Overview

This guide contains instructions on how to install Couchbase NoSQL database on an Ubuntu 16.04 system.

Prerequisites

• Operating System : Ubuntu 16.04
• Access to a Terminal or Shell Console
• Couchbase requirements
  • Minimum RAM: 4 GB
  • Minimum number of processors: 4

Installation

01. Download Couchbase server from https://www.couchbase.com/downloads. Choose Community and from the drop-down of operating system, select Ubuntu 16.04.

Note that at the time of this writing, the server version is only available up to Ubuntu 16.04 in the Community edition. So if you are only testing it out, you can use Ubuntu 18.04. But for production, use Ubuntu 16.04.

Or you can download using wget

$ wget https://packages.couchbase.com/releases/6.0.0/couchbase-server-community_6.0.0-ubuntu16.04_amd64.deb

02. Open a terminal window

03. Update the package repository list

$ sudo apt update

04. Install Python2.7 and Python-HTTPLib.

$ sudo apt-get install python-minimal

$ sudo apt install python-httplib2

Verify that Python has been installed

$ python --version

05. Navigate to the download directory and install using dpkg

# FORMAT

$ dpkg -i {couchbase-server-version.deb}

# SAMPLE

$ sudo dpkg -i couchbase-server-community_6.0.0-ubuntu16.04_amd64.deb

06. Open a browser, and navigate to the following URL

http://localhost:8091