Couchbase 4.1 was recently released. Highlights of this release are:

• N1QL: Complete SQL CRUD Support with N1QL for Batch and OLTP Applications
• Covering Indexes
• Prepared Statements
• Additional Supported Platforms

You can read all about it at Introducing Couchbase Server 4.1 and also watch a replay of Hands-on Introduction to What’s New in Couchbase 4.1:

Getting Started with Couchbase 4.1 and Docker

Use the following Docker Compose file:

mycouchbase:
 image: arungupta/couchbase
 ports:
 - 8091:8091
 - 8092:8092 
 - 8093:8093 
 - 11210:11210

to start a pre-configured Couchbase 4.1 Docker container:

docker-compose up -d
Creating couchbase_mycouchbase_1

This will:

• Start Couchbase 4.1 Server (Dockerfile)
• Configure it using Couchbase REST API as explained in Configure Couchbase Docker Container using REST API
  • Sets up memory and index quota
  • Sets up Query, Data, and Index service
  • Configures username and password credentials
  • Install travel-sample bucket

The logs can be seen as:

docker-compose logs
Attaching to couchbase_mycouchbase_1
mycouchbase_1 | Starting Couchbase Server -- Web UI available at http://<ip>:8091
mycouchbase_1 | * Trying 127.0.0.1...
mycouchbase_1 | % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
mycouchbase_1 | Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8091 (#0)
mycouchbase_1 | > POST /pools/default HTTP/1.1
mycouchbase_1 | > User-Agent: curl/7.40.0-DEV
mycouchbase_1 | > Host: 127.0.0.1:8091
mycouchbase_1 | > Accept: */*
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Length: 36
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
mycouchbase_1 | > 
mycouchbase_1 | } [36 bytes data]
mycouchbase_1 | * upload completely sent off: 36 out of 36 bytes
mycouchbase_1 | < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
mycouchbase_1 | < Server: Couchbase Server
mycouchbase_1 | < Pragma: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:30:16 GMT
mycouchbase_1 | < Content-Length: 0
mycouchbase_1 | < Cache-Control: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < 
100 36 0 0 100 36 0 1820 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2000
mycouchbase_1 | * Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
mycouchbase_1 | * Trying 127.0.0.1...
mycouchbase_1 | % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
mycouchbase_1 | Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8091 (#0)
mycouchbase_1 | > POST /node/controller/setupServices HTTP/1.1
mycouchbase_1 | > User-Agent: curl/7.40.0-DEV
mycouchbase_1 | > Host: 127.0.0.1:8091
mycouchbase_1 | > Accept: */*
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Length: 26
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
mycouchbase_1 | > 
mycouchbase_1 | } [26 bytes data]
mycouchbase_1 | * upload completely sent off: 26 out of 26 bytes
mycouchbase_1 | < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
mycouchbase_1 | < Server: Couchbase Server
mycouchbase_1 | < Pragma: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:30:16 GMT
mycouchbase_1 | < Content-Length: 0
mycouchbase_1 | < Cache-Control: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < 
100 26 0 0 100 26 0 2670 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2888
mycouchbase_1 | * Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
mycouchbase_1 | * Trying 127.0.0.1...
mycouchbase_1 | % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
mycouchbase_1 | Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8091 (#0)
mycouchbase_1 | > POST /settings/web HTTP/1.1
mycouchbase_1 | > User-Agent: curl/7.40.0-DEV
mycouchbase_1 | > Host: 127.0.0.1:8091
mycouchbase_1 | > Accept: */*
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Length: 50
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
mycouchbase_1 | > 
mycouchbase_1 | } [50 bytes data]
mycouchbase_1 | * upload completely sent off: 50 out of 50 bytes
mycouchbase_1 | < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
mycouchbase_1 | < Server: Couchbase Server
mycouchbase_1 | < Pragma: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:30:16 GMT
mycouchbase_1 | {"newBaseUri":"http://127.0.0.1:8091/"}< Content-Type: application/json
mycouchbase_1 | < Content-Length: 39
mycouchbase_1 | < Cache-Control: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < 
mycouchbase_1 | { [39 bytes data]
100 89 100 39 100 50 3544 4543 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 5000
mycouchbase_1 | * Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
mycouchbase_1 | * Trying 127.0.0.1...
mycouchbase_1 | % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
mycouchbase_1 | Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8091 (#0)
mycouchbase_1 | * Server auth using Basic with user 'Administrator'
mycouchbase_1 | > POST /sampleBuckets/install HTTP/1.1
mycouchbase_1 | > Authorization: Basic QWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvcjpwYXNzd29yZA==
mycouchbase_1 | > User-Agent: curl/7.40.0-DEV
mycouchbase_1 | > Host: 127.0.0.1:8091
mycouchbase_1 | > Accept: */*
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Length: 17
mycouchbase_1 | > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
mycouchbase_1 | > 
mycouchbase_1 | } [17 bytes data]
mycouchbase_1 | * upload completely sent off: 17 out of 17 bytes
mycouchbase_1 | < HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
mycouchbase_1 | < Server: Couchbase Server
mycouchbase_1 | < Pragma: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:30:16 GMT
mycouchbase_1 | < []Content-Type: application/json
mycouchbase_1 | < Content-Length: 2
mycouchbase_1 | < Cache-Control: no-cache
mycouchbase_1 | < 
mycouchbase_1 | { [2 bytes data]
100 19 100 2 100 17 29 251 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 253
mycouchbase_1 | * Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
mycouchbase_1 | /entrypoint.sh couchbase-server

Connect to CBQ (Couchbase Query tool):

docker run -it couchbase /opt/couchbase/bin/cbq -engine=http://$(docker-machine ip couchbase):8093
Couchbase query shell connected to http://192.168.99.102:8093/ . Type Ctrl-D to exit.
cbq>

Learn more about Running N1QL Queries from Command Line.

Stop the server:

Remove the container:

Read more about Couchbase 4.1:

• What’s New in Couchbase Server 4.1 documentation
• Download Couchbase Server 4.1
• Couchbase Server documentation
• Release Notes for 4.1
• Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Drivers with SQL Connector

Share feedback with us at forums.couchbase.com or Stackoverflow.

Enjoy!