New in 3.1
Couchbase Sync Gateway — What’s new in the latest release
This content covers the new features introduced in Sync Gateway 3.1
| Sync Gateway 3.0.x introduces some breaking changes. If you are upgrading from 2.x, please refer to the Upgrading page. Users should be able to upgrade to 3.1.x from 3.0.x without manual intervention. |
Overview of Sync Gateway 3.1.0
In 3.1, Sync Gateway has significantly improved by incorporating Scopes and Collections support:
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Scopes and Collections Support: Adding Scopes and Collections support allows for an improved method of defining and enforcing data access control. This enhancement ensures that only authorized users can use the appropriate data.
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Simplified Data Organization and Synchronization: Streamlining the data organization and synchronization processes, enabling users to build and scale applications more efficiently while maintaining high security.
Synchronization between Couchbase Lite clients and Couchbase Server is accomplished by:
Sync Gateway Metadata Isolation
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Scopes and Collections for Isolation
Scopes and collections are used to isolate Sync Gateway metadata. -
Default Scope/Collection for System Data
The_default scope/collectionis used for system data maintained by Sync Gateway. In contrast, user-defined scopes/collections are used for application data. -
Separating System Metadata and Application Data
Using separate Scopes and collections for system metadata and application data helps to logically isolate them and avoid accidental modification or deletion of system metadata by the application. -
Implementing Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC)
To further safeguard against such risks, an SDK-based application implements role-based access controls (RBAC) to restrict access to the_default scope/collection, which typically contains critical sync metadata.
Separating system metadata into its own Scope simplifies the implementation and management of the app data lifecycle.
Sync Gateway and Couchbase Lite Clients
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Direct Syncing of Scopes
Sync Gateway enables Couchbase Lite clients to sync one or more Scopes directly to other Couchbase Lite clients over a local network via Couchbase Lite Peer-to-Peer protocol. -
Bypassing Cloud-Based Control Points
This can be done without the need for a cloud-based control point. -
Setting Up Replications
A Couchbase Lite client can set up one or more replications to one or more Sync Gateway database endpoints. -
Syncing Collections
Each replication can sync one or all collections associated with that Scope. -
Local Persistence of Data
The Couchbase Lite client can also locally persist data in a Scope not synced to remote Sync Gateway.
Read the full 3.1 release notes.
See more details of what’s new in the previous 3.0 release.