Category: Security

A Multi-Cloud Security Overview (Best Practices & Challenges)

A Multi-Cloud Security Overview (Best Practices & Challenges)

As more and more organizations adopt cloud computing, the use of multi-cloud environments is becoming increasingly common. However, with this approach comes the need for robust multi-cloud security strategies to effectively secure and protect data and resources across multiple cloud...

A Deeper Dive Into Couchbase Capella™

A Deeper Dive Into Couchbase Capella™

Couchbase Capella Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) eases database management, reduces costs, offers flexibility for developers, and delivers high performance for modern applications. Its use of the SQL++ query language and user-friendly interface, inspired by tools like GitHub, make Capella easy for developers and...

Security vulnerability CVE-2022-42889, Text4Shell

Security vulnerability CVE-2022-42889, Text4Shell

What is Text4Shell vulnerability? A critical severity security vulnerability affecting the Apache Commons Text library (CVE-2022-42889) Text4Shell that can be exploited and was made public on October 13, 2022. As soon as Couchbase became aware of this issue, we investigated...

HashiCorp Vault Support Added to Couchbase

HashiCorp Vault Support Added to Couchbase

Couchbase has expanded its partnership with HashiCorp and added support for HashiCorp Vault to keep TLS private key secrets safe. Our customers have been deploying and managing Couchbase using Terraform from HashiCorp for years because it makes architects and DevOps...

Couchbase vs. MongoDB: NoSQL Misconceptions Part 3

Couchbase vs. MongoDB: NoSQL Misconceptions Part 3

Misconceptions about NoSQL have been around as long as NoSQL itself. It’s always good to get different perspectives, and so this blog series continues. I’ll be discussing NoSQL misconceptions, specifically when it comes to two of the top document database...

July 12, 2022
Encrypted Private Keys & Multi-CA, Enterprise Security Enhancements In Couchbase Server 7.1

Encrypted Private Keys & Multi-CA, Enterprise Security Enhancements In Couchbase Server 7.1

Couchbase Server 7.1 introduces a range of security enhancements for TLS certificates. These are used to encrypt and decrypt data transmitted over the network and can also authenticate users. We’re excited to introduce four enhancements:  Multiple Certificate Authorities Encrypted TLS...

Flexible and Resilient Data Protection with Couchbase Server 7.1

Flexible and Resilient Data Protection with Couchbase Server 7.1

Couchbase 7.1 comes with more flexibility and choice for data backups. We introduce direct backup to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud storage. We also have a new ‐‐resume option for the cbbackupmgr restore command that handles restores, enhanced resilience and...

What’s New In Couchbase Server 7.1

What’s New In Couchbase Server 7.1

Can a Database Fight Inflation? Introducing Couchbase Server 7.1 This year, I’ve asked myself, how can a database help fight inflation? The answer is to make efficiency improvements in the database that outpace inflation. For as long as I’ve worked...

Deliver a winning customer experience for the Super Bowl

Deliver a winning customer experience for the Super Bowl

Super Bowl LVI is coming up this Sunday, with the Cincinnati Bengals facing off against the Los Angeles Rams on their home turf in Inglewood, California. Over 70,000 fans are expected to descend upon SoFi Stadium to watch the event...

February 10, 2022
New RBAC Roles in Couchbase 7.0

New RBAC Roles in Couchbase 7.0

Couchbase Server version 7.0 introduces some important changes as part of the role-based access control (RBAC) authorization system.  Couchbase Server has allowed fine-grained access controls to the platform with RBAC for administrators since version 4.5 and all users since version...

What to Know About the Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

What to Know About the Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

A critical zero-day exploit, known as Log4Shell, affecting the Apache Log4j utility (CVE-2021-44228) was made public on December 9, 2021. As soon as Couchbase became aware of this issue, we investigated it immediately within our product and security teams, and...

Couchbase Server 7.0.2 according to the rule of 3’s

Couchbase Server 7.0.2 according to the rule of 3’s

Couchbase Server 7.0.2 is Available A few months ago, I could not wait for the latest release of Couchbase Server.  Its number was seven, and my house number is 77. I felt that seven was a lucky number. But beyond...