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Getting started with the Couchbase on RHEL 5.8 ZipKit


Couchbase server is an open source, distributed (shared-nothing architecture) NoSQL document-oriented database that is optimized for interactive applications.

This topic contains the following sections:

Where to download the ZipKit

  • Download the Couchbase ZipKit (RHEL5.8_Couchbase.eZ) from the BMC Communities.
Warning

RHEL5.8_Couchbase.eZ is available in two .rar files. Ensure that you have downloaded and installed the Winrar from http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm. After downloading both the files of couchbase perform the following steps:

  1. Place both the files in the same folder.
  2. Right-click on the part 1 file and click extract here.

What is in the ZipKit

The Couchbase Content-Pack (.eZ file) contains the following packages:

Couchbase subpackage 

Subpackage content

Description

Blueprint

BlueprintFunctionalModel

BlueprintDeploymentModel

This folder contains all the deployment models associated with the blueprint and blueprint options (if any).

BSA

Softwarepackage

Systempackage

This folder contains the software package files and the system package associated with the service blueprint.

Prerequisites for the ZipKit

Warning

Couchbase 2.0 is certified on Redhat Enterprise Linux version 5.8. BMC strongly believes that this ZipKit can work on other minor version 5.4 to 5.9.  Any issue reported on non-certified version are supported on a best effort basis.

  • While creating the RHEL 5.8 template, you need to choose the following options for RHEL 5.8 operating system:

    • Base System - Base, Large Systems Performance and Perl Support
    • Development - Development Tools and Development Libraries
    • Servers - Server Platform
    • Selinux is disabled. 
    • Ensure that the network ports listed below are opened on the iptables.

Network port

Description

Node to Node

Client to Node

Cluster administration

Cross Data Replication (XDCR)

8091

Web administration port

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

8092

Couchbase API port

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

11209

Internal cluster port

Yes

No

No

No

11210

Internal cluster port

Yes

Yes

No

No

11211

Client interface (proxy)

Yes

Yes

No

No

4369

Erlang port mapper (epmd)

Yes

No

No

No

21100 to 21199 (inclusive)

Node data exchange

Yes

No

No

No

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