The cbdocloader tool is used to load a group of JSON documents in a given directory or in a single.zip file.

cbdocloader is the underlying tool used during the initial Couchbase Server install.

This tool is found in the following locations, depending upon your platform:

When you load documents as well as any associated design documents for views, you should use a directory structure similar to the following:

/design_docs    // which contains all the design docs for views.
/docs           // which contains all the raw json data files. This can contain other sub directories too.

All JSON files that you want to upload contain well-formatted JSON. Any file names should exclude spaces. If you want to upload JSON documents and design documents into Couchbase Server, be aware that the design documents will be uploaded after all JSON documents. The following are command options for cbdocloader :

-n HOST[:PORT], --node=HOST[:PORT] Default port is 8091

-u USERNAME, --user=USERNAME REST username of the cluster. It can be specified in environment variable REST_USERNAME.

-p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD REST password of the cluster. It can be specified in environment variable REST_PASSWORD.

-b BUCKETNAME, --bucket=BUCKETNAME Specific bucket name. Default is default bucket. Bucket will be created if it does not exist.

-s QUOTA, RAM quota for the bucket. Unit is MB. Default is 100MB.

-h --help Show this help message and exit

The following is an example of uploading JSON from a.zip file:

./cbdocloader  -n localhost:8091 -u Administrator -p password -b mybucket ../samples/gamesim.zip

Be aware that there are typically three types of errors that can occur: 1) the files are not well-formatted, 2) credentials are incorrect, or 3) the RAM quota for a new bucket to contain the JSON is too large given the current quota for Couchbase Server.