Couchbase Capella Release Notes

After running a query, you can use iQ Insights to generate a variety of relevant graphs and charts with the help of AI. Use iQ insights to better understand your data and gain more insights from your query results.

iQ Insights is available to use with both Capella Operational and Capella Columnar clusters.

For more information, see Explore iQ Insights.

You can now modify your Single Node operational cluster by scaling out to a Multi-Node cluster, switch to a larger VM, and change services as needed. Certain limitations apply to the available configuration options.

For more information about these limitations, see Modify a Paid Cluster.

Capella now includes several new features designed to enhance your experience with realm management, SSO processes, and user management:

Users can now provide feedback on the accuracy of iQ results in the Capella UI by clicking the thumbs-up or thumbs-down button. Your feedback directly enhances the quality of SQL++ query generation, making iQ more intuitive and effective for your needs.

If you’re new to Capella iQ, see Get Started with Capella iQ.

For additional protection for your sensitive clusters, you can block any attempt to delete a cluster by enabling deletion protection in your cluster settings. Deletion protection will also block attempts to delete a cluster’s buckets and any linked App Services. For more information about deletion protection, see Change Your Deletion Protection.

To learn more about Audit Logging on Capella App Services, see Audit Logging.

When you create a new cluster with Couchbase Server Version 7.6 selected, it uses Couchbase Server 7.6.3. This version includes bug fixes.

For more information about this version of Couchbase Server, see Couchbase Server 7.6.3.

Announcing support for Single Node App Services, tailored specifically for development, testing, and prototyping use cases that do not require high availability (HA). Users can choose from two instance types for each cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and deploy an App Service on them:

This new offering provides an efficient and cost-effective way to develop, test, and prototype your Mobile and IoT applications. For more information about Single Node App Services, see Create an App Service.

The restrict public access option is available when creating a new cluster. When your cluster has restrict public access turned on, you can only connect to it through Capella’s private networking options, including VPC peering and private endpoints.

For example, with this option enabled, only your cloud service provider (CSP) network that’s peered with Capella can access your cluster. This configuration allows direct traffic routing from your on-premises network to Capella through your CSP’s network that’s peered with Capella.

For more information, see Restrict Public Access.

Use GCP Private Service Connect to peer your GCP network with Capella when your cluster uses GCP as its cloud provider. The benefits of this include:

To learn more about using GCP Private Service Connections with Capella, see Add a GCP Private Service Connection.

Couchbase Capella now supports a forever free tier offering to replace the 30-day Capella free trials.

The free tier allows developers to get started with Capella without any financial commitment, making it ideal for learning, development, and small projects.

The free tier is available in perpetuity without being encumbered by time limits so long as the cluster is actively used, making it suitable for exploration and evaluation of new features when they’re available.

For first time users, create an account to get started with your free tier operational cluster and app service.

With the introduction of a new Capella service, Capella Columnar, Couchbase has introduced the following terminology changes to improve clarity:

You can now retrieve a SHA-256 checksum to verify your downloaded backup files.

For more information about the new checksum feature, see Using A Downloadable Backup Checksum.

Capella’s cluster deployment experience has been redesigned to provide more flexibility and better guidance to get you started. Take advantage of new cluster options to make it easier to deploy exactly what you need:

See your available pre-paid credits at a glance and get a breakdown of estimated costs that updates as you configure your cluster. Choose a specific Availability Zone (AZ) when deploying to a single AZ on AWS. Use Private Links with a single AZ on AWS or Azure. For more information about the new cluster deployment experience, see Create A Paid Cluster.

Easily backup your entire cluster using cloud native snapshot backups. A cluster backup, or cloud snapshot backup, uses your cloud service provider’s storage snapshot service to backup your entire cluster, including all of its buckets, in a single backup. Benefits over individual bucket backups include:

For more information, see Back Up and Restore An Entire Cluster.

