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Couchbase Database Server Installation Options

  • Learn about all the different ways you can install and use Couchbase
  • Compare Capella, Local Installation, Docker/Kubernetes Containerized Clusters, and in-VPC Cloud deployments to find the best solution for your needs
  • See how Couchbase Playground can provide quick temporary access to a Couchbase cluster for experimenting and testing

Couchbase Capella

Couchbase Capella provides a free 30 day trial of Couchbase cluster, it is the easiest and fastest way to get started with Couchbase. Be up and running in just under 10 minutes with a fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) and 50GB of initial storage and no upfront payment needed. You can try out our N1QL query language (SQL for JSON) for free, eliminating database management efforts and reducing overall costs.

You can sign-up for Couchbase Capella following the link below:

Local Installation

Couchbase Database Server can be downloaded and installed locally on a developers' machine. The links below will guide you through the installation process in different development machines:

Windows

Couchbase Server can be installed on a Windows machine by following the link below.

macOS

For macOS development please follow the link below:

NOTE: Currently, we DO NOT support ARM based machines and the local installations will run in Rosetta. Due to this we don't support Container installation with docker on macOS with ARM processors.

Linux

Container Deployment

Developers can deploy Couchbase Server in a docker container for quick and easy access. The following guide can walk you through this process.

Docker Container

Docker installation could be achieved following the link below:

Cloud Deployment

Couchbase Database Server can also be deployed in the cloud and accessed remotely. The following guide provides instructions with various cloud providers.

AWS

Azure

GCP

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