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Install Couchbase Server

  • tutorial
March 16, 2025
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Install and set up Couchbase Server to continue following the Student Record System tutorial.

Installation

You can install and run Couchbase Server as a standalone application or as a Docker instance.

Standalone

To download Couchbase Server as a standalone application:

  1. Go to the Couchbase download page.

  2. Go to Server  Couchbase Server Community.

  3. Select a Version and an OS and click Download.

After Couchbase Server is finished downloading, follow the instructions to install it on your machine.

Docker

To download Couchbase Server as a Docker instance:

  1. Download Docker.

  2. Open a terminal window and run this command to provision the server image, set up the storage location, and run the server:

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    docker run -t --name db -p 8091-8096:8091-8096 -p 11210-11211:11210-11211 \
couchbase/server:community-7.6.1

Set Up a Cluster

Couchbase Server can run as its own cluster or join another cluster to form a multi-node system. For this tutorial, your server runs as a single node.

To set up a cluster:

  1. Make sure your Couchbase Server is running.

  2. In your browser, go to http://127.0.0.1:8091 to access your server’s configuration page.

  3. Click Setup New Cluster.

  4. For your cluster name, enter student-cluster.

  5. For your username, enter username.

  6. For your password, enter password.

  7. Click Next: Accept Terms.

  8. Accept the terms and conditions and click Finish With Defaults to access the Dashboard page.

Next Steps

After installing Couchbase Server and setting up a cluster, you can implement a data model.