Capella iQ now uses the OpenAI GPT-4o model to generate responses. As OpenAI’s most advanced model, GPT-4o improves the speed and efficiency of iQ’s responses.

You can manage your data with a high degree of granularity using Scopes and Collections in App Services. You can link collections to a given App Endpoint to make them mobile aware, allowing synchronization of data from the cloud to your mobile and IoT applications.

For more information about Scopes and Collections in App Services and their use cases, see:

When you create a new cluster with Couchbase Server Version 7.6 selected, it uses Couchbase Server 7.6.2. If you want to upgrade an existing cluster to Couchbase Server 7.6.2, contact Couchbase Support.

This version includes the following features:

For more information about this version of Couchbase Server, see Couchbase Server 7.6.2

Couchbase Capella supports 2 new Google Cloud regions, including:

^[1]App Services are not supported in this region.

For a list of all 37 GCP regions that Capella now supports, see GCP Supported Regions.

New App Services deployments will now deploy Sync Gateway 3.1.8. This release includes general fixes and enhancements - including clarity of messaging for errors, fixes to cluster initialization behavior and improved messaging during the process.

You can now connect to your cluster using a Couchbase IDE plugin or extension:

For more details, see IDE Integrations.

For clusters using Couchbase Server 7.6 or later, Capella now supports online migration from Couchstore to Magma storage engines using the Capella Management API.

You can now customize the Capella endpoints — such as URLs for clusters, private links, and nodes — with unique identifiers. This option is currently only available for AWS clusters through the Capella Management API.

You must reach out to Couchbase support to enable this feature.

URLs associated with App Endpoint APIs now persist in the following scenarios:

You can now sign in to Capella using your existing Google or GitHub accounts. Social sign-in includes:

For more information, see Link Your Capella Account to a Google or GitHub Account.

When you create a new cluster with Couchbase Server Version 7.6 selected, it uses Couchbase Server 7.6.1.

For additional flexibility, Set Up Replication filtering options now include an option to disable the replication of binary documents.

Get notified in the toolset of your choice by integrating Capella alert notifications with third-party tools like ServiceNow and more, using an incoming Webhook.

Customers can now configure alert integrations in Capella at the project level using UI or public management APIs. On the receiving side, you can leverage the payload sent with cluster and App Services alert notifications to automate workflows and further meet your organizational observability needs.

For more information, see Configure an Alert Integration.

Capella now supports Couchbase Server 7.6 and you can choose this version when creating a new cluster. If you want to upgrade an existing cluster to Couchbase Server 7.6, contact Couchbase Support.

This version includes the following features:

Use Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) to control the encryption keys you use to secure your data. In Capella clusters using CMEK, data is encrypted using encryption keys that you generate and manage in your own Key Management System (KMS) instead of the Capella-managed KMS. CMEK gives you greater control over data security, enabling you to manage key creation, key rotation, access control, and allow for independent auditing. For organizations with strict compliance and regulatory requirements, CMEK can help meet data protection standards.

For more information, see Use Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) at Rest.

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a core web security concept allowing users to specify how resources on App Services should be accessed from a different domain via client-side HTTP requests, such as browser-based or PouchDB applications. Users can now configure CORS in App Services on an App Endpoint basis, providing flexibility in configuring how CORS rules in their applications should interact with App Services.

For more information, see CORS Configuration for App Services

The user interface of the Eventing Service in Capella has been redesigned. You can now add Constant bindings to define fixed values for your Eventing functions. You can now also view your logs after deploying an Eventing function.

For more information, see Add Eventing to Your Application.

Open ID Connect (OIDC) authentications allows users’ applications to use Couchbase for data synchronization, delegating the authentication to a third-party server known as the Provider, such as Google+ or PayPal. Users can now configure multiple OIDC Providers in App Services per App Endpoint and use them in their client applications. Specify a Default Provider to simplify client flows, as all client requests are handled by the Default Provider unless explicitly defined otherwise.

For more information, see Set Up an Authentication Provider.

