Manual

    Pre-requisites

    Windows Users : If you are developing on Windows, use a Windows 10 machine. Also, note that you should also have administrative privileges on the Windows box so you can authorize the installation and running of the required executables.

    • Visual C++ 2017 (only Windows Users): Install the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python Downloadable from here.

    • Python 3.4+: downloadable from python.org. This should come packaged with pip3

      Windows Users : If you are developing on Windows, make sure that Python is included in your system’s PATH environment variable. You can follow instructions here to set your PATH variable.

    • Git: downloadable from git-scm.org.

    Try it out
    1. Verify the python installation

      • Run the following command from your terminal.

        bash python --version

        You should see the version of python displayed.

      • Confirm that pip3 is installed. pip is package management software for Python.

        pip3

        You should see the command line options.

    2. Verify git installation

      • Run the following command from your terminal.

        bash git --version

        You should see the version of git installed.

    Workshop Repo

    • Clone the "master" branch of the workshop source from GitHub. We are doing a shallow pull with depth as 1 to speed the cloning process.

      git clone -b master --depth 1 https://github.com/couchbaselabs/mobile-travel-sample.git

    Couchbase Server

    In this lesson, you will install and launch v7.1.x of Couchbase Server.

    Screenshots below apply to Couchbase Server 7.1.1 and there will be some variation with CBS 7.0.x. However, equivalent functionality is available in earlier versions of server. Refer to documentation for compatible server versions.

    Apple M1 Users: Install and launch v7.1.1 or later

    If there is a later version available, you can download it as well bearing in mind that the instructions have been validated with the version that is specified in instructions below.

    Couchbase Server 7.1.1

    • Download and install v7.1.1 of Couchbase Server. Follow the instructions specified in the appropriate platform specific install guide to install the same.

    • On the setup wizard, create an Administrator account with the user Administrator and password as password.

      createadminuser v7 1
    • As you follow the download instructions and setup wizard, make sure you keep all the services (data, query, and index) selected.

      cbs services
    • Install the sample bucket named travel-sample because it contains the data used in this tutorial. You can add the bucket from the "Sample Buckets" tab in the "Settings" menu in the admin console.

      sample bucket v7 1
    • Create an RBAC user named admin with password password and Application Access to the travel-sample bucket. You can do this from the "Security" menu. These credentials will be used by the Sync Gateway to access the documents in this bucket.

      add rbac v7 1
      RBAC user v7 1
    • Create a Full text search index on travel-sample bucket called 'hotels'. You can do this from the "Search" menu. Just go with default index settings.

      add fts
      fts
    Try it out
    1. Launch Couchbase Server (if not already runnning)

    2. Log into the "Admin Console" (http://localhost:8091) with appropriate Administrator credentials you created during installation

    3. Select the "Buckets" option from the menu on the left

    4. Verify that you have around 63,000 documents in your travel-sample bucket

    Sync Gateway

    In this section, you will install and launch version 3.0.3 of Sync Gateway.

    • Download Sync Gateway 3.0.3 from here for your platform

    • The Sync Gateway will have to be launched with the config file named sync-gateway-config-travelsample-manual.json that you should have downloaded as per the instructions in the Workshop Repo section. The config file will be located in /path/to/mobile-travel-sample.

    • Open the sync-gateway-config-travelsample-manual.json and confirm that the RBAC user credentials configured on the Couchbase Server are used by Sync Gateway for accessing the bucket

      "username": "admin",
      "password": "password",
    • Launch the Sync Gateway.

      macOS

      $ cd /path/to/couchbase-sync-gateway/bin
      $ ./sync_gateway /path/to/mobile-travel-sample/sync-gateway-config-travelsample-manual.json

      Windows

      By default, the Sync Gateway service will install with serviceconfig.json as the configuration file at C:\Program%20Files\Couchbase\Sync%20Gateway\serviceconfig.json.

      The Sync Gateway will have to be launched with the config file named sync-gateway-config-travelsample-manual.json that you should have downloaded as per the instructions in the Workshop Repo section. The config file will be located in C:/path/to/mobile-travel-sample.

      Open the sync-gateway-config-travelsample-manual.json and confirm that the RBAC user credentials configured on the Couchbase Server are used by Sync Gateway for accessing the bucket.

      "username": "admin",
      "password": "password",
    • Stop the Sync Gateway service (since it would be launched with the default version of config file). To stop the service, you can use the Services application (Control Panel -→ Admin Tools -→ Services).

    • Replace the serviceconfig.json file with the sync-gateway-config-travelsample-manual.json

      copy c:/path/to/mobile-travel-sample/sync-gateway-config-travelsample-manual.json "C:\Program Files\Couchbase\Sync Gateway\serviceconfig.json"
    • Start the Sync Gateway service with the new version of serviceconfig.json file. To start the service, you can use the Services application (Control Panel -→ Admin Tools -→ Services).

    Try it out
    1. Access this URL http://127.0.0.1:4984 in your browser

    2. Verify that you get JSON response similar to one below {"couchdb":"Welcome","vendor":{"name":"Couchbase Sync Gateway","version":"3.0"},"version":"Couchbase Sync Gateway/3.0.0(460;26daced) EE"}

    Python Travel Sample Web Backend

    Clone repository

    Apple M1 Users:

    • Clone the mobile-travel-sample-m1 branch of Travel Sample Python web app repo

      git clone -b mobile-travel-sample-m1  https://github.com/couchbaselabs/try-cb-python.git
      cd try-cb-python

    Other platforms:

    • Clone the mobile-travel-sample-tutorial branch of Travel Sample Python web app repo

      git clone -b mobile-travel-sample-tutorial  https://github.com/couchbaselabs/try-cb-python.git
      cd try-cb-python

    Install Python

    Windows Users Only

    • Verify the pip installation.
      If you are developing on Windows, pip.exe will be found in the "Scripts" sub directory under the Python installation directory.

      Add the path to the "Scripts" folder to the system’s PATH environment variable.

      You can follow instructions here to set your PATH variable.

      Verify that pip is recognized by typing the following in the cmd terminal. You should see the help menu.

      pip3

    Others

    • We will run the Travel Web App in a Python virtual environment. First, check if virtualenv is installed on your system.

      $ virtualenv --version
    • If virtualenv is not installed , you can use apt-get or pip3 to install it.

      $ sudo pip3 install virtualenv
    • Specify the folder for your virtual environment.

      $ virtualenv .
    • Activate your environment. You should see a prompt as shown below.

      $ source bin/activate
      (try-cb-python) $

    Install dependencies & run app

    The application uses several Python libraries that need to be installed, these are listed in requirements.txt and can be automatically loaded using the pip3 command.

    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
    • Update travel.py to reflect the username and password that you have used when installing Couchbase Server. This defaults to "Administrator" and "password".

      DEFAULT_USER = "Administrator"
      PASSWORD = 'password'
    • Now launch the Travel Web App

      $ python travel.py
      $ Running on http://127.0.0.1:8080/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

      You may see an alert similar to one below requesting access to run the app.

      Make sure you select the "Allow access" option.

      Try it out
      1. Open http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your web browser

      2. Verify that you see the login screen of the Travel Sample Web App similar to the screenshot shown below

    try cb login 2
    Figure 1. Travel Sample Login Screen