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# Do a Quick Install

> First-time users can get Couchbase Server running simply and rapidly by using Docker. Once you install Docker, you can use a single command to download and install a pre-configured version of Couchbase Server Enterprise Edition on your computer. 

> [!NOTE]
> The Docker container image that is used in this topic is meant to set up a 'sandbox' version of Couchbase Server. It's based on the Enterprise Edition and contains scripts that automatically configure several Couchbase components during installation. Although this particular image works great for a demo, it is not meant for production. For information about installing Couchbase Server in production, see [Couchbase Server Deployment Options](../install/get-started.md).

## [](#initialize-cluster-web-console)Install Couchbase Server

Prerequisite

Ensure that you have Docker set up on your computer before proceeding to install Couchbase Server. Refer to the [Docker documentation](https://www.docker.com/get-docker) for instructions to set up Docker.

> [!NOTE]
> You may need administrative or root privileges on your computer to complete the installation.

Open a console window on your computer and enter the following command:

```console
docker run -t --name db -p 8091-8096:8091-8096 -p 11210-11211:11210-11211 \
  couchbase/server:enterprise
```

When you run the command, Docker downloads and installs Couchbase Server. You should see the following message once Couchbase Server is started in a Docker virtual environment:

Starting Couchbase Server -- Web UI available at http://<ip>:8091
and logs available in /opt/couchbase/var/lib/couchbase/logs

From this point onward, don't close the console while you're using Couchbase Server; this terminates both Docker and Couchbase Server.

You must now configure the server and load the `travel-sample` dataset.

## [](#configure-couchbase-server)Configure Couchbase Server

For simplicity when getting started, we will provision a single node cluster from the Web Console. The Web console can be accessed over the network at <http://<machine-ip-address>:8091/> or <http://<machine-hostname>:8091/>. It can be accessed from the machine on which Couchbase Server was installed at <http://localhost:8091>.

Once you have connected, the Welcome screen appears:

![The Couchbase Server welcome dialog](_images/consoleSetup.png) 

Click **Setup New Cluster** and provide a name for your cluster. For the purpose of getting started, set the full administrator credentials to `Administrator` and `password`.

![The Couchbase > New Cluster dialog](_images/consoleNewCluster.png) 

Accept the Terms and Conditions and click **Finish with Defaults** to complete configuration with default values. You can also choose to **Configure Disk, Memory, Services** to select only a subset of services for the purpose of this getting started.

![The Couchbase > New Cluster > Configure dialog](_images/consoleConfigureServices.png) 

When you have finished entering your configuration-details, click the **Save & Finish** button, at the lower right. This configures the server accordingly, and brings up the Couchbase Web Console Dashboard, for the first time.

![The Web Console dashboard with no buckets](_images/consoleNoSample.png) 

## [](#load-the-sample-dataset)Load the Sample Dataset

You must load the sample `travel-sample` dataset to work through the rest of the _Getting Started_ topics.

On the initial screen of the Web Console Dashboard, click the link **Sample Buckets**.

On the **Sample Buckets** screen, select the checkbox for `travel-sample` and then click **Load Sample**. The `travel-sample` dataset is now displayed under **Installed Samples**.

## [](#other-destinations)Other Destinations

* [Installing the Couchbase Server Cluster](../install/install-intro.md): Explains how to install Couchbase Server directly onto your host, without the use of Docker or any other virtual environment. This kind of direct install is very common for production-deployments, as well as development and testing activities.
* [Create a Cluster](../manage/manage-nodes/create-cluster.md): Provides a detailed explanation of how to provision a Couchbase Server-node, and thereby create a one-node Couchbase cluster. This is the procedure you will certainly use in production; as well as for testing different configurations. The available options include use of the Couchbase Server Web Console, the Couchbase REST API, and the Couchbase Command Line Interface.
* [Couchbase Server Startup and Shutdown](../install/startup-shutdown.md): Explains how to start and stop the server using the commands that are specific to your underlying platform.