Couchbase Capella supports 2 new Azure regions, including:

For a list of all Azure regions that Capella now supports, see Azure Supported Regions.

Capella iQ is your partner in Capella, allowing you to work faster and assist you directly in the Capella UI. Using natural language prompts, you can complete common cluster application development tasks. Use Capella iQ to create and optimize SQL++ queries, sample data, starter SDK code, and more.

To start using Capella iQ in the Capella UI, click Data Tools  Query.

For more information, see Work Faster with Capella iQ.

Capella now provides the storage auto-expansion feature for Azure. Storage auto-expansion automatically scales your storage capacity as your data grows over time. You can enable storage auto-expansion on any existing or new clusters. You will incur charges for the extra storage only when the system triggers a capacity increase.

For more information, see Storage Auto-Expansion.

Version 1.0.0 of Terraform Provider for Capella is now available. The first version of the Provider can be used for programmatically managing Capella resources including API keys, users, projects, cluster buckets, app services, and bucket backups. The provider will be continually enhanced to include support for further resources.

You can now store channels and roles as User Extended Attributes (XATTRs) on Capella App Services. This is a more flexible alternative that uses metadata to store access grants outside of the document content, which can then be used to make access control and document routing decisions.

Go to XATTRs for App Services to start using XATTRS for your apps.

Couchbase Capella now supports the Israel (Tel Aviv) region.

For a list of all 25 AWS regions that Capella now supports, see AWS Supported Regions.

Couchbase Capella supports 5 new Google Cloud regions, including:

For a list of all 35 GCP regions that Capella now supports, see GCP Supported Regions.

Log Streaming provides real-time streaming of App Services operational logs to third-party observability platforms such as Datadog or SumoLogic or self-hosted HTTP logs collectors. Gain insights into application behavior, enable rapid issue detection and resolution to enhance application reliability, performance, and security.

Available at App Services 3.1.2 or higher for Dev Pro and Enterprise customers. Data transfer costs for Log Streaming are billed at the same rate as all other egress costs from App Services

Use Request prompt action for cluster recovery to pre-authorize Capella Support to quickly take remediation actions on clusters or App Services that are in a critical health state. Keep this feature enabled at all times to minimize service disruptions.

For more information, see Request Prompt Action for Cluster Recovery.

The initial release of Couchbase Capella Vault plug-in is now available. This plugin is a powerful and secure solution for cluster integration with Hashicorp Vault. It enables seamless and secure access to clusters while leveraging Hashicorp Vault’s robust secret management capabilities.

Couchbase Capella now supports the Switzerland North (Zürich) region.

Couchbase Capella supports 9 new AWS regions, including:

For a list of all 24 AWS regions that Capella now supports, see AWS Supported Regions.

We have added Go SDK tutorial support to the SDK Playground.

In addition, users can the edit SDK code samples available in the Playground SDK tutorials in a controlled manner, trying out the code snippets with different SDK options or outputs. Users cannot make changes that access networks outside the Capella environment, nor can they access the underlying infrastructure.

Couchbase Server 7.2 in Capella includes the following features:

To upgrade an existing cluster to Couchbase Server 7.2, please contact Couchbase Support.

The Couchbase Capella Management API v4.0 is now available. The Management API v4.0 is a secure REST API that enables you to provision, deploy, and configure Capella deployments programmatically across all supported cloud service providers. You can use the API within any off-the-shelf HTTP clients, or within your Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools and scripts.

The legacy Management API v3.0, formerly known as the Public API, has been deprecated and will be removed in future. Users of the Management API v3.0 must plan to migrate to the Management API v4.0.

For more information, see Manage Deployments with the Management API v4.0.

Capella’s PCI DSS version 4.0 compliant controls, which have been verified by an independent third-party auditor, help organizations manage and store credit card financial data on the platform.

Couchbase has received a CSA STAR Level 2 certification for attestation of compliance, following an external security audit of Capella.

