Supported Platforms

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    Couchbase Server is supported on several popular operating systems and virtual environments.

    Supported Operating Systems

    Make sure that your chosen operating system is listed in one of the following tables before you install Couchbase Server. See the release notes for information about platform support changes, including deprecated platforms.

    Couchbase clusters on mixed platforms are not supported. Nodes in a Couchbase cluster should all be running on the same OS, and every effort should be made to apply the same OS patches across the entire cluster.
    Table 1. Supported Operating Systems for Development, Testing, and Production
    Operating System Supported Versions (64-bit)

    Amazon Linux 2

    LTS

    CentOS

    7.x (Deprecated)

    Debian

    11.x

    10.x

    Oracle Linux[1]

    8.x

    7.x (Deprecated)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

    8.x

    7.x (Deprecated)

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

    15.x

    12.x (Note that versions earlier than SP2 are deprecated in Couchbase Server 7.1.2.)

    Ubuntu

    20.04

    18.04 (Deprecated)

    Windows Server

    2022

    2019

    Table 2. Supported Operating Systems for Development and Testing Only
    Operating System Supported Versions (64-bit)

    macOS

    12 "Monterey"

    11 "Big Sur"

    10.15 "Catalina" (Deprecated)

    Windows Desktop

    10 (requires Anniversary Update)

    Supported Virtualization and Container Platforms

    Table 3. Supported VM and Container Platforms
    Platform Notes

    Docker

    Couchbase Server is compatible with Docker.

    Official Docker images are available on Docker Hub. Follow the best practices to run Couchbase Server on a virtualized environment.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)

    Couchbase Server is compatible with KVM.

    Follow the best practices to run Couchbase Server on a virtualized environment.

    Kubernetes

    First-party integration with Kubernetes is made available with the Couchbase Autonomous Operator.

    Red Hat OpenShift

    First-party integration with Red Hat OpenShift is made available with the Couchbase Autonomous Operator.

    VMware

    Couchbase Server is compatible with VMware.

    Follow the best practices to run Couchbase Server on a virtualized environment.

    ARM Platforms

    Table 4. Supported ARM platforms
    Operating system Couchbase Version Notes

    Amazon Linux 2 (64 bits)

    7.1

    Requires a ARMv8 CPU such as the Amazon Graviton2

    MacOS 11+

    7.1

    Requires MacOS Rosetta2 emulation layer

    Ubuntu 20.04

    7.1.2

    Requires a ARMv8 CPU such as the Amazon Graviton2

    Supported Web Browsers

    Couchbase Web Console is supported on a variety of modern Web browsers.

    Table 5. Couchbase Web Console Supported Web Browsers
    Browser Operating System (64-bit) Browser Version Couchbase platform

    Apple Safari

    macOS

    11.1+

    7.1
    7.0
    6.5

    Google Chrome

    macOS, Windows

    67+

    7.1
    7.0
    6.5

    Microsoft Edge

    Windows

    80+

    7.1
    7.0
    6.5

    Mozilla Firefox

    macOS, Windows

    67+

    7.1
    7.0
    6.5

    If you’re using the Capella platform, then you can find the supported web browsers for Capella here.

    1. Only the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) is supported. The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) is not supported.