Category: Security
HashiCorp Vault with Couchbase Server
In today’s fast-paced world, data security is of utmost importance, especially when dealing with sensitive information. A key component of data security is authentication, which protects data from being stolen. HashiCorp Vault is one of the technologies that can help...
Reaching for the Heavens – How Cloud is Helping Balance IT Spending in 2023
Following the incredible insights we received into cloud services from our 2022 CIO survey, in 2023 we wanted to dig deeper into the ways in which enterprises are using the cloud. Why are they switching? How essential is the cloud...
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™
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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...
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...