See the Cloud Trust Center for additional information on the security controls and compliance of the platform.

Capella has already provided support for the creation of filter expressions. These allow you to filter items (so that the items are selectively included in or excluded from the replication) by referencing document IDs, X-attributes, and values. Now, to support the creation of complex expressions, a syntax-checker and an expression-tester are added.

Additionally, to support archival use-cases, Capella provides filters that remove delete operations, document expirations, and Time To Live (TTL) configurations from replicated items.

See Create a Replication Between Capella Clusters.

You can now turn off your non-production provisioned clusters when you are not using them, allowing you to save on costs. Turning off your cluster turns off the compute for your cluster but the storage remains — this means that all of your data, schema (buckets, scopes, collections), and indexes remain, as well as your cluster configuration, including users and allow lists. You can turn on and off your cluster on-demand or using a schedule. For example, you can set a schedule for your development cluster to be on from 9 am to 5 pm on week days and off at all other times. Any linked App Service will also be turned off when the linked cluster is turned off.

Couchbase Capella is now available on Vercel’s Integration Marketplace. This seamless integration will allow developers to fully leverage the strengths of both technologies, enabling them to create web applications that are scalable, resilient, and performant.

Couchbase Capella now supports the GCP Tel Aviv (me-west1) region.

To further enhance cluster performance, reliability, and availability, IOPS and Storage Auto-Expansion have the following changes:

Couchbase Capella supports three new Azure regions, including:

For a list of all 14 Azure regions that Capella now supports, see Microsoft Azure Supported Regions.

You can now download backups and store or use them outside Capella. Downloads are zip archive files of on-demand bucket backups or completed backup cycles of scheduled bucket backups. When downloaded onto your machine, you can store backups for retention or availability requirements. Use cbbackupmgr to restore data to another Couchbase cluster.

Capella provides auditing, where you can download cluster audit logs for inspection or archiving. This feature helps with investigations and meeting organizational security or compliance requirements. Cluster auditing is now available on Capella Azure-hosted clusters with the Enterprise plan.

To simplify the developer journey of connecting to Capella, a new Connect tab is now available on Capella UI. The Connect tab has information about the necessary connection parameters, prerequisites, installation instructions, code snippets, full code samples, and examples for different connection methods—​including SDK samples and snippets for three languages, Couchbase Shell, and Couchbase CLI tools for managing the cluster.

See Generate Your Connection Code and Import and Export Data with Command Line Tools for more information.

In addition to being able to create an XDCR replication from your self-managed cluster to Capella, you can now create an XDCR replication from Capella to your self-managed cluster, using the Capella console. Add your self-managed cluster target reference information, and select the self-managed cluster as a target. For more information, see Create a Replication from Capella to a Self-Managed Cluster.

To start using Azure Private Link with Capella, see Add an Azure Private Link Connection.

These additional compute and memory configurations are now available when deploying a cluster using AWS or GCP as your cloud provider:

To see a full list of the available instance types for AWS and GCP, see Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Capella now provides a Storage Auto-Expansion feature that automatically scales your storage capacity as your data grows over time. This scaling occurs seamlessly, without adding new nodes or rebalancing data, ensuring uninterrupted and smooth cluster operations.

The system enables Storage Auto-Expansion by default when you create a new Service Group, provided you are an AWS or GCP user. Remember, you will only incur charges for the extra storage when the system triggers a capacity increase.

Use Memory Only buckets in Capella for use cases such as caching where you need low latencies. Please use caution with memory only buckets as the data resides in-memory only and data can be lost on cluster restart. For more information, see Manage Buckets.

Capella provides event auditing, where you can download server-logged events for inspection or archiving. This feature helps with investigations and meeting organizational security or compliance requirements. Server auditing is now available on Capella GCP-hosted clusters with the Enterprise plan.

Capella now automatically notifies you about upcoming upgrades and maintenance jobs on App Services clusters that you manage. A new self-serve maintenance screen enables you to upgrade your App Service, reschedule upcoming maintenance jobs or set your preferred maintenance times. For more information, see App Services Maintenance.

