Serverless functions have become a popular application development and deployment approach. By abstracting infrastructure management and embracing event-driven architecture, they offer a flexible solution for developers. The main goal of serverless is to eliminate the need for infrastructure management and promote a specific application-building mindset.  We’ll touch on what gives serverless computing that capability and also cover working principles, benefits, use cases, implementation techniques, and connection to Function-as-a-Service (FaaS). This guide is ideal for developers, archite ..read more

We see that a significant number of customers take advantage of Couchbase integration with Apache Kafka, by using Couchbase Kafka connector plugin that provides you capability to reliably stream data to and from Apache Kafka at scale. Apache Kafka is an open-source platform for building real-time streaming data pipelines and applications. However, you need Apache Kafka infrastructure management expertise to architect, operate, and manage on your own. Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is a fully managed, highly available service that makes it easy for you to build and run a ..read more

Trying Couchbase just got even easier, you can now import your MongoDB data and indexes into Couchbase seamlessly. Whether you prefer working directly from the command line, or within your favorite IDE, our various new offerings—cbmigrate CLI, Couchbase VSCode Extension, and Couchbase JetBrains Plugin—provide flexible, efficient, and easy-to-use solutions for migrating your data. Introducing Couchbase-to-MongoDB Migration Tools Our toolkit comprises three core components, each tailored to different development environments and user preferences. CLI Tool (cbmigrate) For those who prefer the com ..read more

Are you ready for the longest running and largest Java Ecosystem Conference in the world? We are so excited to see you at DevNexus 2024!  Hosted in Atlanta, April 9-11, you will find 3 days, 6 full-day workshops, 14 tracks, and 160 amazing speakers with sessions on AI, cloud computing, agile development and more – it’s not too late to join us!  Haven’t bought your ticket yet? Enjoy 20% off your ticket, available below. Visit the Couchbase team at Booth #6 to learn about our latest developments like our AI-powered coding assistant and columnar analytics service. We will also be giving ..read more

Unveiled this week at Google Cloud Next, our longtime trusted partner Google announced the Google Cloud Ready Distributed Cloud program. The new program is designed to validate partner solutions on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), Google’s AI-ready modern infrastructure that customers run on-premises at the edge. The new program allows customers to quickly find and deploy solutions that have been vetted by Google specifically for running on GDC. Through the program, Couchbase becomes a powerful data storage and processing option for customers on GDC, providing a scalable, flexible multi-purpose ..read more

Hey SRE Champions! Couchbase has just dropped a game-changing update, and we’re here to immerse you in real-world stories that highlight the top 10 features turning System Administrators, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) into superheroes. Join us for a journey through the most exciting updates Couchbase has to offer! 1. Auto-Failover in the Blink of an Eye: <5 Seconds Interruption Picture Sarah, the SRE responsible for a telecom platform used for emergency services.  She’s relaxed even as the critical telecoms platform faced an unexpected server failure. Couchbase’s auto-fa ..read more

User-defined functions (UDFs) are a very useful feature supported in SQL++. Couchbase 7.6 introduces improvements that allow for more debuggability and visibility into UDF execution. This blog will explore two new features in Couchbase 7.6 in the world of UDFs. Profiling for SQL++ statements executed in JavaScript UDFs EXPLAIN FUNCTION to access query plans of SQL++ statements within UDFs The examples in this post require the travel-sample dataset to be installed. Profiling SQL++ Executed in JavaScript UDFs Query profiling is a debuggability feature that SQL++ offers. When profiling is ..read more

Starting a new job is always a little bit nerve wracking. Will I fit in? Will my coworkers like me? What is the culture like? I don’t think this feeling ever goes away no matter if you are new in your career or a seasoned professional.  Instead of focusing on the endless questions and what-ifs that often accompany changing circumstances, I chose to focus on the positive experiences and let me tell you: I have had massive positive experiences! Today, I would like to highlight 5 cool things I learned during my first month at Couchbase as a Developer Community Manager, and why I am so excite ..read more

Faster scaling of database resources is essential for maintaining efficient and performant databases, especially with the increased pressure of data ingestion, growing query demands, and the need to handle failovers seamlessly. As application-driven query traffic is primarily handled by index services, faster scaling of index services is critical to highly performant applications. For the index service, the scaling operation (also referred to as rebalance) involves moving individual indexes/replicas/partitions among the available index service nodes in the cluster. The aim is to minimize load ..read more

When’s the last time you used a database? Most of us are so accustomed to user-friendly interfaces like TikTok, bank apps, and work programs that we don’t realize we’re interacting with databases all the time. We’re even less inclined to think about what’s happening behind the scenes, which can pretty much be broken down into two types of activity: transactional and analytical. A transaction might be uploading a video or making a purchase. Data analysis could be as simple as crunching the numbers on a spreadsheet. In a relational database, the data for either type of activity is organized into ..read more