Category: Sync Gateway
Wavelength Zones for Edge Computing with Couchbase
For decades, “the last mile” has been one of the weakest parts of Internet infrastructure. Today, mobile operators are ready to change that by providing reliable and fast connectivity with LAN-like latency for mobile applications. The introduction of AWS Wavelength...
Announcing the 3.0 Beta Release for Mobile & Edge Computing
We’re pleased to announce the GA release of the Couchbase Lite 3.0 and Sync Gateway 3.0 platforms for mobile and edge computing solutions This major release makes great strides in the area of edge computing by expanding our edge device platform...
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 its different permutations and its myriad...
6 Must-See Mobile & Edge Computing Sessions at Couchbase Connect
Not all developers are the same: If you’re a mobile developer or architect, your tools, challenges, methods and questions are all different from other development teams. As Couchbase ConnectONLINE approaches, I wanted to let all the mobile developers and edge...
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? You’re likely to run into situations...
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 they could be web frontend or...
Couchbase Modifies License of Free Community Edition Package
As Couchbase increases its presence in the market, we have decided to modify the distribution and usage license of some of our free products. This change is necessary in order to protect the community from over-deployment of unsupported and unpatched...
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...
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...
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 series of focused, purpose-built Couchbase Mobile...