Capella can now securely deploy Couchbase Server using a Couchbase-managed cloud powered by Azure. If you are using or plan to use our self-service trial with Azure, you can upgrade to a sales-assisted or paying account at any time.

Capella App Services is a fully managed application backend that brings the power of Couchbase Mobile's industry-leading offline-first data sync capability to Capella. Free self-service trials are also available. Check out the App Services Getting Started guide for more details.

Couchbase Capella can now securely deploy clusters using a Couchbase-managed cloud powered by Microsoft Azure. Paid subscriptions and additional regions will be available in the near future.

To try Capella with Azure today, see the self-service trial.

Capella App Services free self-service trial now supports Azure. Developers can try out App Services on Azure for free for a 30-day trial period to build mobile, desktop, and embedded apps with offline-first data sync capabilities. App Services brings the power of Couchbase Mobile as-a-service offering to Azure-hosted clusters.

App Services will be generally available in Azure in the near future.

We have included 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 hour incremental options to the Set Weekly Schedule bucket backup setting. Any previous Set Weekly Schedule options have now been removed.

The Set Daily Schedule bucket backup setting has been deprecated for new Capella users and clusters. However, Set Daily Schedule is still available if you are already using this setting on existing clusters.

For more information, see Configure Scheduled Backups.

When you set a Weekly schedule, you can now choose a cost-optimized retention policy for bucket backups. You can do this by selecting a new Cost Optimized Retention checkbox option. When selected, the cost optimized retention policy applies to your bucket backups.

For more information, see Cost Optimized Retention Policy.

Couchbase Capella has an updated UI. Highlights include:

Capella now supports Couchbase Server 7.1.3 — the most recent version of Couchbase Server. This version includes the following features:

Secure and convenient Single Sign-On authentication for users is now available.

For more information about SSO for Capella, see Capella UI Authentication | Federated & SSO Authentication. To configure your identity provider with Capella, see Add Federated and SSO Authentication.

AWS Private Endpoints allow a Capella cluster to be offered as a Private Endpoint. Private Endpoints have many benefits:

For more information about AWS Private Endpoints, see Add an AWS PrivateLink Connection.

Audit logging at the cluster level is now possible within Couchbase Capella. Users can configure granular Couchbase Server audit logging down to the access of individual documents, then export these audit logs into their own systems on-demand. This complements the existing Capella-level audit logging that has always been in place, which can now also be exported via API.

This functionality is available only to clusters with an Enterprise Support Plan.

Capella HIPAA-compliant controls, which have been audited by an independent third-party auditor, help organizations manage and store protected health information (PHI).

HIPAA compliance currently excludes App Services, which will follow-on in a future release.

See the Cloud Trust Center for additional information on the security controls and compliance of the platform.

App Services deployments will retain deleted documents in the server cluster for a period of 60 days following deletion.

This allows disconnected clients to sync down deleted revisions when they come back online, anytime within the 60 day period.

This only impacts clusters with linked app services deployed after this release.

Capella App Services is now generally available on GCP in supported regions worldwide. With this release, we bring the power of Couchbase Mobile as-a-service offering to GCP hosted clusters.

Capella can now securely deploy Couchbase Server using a Couchbase-managed cloud powered by GCP. If you are using or plan to use our self-service trial with GCP, you can upgrade to a sales-assisted or paying account at any time. For more information on the configuration and region options available to GCP clusters, see the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) reference page.

Couchbase Capella is now available in Sydney and Stockholm bringing Capella to a total of 15 AWS regions. You can select these new options as your region when creating a new cluster.

Capella now automatically notifies you about upcoming upgrades and maintenance jobs on clusters you manage. For each cluster, a new Maintenance tab enables you to reschedule upcoming maintenance jobs, set your preferred maintenance times, and learn about what is new in Capella. For more information, see Clusters Overview and Upgrading a Cluster.

