Secure 5.1: Couchbase createCollection

Couchbase createCollection

Last updated: July 13, 2026

Creates a new collection within a scope in a Couchbase bucket. A collection is the primary container for documents.

Known limitations:

Collection names must be unique within a scope.
Couchbase supports up to 1,000 collections per bucket.

Available attributes

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
`bucketName`	String	The name of the bucket containing the scope.	Yes
`scopeName`	String	The name of the scope to create the collection in.	Yes
`collectionName`	String	The name of the collection to create.	Yes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<databaseChangeLog
        xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-4.19.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-couchbase-ext.xsd">

    <changeSet id="1" author="liquibase">
        <ext:createCollection>
            <ext:bucketName>myBucket</ext:bucketName>
            <ext:scopeName>myScope</ext:scopeName>
            <ext:collectionName>myCollection</ext:collectionName>
        </ext:createCollection>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "1",
        "author": "liquibase",
        "createCollection": {
          "bucketName": "myBucket",
          "scopeName": "myScope",
          "collectionName": "myCollection"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  - changeSet:
      id: '1'
      author: liquibase
      createCollection:
        bucketName: myBucket
        scopeName: myScope
        collectionName: myCollection

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<databaseChangeLog
        xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-4.19.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-couchbase-ext.xsd">

    <changeSet id="1" author="liquibase">
        <ext:createCollection>
            <ext:bucketName>myBucket</ext:bucketName>
            <ext:scopeName>myScope</ext:scopeName>
            <ext:collectionName>myCollection</ext:collectionName>
        </ext:createCollection>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

{
  "databaseChangeLog": [
    {
      "changeSet": {
        "id": "1",
        "author": "liquibase",
        "createCollection": {
          "bucketName": "myBucket",
          "scopeName": "myScope",
          "collectionName": "myCollection"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

databaseChangeLog:
  - changeSet:
      id: '1'
      author: liquibase
      createCollection:
        bucketName: myBucket
        scopeName: myScope
        collectionName: myCollection

Couchbase createCollection

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