{"id":12317,"date":"2021-10-27T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:33:23","slug":"couchbase-autonomous-operator-2-3-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/couchbase-autonomous-operator-2-3-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Couchbase Autonomous Operator 2.3 Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m delighted to announce<\/strong> the latest preview of the Couchbase Autonomous Operator 2.3.0-Beta.<\/p>\n

This beta release is focused on adding some key features introduced in Couchbase Server 7.0<\/a> to Autonomous Operator such as scopes and collections, role-based access control (RBAC) changes to Analytics, and a special feature \u2013 a self-certification tool \u2013 designed to certify Autonomous Operator\u00a0on Kubernetes platforms along with various other components.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manage Scopes and Collections with Autonomous Operator<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Couchbase Server 7.0 has introduced Scopes and Collections that are new data organization layers between Couchbase Buckets and JSON documents which enables a Dynamic Data Containment Model. Together, <\/span>Scopes and Collections change the game by making Couchbase one of the few flexible NoSQL systems to support multi-layered structures<\/span><\/a> that map to the RDBMS schema. At the same time, they provide data isolation which is very useful for high-density applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Autonomous Operator 2.3.0-Beta, we are introducing Scopes and Collections for <\/span>Kubernetes deployments <\/span><\/i>where <\/span>Data Isolation<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Dynamic Data Containment<\/span><\/i> are very important use-cases, especially for modern application developments based on microservices architecture. With the 2.3.0-Beta release, Autonomous Operator has the ability to fully manage scopes and collections within a bucket. With Scopes and collections, Autonomous Operator provides fine-grained access control and cross-datacenter-replication, and improved scalability.\u00a0 Migration from Couchbase Server 6.x to 7.x happens seamlessly with no additional steps required.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure1: Scopes and Collections within Autonomous Operator.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Learn more<\/a> about how scopes and collections work in Autonomous Operator.<\/p>\n

Self-Certify Autonomous Operator\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With Autonomous Operator 2.3.0-Beta we are introducing a Self-Certification tool that allows you to certify your platform for use with Couchbase Autonomous Operator.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today Autonomous Operator is tested and certified against a number of major platforms such as Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Microsoft AKS, and Red Hat OCP. Official certification is often a time-consuming process. And we understand that end users may not want to use one of the officially certified platforms for some of the reasons listed below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Data locality –<\/b> vendors may not operate in your country or region<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. On-premise deployments –<\/b> you may be using your own version of Kubernetes<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Vendor lock-in –<\/b> you may be tied to existing infrastructure providers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, there has to be another way of supporting these users and providing confidence that the Autonomous Operator will function as designed in your environment. This is why we are introducing a Self-Certification tool with Autonomous Operator 2.3.0. It fulfills the following test criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n