The "Create Cluster" screen now makes pricing more clear visually, allowing customers to see the dollar equivalent for on-demand — so making it easy for users to know how much their desired cluster will cost them.

Head to the Connect section of the Clusters screen to see SDK connection code for Kotlin, Ruby, and Scala. We have updated all of the other code samples to the latest SDK releases — which are now shipped with the Capella client certificate included, for fuss-free connection.

We have completed a Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II compliance audit for Capella. This audit validates that we have been working according to our security and governance controls to effectively maintain the security, confidentiality, and availability of Capella .

As a industry standard in data security, SOC 2 evaluates a technology service provider’s ability to securely manage customer data. To achieve a SOC 2 Type II designation, organizations undergo a rigorous audit by an independent third party that analyzes the following trust services criteria: security, availability, and confidentiality.

Couchbase Capella is now available in Singapore, bringing Capella to a total of 11 regions. You can select "Singapore" as your region when creating a new cluster.

The Nodes tab is now available on Capella clusters providing visibility into the state of each node in the cluster. This new tab allows you to easily obtain hostnames of specific nodes and to see the overall health of each node at a glance.

The Cluster screen is now accessible while a cluster is scaling after being reconfigured or upgraded. Cluster data tools such as the Documents Editor and Query Workbench can be used throughout, and other screens are available in a read-only mode.

Backup, restore, and flush events are now tracked within the activity log, providing increased visibility into key events that affect your clusters.

Cluster credentials that are generated with read access to all buckets now allow users to access the metrics endpoint within their Couchbase Server cluster. For details on how you can use this to integrate your Capella clusters with Prometheus, see Set up Prometheus to Consume Couchbase Metrics.

Capella customers can see information for each of their credit plan purchases providing awareness of consumption. This enables customers to take action before credit plan credits expire or are consumed and manage their spending more effectively.

It is now possible to change the name of a project after it has been created.

Bucket flushes now require a confirmation step in the UI.

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is specified during the creation of a cluster in Capella and cannot be changed afterward. To ensure that CIDR are unique and avoid overlaps, Capella now checks that CIDR is not already in use within a customer’s tenant.

To use the Private Networking feature, where the virtual private cloud (VPC) of a cluster is joined with that of a customer’s application, or when clusters have XDCR between each other, the CIDR of each VPC cannot overlap with each other. This requirement for CIDR originates from the cloud provider.

Capella now offers fully-featured configuration and options. This enables you to securely deploy Couchbase Server using an entirely Couchbase-managed cloud powered by AWS. If you are using or plan to use our self-service trial, you can now upgrade to a sales-assisted or paying account at any time. Three plans are available providing different levels of features and support services to match your needs. For more information, see Support Plans.

More Couchbase 7.0+ features have been added to Capella. The Analytics Workbench and Eventing Service now support scopes and collections. The Analytics Workbench can now create links to S3. These features are only available if you are using the Developer Pro or Enterprise plans, and are using Couchbase 7.0+ clusters hosted by Couchbase.

XDCR (Cross Data Center Replication) is now available for Couchbase hosted clusters. This update includes support for scopes and collections with collection mapping, quality of service (QoS) options, and a more streamlined setup process.

XDCR for Couchbase hosted clusters supports the following:

Capella’s Backup and Restore feature now provides more granular capabilities and a better user experience. Using an improved user interface, you can now trigger on-demand backups and restores by the bucket. Weekly and daily backup schedules can also be set by the bucket. Previous backups are now more easily accessible, show more detail, and are better manageable with manual deletion. Only users with the Project Owner role can access backups.

Email alerts can now be sent to you ensuring you don’t miss important events in your deployment. Emails include descriptions and visualizations of the event, and a link navigating you directly to the alert in the Capella Control Plane. Alerts are controlled at user account level.

