateway for mobile and edge computing solutions. This is a significant release that introduces cloud-to-edge support for…
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Data Replication and Synchronization in Couchbase
Data replication and synchronization may seem redundant at first glance. They both refer to copying data from one persistent repository to another for consistency in a distributed architecture. But for Couchbase, each term has…
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Energy at the Edge: How the Right Database Can Lower Our Gas Prices
What can a database do to help an oil and gas company lower rising prices at the pump? It turns out, a lot! In this post, I explore some data-related factors of rapidly increasing…
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The Future of Healthcare is at the Edge
How Can Couchbase Lite and Sync Gateway help if you’re hurt, and stranded on a remote mountain top? I hope you were able to attend ConnectONLINE, our recent developer conference that featured a ton…
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An Introduction to Edge Computing Architectures
If I asked five different people what “edge computing” is, I’d most certainly get five different answers. Confusingly, they’d probably all be right. Edge computing is a strategic architecture that’s growing in popularity, but…
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How to Troubleshoot Your SDK Connection using SDK Doctor & Couchbase Alternate Addresses
It’s a common experience to run into network connection errors when you’re developing an application – particularly if you’re connecting from your local computer SDK to a remote cluster. Is your SDK not connected?…
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![OIDC Authorization Code Flow for Client Authentication in Couchbase Sync Gateway [Part 3 of 3]](https://www.couchbase.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/05/openid-connect-authorization-code-flow-client-authentication-couchbase-sync-gateway-1024x536.jpg)
OIDC Authorization Code Flow for Client Authentication in Couchbase Sync Gateway [Part 3 of 3]
Couchbase Sync Gateway supports OpenID Connect or OIDC-based client authentication. 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…
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![OIDC Implicit Flow for Client Authentication in Couchbase Sync Gateway [Part 2 of 3]](https://www.couchbase.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/05/oidc-implicit-flow-client-authentication-authorization-couchbase-sync-gateway-1024x536.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…
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![OAuth 2.0 & OIDC Fundamentals for Authentication & Authorization [Part 1 of 3]](https://www.couchbase.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/05/feature-1024x536.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…
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Announcing Couchbase Mobile 2.6
Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Couchbase Mobile 2.6. This release comes on the heels of Couchbase Mobile 2.5 which we released in April of this year. This is the first in a…
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5G and Edge Computing: The New Battleground in Database Tech
On the MongoDB earnings call last week, president and CEO Dev Ittycheria gave some huge forward guidance – he’s betting big on mobile, 5G, and edge computing. One of the killer features that we…