Tutorials
on Couchbase

Learn to build and operate apps using Couchbase.

Quickstart Node JS and Express

Build a REST API with Couchbase's NodeJS SDK 3 and Express.

Start with Java and Spring Boot

Build a REST API with Couchbase's Java SDK 3 and Spring Boot.

Quickstart in Couchbase with C# and ASP.NET

Build a REST API with Couchbase's C# SDK 3 and ASP.NET.

Azure Couchbase Cloud Connection Prerequisites

There are three prerequisites for the Azure Cloud connection with Couchbase Cloud.

Transactions with Java SDK

In this exercise will use a sample application that allows transferring virtual credits between different accounts to show how to work with Couchbase transactions in Java SDK.

Get Started with Couchbase Cloud Free Trial

Couchbase Cloud is a fully managed database-as-a-service that makes it easy to deploy a clustered database in the public cloud.

Eventing Service in Couchbase Cloud

This is the fourth tutorial in the series. By following the steps in order, you will use the Couchbase Cloud Eventing Service to automate actions based on changes to data.

Using SDKs with Couchbase Cloud

This is the second tutorial in the series. By following the steps in order, you will end up with a sample application that illustrates how Couchbase Cloud and the SDK can power your own applications.

Analytics and BI with Couchbase Cloud

This is the third tutorial in the series. By following the steps in order, you will end up with an analytics report that illustrates how Couchbase Cloud can power analysis and data visualization.

Customer 360 Data Ingestion

Learn about how Couchbase can fit into your data ingestion architecture

Installing and Operating Couchbase Server Community Edition (CE)

Tutorial to install and operate Couchbase Server Community Edition (CE)

Tutorial Background App Refresh in iOS with UIKit and Swift

Build an iOS App in Swift with UIKit that uses Background.

Tutorial Couchbase Lite with Recycler Views in Android with Java

Build an Android App in Java with Couchbase Lite and Recycler Views

Quickstart with Peer-to-Peer Sync in Swift and UIKit

Build an iOS App in Swift with UIKit that uses Peer-to-Peer Sync

Quickstart with Peer-to-Peer Sync in C# and Xamarin Forms

Build an Xamarin App in C# with Xamarin Forms that uses Peer-to-Peer Sync

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite with Android and Java

Build an Android App in Java with Couchbase Lite

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite Query with Android and Java

Build an Android App in Java and Couchbase Lite using Query

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite Data Sync with Android and Java

Build an Android App that uses Data Sync in Java and Couchbase Lite

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite with iOS, Swift, and UIKit

Build an iOS App in Swift with UIKit and Couchbase Lite

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite Query with iOS, Swift, and UIKit

Build an iOS App in Swift with UIKit and Couchbase Lite using Query

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite Data Sync with iOS, Swift, and UIKit

Build an iOS App that uses Data Sync in Swift with UIKit and Couchbase Lite

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite with C# and Xamarin

Build an App in C# with Xamarin and Couchbase Lite

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite Query with C# and Xamarin

Build an App in C# with Xamarin and Couchbase Lite using Query

Quickstart in Couchbase Lite Data Sync with C# and Xamarin

Build an App that uses Data Sync in C# with Xamarin and Couchbase Lite

OpenID Connect Authentication for Sync Gateway with Keycloak

Configure Keycloak an OpenID Connect OP to work with Sync Gateway

XCode Playground: Exploring Couchbase Lite Query API

Use XCode Playground to explore the Couchbase Lite Query API

Using NextJS with Couchbase NodeJS SDK

Build a basic NextJS front-end and back-end app with Couchbase.

Boosting Spring Data Performance

Learn how to boost Spring Data performance with Couchbase indexing.

Quickstart in Couchbase with Python and Flask

Build a REST API with Couchbase's Python SDK 3 and Flask.

Monitoring Operating System

In order to have a solid understanding of overall cluster health, it is important to monitor the operating system and various stats for each node in the cluster.

Monitoring Nodes

This tutorial describes the important metrics and how to monitor them for each node in the cluster.

Monitoring XDCR

This tutorial describes the important metrics and how to monitor them for cross data center replication (XDCR) operations in the cluster.

Monitoring Query Service

This tutorial describes the important metrics and how to monitor them for query service running in the cluster.

Monitoring Eventing Service

This tutorial describes the important metrics and how to monitor them for eventing service running in the cluster.

This tutorial goes over the Couchbase API used to access the alerts from the logs in the server.

Install Prometheus

This tutorial walks you through installation and configuration of Prometheus as a stand alone instance. This should not be installed on each or any node in the Couchbase cluster.