Private networking is now supported for clusters hosted by Couchbase Capella. Private networks provide an added layer of security and better network performance for organizations by avoiding communication over the Internet. By setting up a private network, your application can interact with Capella over a private connection, resulting in a reduction in latency and data egress costs. For more information about private networking support in Capella, see Configure a Private Network and try it using our free self-service trial.

All managed clusters can now import your data in JSON and CSV file formats, from a local machine or URL, for files under 5 GB. When importing, you can easily specify a collection mapping for the import with previews. This feature is available to try in our free self-service trial. If you already have a trial cluster deployed, you need to launch a new trial cluster to see this new functionality. For more information about importing your data, see Import Data.

All new clusters hosted by Couchbase now use Couchbase Server 7.0.2.

Going forward, Couchbase’s database-as-a-service (DBaaS) will be known as Couchbase Capella, previously Couchbase Cloud. Capella adds the ability to deploy our DBaaS in Couchbase’s Cloud Account, making it easier and faster to get started.

Capella now offers the ability to securely deploy Couchbase Server using an entirely Couchbase-managed cloud powered by AWS. This free self-service trial lets you sign up in seconds and deploy a cluster in under three minutes. The trial also includes 50GB of storage. Sign up and learn how to get started.

This release brings many Couchbase 7.0+ features to Capella. With the introduction of scopes and collections, Capella clusters using Couchbase Server 7.0+ store documents in a collection, which are contained in a scope, which is in a bucket. This provides multiple tiers of data hierarchy to make it easier to map a relational data model to Couchbase 7.0+. A default scope and default collection are used when a named scope and collection are not available or has not yet been created. In addition to scopes and collections, other updates include the ability to run queries as distributed multi-document ACID transactions, use the ADVISE statement, build indexes concurrently, and more. Note that these features are only available to clusters using Couchbase Server 7.0+, which only includes clusters created through our Couchbase-managed cloud offering.

The Activity Log provides an audit trail of events that bring transparency to user activity and cluster performance. This has been enhanced to include a more complete timeline of activity that includes a summary of the activity, the resource affected, the actor, date and time, and actionable recommendations. Additionally, smart filtering has been added that allows you to narrow down activity events based on cloud, cluster, severity, and tag (activity event type).

Alerts have also been enhanced. Active alerts are now shown as an alert banner at the top of all cluster screens for the affected cluster. These banner alerts include severity, count, and time information about the event. Alerts also include a detailed description of why the alert was triggered, recommended remediation guidance, and in some cases direct actions to resolve the issue.

The new metrics dashboard is a customizable area that makes it easy to discover and trend cluster performance and identify outliers quickly using charts. It also provides zoom-in-on-runtime behavior through a full suite of time controls and drag-to-select thresholds.

There have been many improvements to the overall experience of using Couchbase Capella. You will see changes to the user management experience to facilitate improved user management, UX improvements to various tools such as the documents editor, additions to monitoring and alerting capabilities, as well as many improvements to quickly and easily launch and manage deployments that use your own cloud and those that use the Couchbase-managed cloud.

The roles-based user management system in Capella has been updated to make it more intuitive and enable easy management of user permissions at the project level. Organizations and projects still exist, but their user roles have been made more granular and easy to understand. See Organization Roles and Project Roles for more information about the new user roles.

Cluster users are now cluster credentials. Cluster credentials are independent of users and allow access to cluster data. They can only be viewed, created, and managed by members of a project with the appropriate project role.

To see information about how this change affects existing users, see the Migration to New User Management reference page.

The Couchbase Cloud APIs enable you to automate many of the administrative operations using secure RESTful APIs. Couchbase Cloud APIs contain functionality to create and delete clusters, buckets, and cluster users, as well as list clouds, manage projects, and more. For more information on the Couchbase Cloud Public API, see Overview of the Public API.

