Setting Up A Free Couchbase Capella Cluster

Go to https://www.couchbase.com/downloads/?family=capella and sign up. No credit card is required. Couchbase Capella offers a free tier that you can use.

Create Cluster

Once you are logged in, create a cluster.

Select "Free"

Select your preferred cloud and click "Create Cluster".

It will take a few minutes to launch your cluster.

Create Cluster Access

When your cluster is ready, add client access credentials so you can access it. Select "All Buckets", "All Scopes", "Read/Write".

Now, you need to open your cluster for access from your IP.

The easiest option is to click "Allow Access from Anywhere", which can be ok for development purposes. For proper security you would select a restricted set of IP addresses.

Type "confirm" and click "Allow Access from Anywhere".

You then also need to click "Add Allowed IP".

Create Bucket

Navigate to the "Data Tools" tab. Click "New" under step 1 Bucket. Name the bucket "main". Also click the "Use system generated _default for scope and collection" checkbox under step 2 Scope. Then, click "Create".

You have now created a cluster, created a bucket called main and configured the access to the server so it is ready to use.