Node Exporter Setup

This tutorial is optional step in the Prometheus Integration Learning Path and requires setup on each server that you wish to gather system metrics using Node Exporter.

Process Exporter Setup

This tutorial is optional step in the Prometheus Integration Learning Path and requires setup on each server that you wish to monitor process metrics using Process Exporter.

process exporter

Couchbase Exporter Setup

This tutorial walks you through installation and configure the Couchbase Exporter and its dependencies. The mode you run Couchbase Exporter in will determine a single instance for each cluster, or an instance for each node in the cluster.

couchbase exporter

Configure Prometheus

Prometheus is configured through a single YAML file. When configured, Prometheus runs as a service, in this tutorial, we configure Prometheus.

Configure Prometheus Alerts

This tutorial will help you to set up and configure Prometheus Alerts with AlterManager configuration ans creation and configuration of Prometheus rules for alerting.

Install Grafana

This tutorial walks you through installation and configuration of Grafana as a stand alone instance. This should not be installed on each or any node in the Couchbase cluster.

Configure Grafana

This tutorial will help you add a data source for Grafana for use with Prometheus to give your dashboard different ways of visualizing your data.

Upgrading Services

In the final tutorial of the Prometheues Integration learning path, we will upgrade all of our services installed in our application. This can be used for reference in the future as part of ongoing maintainence of your project.

Working with Support

To speed up the resolution of your issue, our Customer Support will need information to replicate and troubleshoot your issue. The more info provided, the faster we'll able to identify the issue and propose a fix.

General Support Best Practices

To help your support ticket get solved in a timely manner, follow these best practices for general support!

Configure AlertManager

It's important to know that Prometheus can support multiple AlertManagers for High-Availability by specifying more than one target. For the purpose of this tutorial, we install a single AlertManager on the same server as Prometheus and Grafana.

Comparing Document-Oriented and Relational Data

In this tutorial we are comapring document-oriented models vs relational-oriented models for data.

Schemaless Data Modeling

When you use documents to represent data, a database schema is optional. The majority of your effort will be creating one or more documents that will represent application data.

Phases of Data Modeling

A data modeling exercise consists of logical and physical data modeling phases to describe your entities and relationships and map them to physical containers.

JSON Design Choices

Couchbase Server neither enforces nor validates for any particular document structure. Below are the design choices that impact JSON document design.

Document Key Design

The most important part of NoSQL database modeling is document keys. There are different patterns when it comes to designing a document key.

Using JSON documents

JSON is a lightweight data-interchange format which is easy to read and change.

Standardization, Optimization, and Resources

Wrapping up our Data Modeling Guide, we talk about standardization and optimization of your documents and modeling and share some resources to help you dive deeper.

Monitoring FTS Service

This tutorial describes the important metrics and how to monitor them for full text service (FTS) running in the cluster.

Schema Versioning

Storing the schema version within the document is a best practice that provides a mechanism to migrate and upgrade models as they change over time. In this tutorial, we illustrate an approach to schema management through code.

Standardized Document Properties

Multiple data sets can share a common bucket in Couchbase. To ensure each data set has isolated keyspaces, it's best practice to include a certain prefixes in your document keys.

Document Revisions

There may be requirements to save multiple revisions of a document within a bucket, this history is maintained by the application. This tutorial is intended to outline one way this can be accomplished.

Monitoring Index Service

This tutorial describes the important metrics and how to monitor them for index service running in the cluster.

Identifying the Top Slow Queries

The top slow queries can be identified by querying the system catalog.

Understanding an Explain Plan

The tutorial describes the various attributes you see in an explain plan and how to interpret them.

Understanding Cardinality and Selectivity

Cardinality and selectivity can provide measurable insights into your data set and effectiveness of the index, pointing you to where specific optimizations can be made.

Understanding Covering Indexes and TTLs

When using covering indexes, the N1QL queries are constructed in a way to ensure they do NOT return stale data from your indexes(GSIs).

Understanding Index Scans

Query predicate indicates the subset of the data interested. During the query planning phase, we select the indexes to be used for the query.

Operators Guide

A guide to all the operators for query optimization.

Understanding Query Workflow and Optimization

Applications submit the N1QL query to one of the available query nodes. The Query node parses and analyzes the query, uses metadata on underlying objects to figure out the optimal execution plan and executes it.

Document Optimizations

In any database, every byte of stored data adds up, in this tutorial we go over options and best practices to proactively reduce document sizes.

Tuning Tips and Advice

A collection of tips and advice for you to improve the query performance.

Monitoring Data Service

This tutorial describes the important metrics and how to monitor them for data service running in the cluster.

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