Enhanced import functionality enables you to migrate data to Couchbase Cloud more easily and in new ways. Using the new Import Tools interface, you can now import JSON (lines, list, and archive) and CSV files into Couchbase Cloud from a local machine using your browser or manually using a cURL command provided by the API. Keys for each document extracted from a CSV row or JSON list flat file can be auto-generated (UUID) or specified using a Generated Key Name Expression that follows the same syntax used by the cbimport utility.

When creating an import, you also have the option to select from additional configuration options. These options include Skip Documents, Limit Documents, Ignore Fields, Infer Field Types (CSV only), and Omit Empty Fields (CSV only).

For more information and how to use the enhanced import functionality, visit Import Data.

Improvements made to the sign-up flow for Couchbase Cloud better guide you through the process and allow you to get signed up as quickly and easily as possible. To sign up for Couchbase Cloud, visit Sign Up for Couchbase Cloud.

Couchbase Cloud is now available in the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region. For a complete list of supported AWS regions, see Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Private networks provide an added layer of security for organizations by avoiding communication over the Internet. By setting up a private network, your application can interact with Couchbase Cloud over a private connection, resulting in significant reduction in latency and egress cost. Refer to the documentation for more information on configuring a private network.

Couchbase Cloud can now be discovered, transacted, and deployed directly via the Azure Marketplace.

The Couchbase Cloud REST APIs, currently in restricted BETA, enable you to automate many of the administrative operations using secure REST APIs. Specifically, this release of the Cloud APIs contains functionality that enables you to deploy and destroy clusters, buckets, and cluster users, and to list clouds and to manage projects.

We’ve integrated the support workflow with the core application so you can perform actions such as the following from the Couchbase Cloud Control Plane:

Full-text Search (FTS) indexes are now highly available with the ability to configure replicas via the Control Plane. And you can now configure partitions for better performance.

Expansion of disk storage on Azure to a maximum size of 16TB, increases aggregate max IOPs for higher performance and capacity.

Couchbase Cloud on Azure is now available in the West Central Region of Germany (Frankfurt).

This release expands the choice for Cloud providers by adding support for Microsoft Azure and will be available globally across North America, Europe, and Asia. For a complete list of supported regions, see Microsoft Azure.

With the introduction of Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) for Couchbase Cloud, users can choose to add another layer of security by requiring a one-time passcode to be used in conjunction with the password to log in to the Couchbase Cloud Control Plane.

The Cluster Overview screen has been improved to provide more visibility into node and cluster health.

This releases standardizes the list of available AWS compute instances to be consistent across instance families. The expanded instance selection now includes: m5.xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.16xlarge, r5.8xlarge, and c5.12xlarge.

The Analytics Service provides a parallel data-management capability that enables you to run complex analytical queries. It supports large join, set, aggregation, and grouping operations, any of which may result in long running queries, high CPU usage, high memory consumption, and/or excessive network latency due to data fetching and cross node coordination.

The Eventing Service provides a framework to operate on changes to data in real time and streamline your business workflows.

Events are changes to data in the Couchbase cluster. Couchbase Eventing Functions, also referred to as Functions or Handlers, offer a computing paradigm that developers can use to handle data changes. In the Couchbase cluster, you can use the Functions to process and respond to data-changes according to an Event-Condition-Action model.

By signing up for a 30-day free trial of Couchbase Cloud, you can deploy the Quick Start 30-day Trial template that is ideal to evaluate all Couchbase services.

When an issue is automatically detected within a Couchbase Cloud-managed cluster, the Couchbase Cloud UI displays the details of the issue and enables you to be better informed about the overall health of the cluster and provides an option to contact Support with the details of the issue.

The Search Service — also referred to as Full Text Search (or FTS) — provides extensive capabilities for natural-language querying. Deploying the Search Service on a cluster allows you to create, manage, and query specially purposed indexes that enable Google-like search capabilities on JSON documents within a bucket.

For more information about purchasing Couchbase Cloud through the AWS Marketplace, please contact Couchbase Sales. You can also refer to the Couchbase Cloud Credits documentation for additional information regarding supported payment methods.