> ## Documentation Index > The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt > Use these files to discover more information as needed. # IBM Cloudant Docs The IBM Cloudant portfolio includes two complementary, document-oriented NoSQL database-as-a-service offerings on the IBM Cloud. In addition to the comprehensive information in the IBM Cloudant docs, links to additional sources of information are provided below. ## Get started - [What is IBM Cloudant?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-what-is-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Getting started](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-getting-started-with-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Plans and provisioning](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloud-public&format=markdown) - [Usage and charges](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-usage-and-charges&format=markdown) - [Limits](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-limits&format=markdown) - [Connecting](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-connecting&format=markdown) - [Learning Center](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-learning-center&format=markdown) - Security & compliance - [Security](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-security&format=markdown) - [Compliance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-compliance&format=markdown) - [Data privacy and governance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-data-privacy-and-governance&format=markdown) - [Audit logging](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-audit-logging&format=markdown) - [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr-&format=markdown) - [Service Changes and Deprecations for IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-deprecations-for-ibm-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Release notes for IBM Cloudant Classic](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-classic-release-notes&format=markdown) - [Gen 2 docs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloudant-gen2?format=markdown) ## Tutorials - [Locating your service credentials](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-locating-your-service-credentials&format=markdown) - [Migrating an instance with legacy credentials and IAM Authentication to IAM Only Authentication](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-migrating-to-iam-only&format=markdown) - [Revoking a credential that is tied to your instance URL](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-revoke-instance-url-style-credential&format=markdown) - [Using the IBM Cloudant Dashboard](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-navigate-the-dashboard&format=markdown) - [Digging deeper into IBM Cloudant Dashboard](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-dig-deeper-dashboard&format=markdown) - [Creating a web-based To-Do list](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-web-based-todo-list&format=markdown) - [Creating an IoT historian using partitioned databases](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-an-iot-historian-using-partitioned-databases&format=markdown) - [Creating an instance with CLI](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-an-ibm-cloudant-instance-on-ibm-cloud-by-using-the-ibm-cloud-cli&format=markdown) - [Using a Dedicated Hardware plan instance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-and-leveraging-an-ibm-cloudant-dedicated-hardware-plan-instance-on-ibm-cloud&format=markdown) - [Creating and populating a database](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-and-populating-a-simple-ibm-cloudant-database-on-ibm-cloud&format=markdown) - [Using IBM Cloudant Query](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-an-ibm-cloudant-query&format=markdown) - [Creating a backup](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-a-backup&format=markdown) ## How to - [Using IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloudant-basics&format=markdown) - Managing your accounts - [Working with your IBM Cloudant account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-work-with-your-account&format=markdown) - [Working with curl](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-working-with-curl&format=markdown) - [How Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) works](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cross-origin-resource-sharing&format=markdown) - [How HTTP works with IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-how-http-works-with-cloudant&format=markdown) - [How JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) works](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-how-json-works&format=markdown) - Working with databases - [Database overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-databases&format=markdown) - [Creating a database](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-create-database&format=markdown) - [Getting database details ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-getting-database-details&format=markdown) - [Getting a list of all databases in the account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-get-a-list-of-all-databases-in-the-account&format=markdown) - [Getting documents](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-get-documents&format=markdown) - [Sending multiple queries to a database](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-send-multiple-queries-to-a-database&format=markdown) - [Getting changes to documents in the database](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-get-changes&format=markdown) - [Deleting a database](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-deleting-a-database&format=markdown) - [How is data stored in IBM Cloudant?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-how-is-data-stored-in-ibm-cloudant-&format=markdown) - [Document versioning and MVCC](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-document-versioning-and-mvcc&format=markdown) - [Database partitioning](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-database-partitioning&format=markdown) - [Conflicts](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-conflicts&format=markdown) - [CAP Theorem](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cap-theorem&format=markdown) - [Combining IBM Cloudant with other IBM services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-combine-ibm-services&format=markdown) - How documents work - [Overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-documents&format=markdown) - [Creating a document](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-create-document&format=markdown) - [Reading a document](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-read-a-document&format=markdown) - [Updating a document](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-update-docs&format=markdown) - [Deleting a document](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-delete-a-doc&format=markdown) - ["Tombstone" documents](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-tombstone-docs&format=markdown) - [Bulk operations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-bulk-operations&format=markdown) - [How design documents work](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-design-documents&format=markdown) - [Design document management](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-design-document-management&format=markdown) - [Grouping related documents together in IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-grouping-related-documents-together-in-ibm-cloudant&format=markdown) - [How to use attachments](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-how-to-use-attachments&format=markdown) - Views - [Creating Views (MapReduce)](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-views-mapreduce&format=markdown) - [Using Views](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-using-views&format=markdown) - Queries - [Working with IBM Cloudant Query](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-query&format=markdown) - [JSON indexes](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-json-indexes&format=markdown) - [Text indexes](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-text-indexes&format=markdown) - [Partial indexes](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-partial-indexes&format=markdown) - [Query selector syntax](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-selector-syntax&format=markdown) - [Query operators](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-operators&format=markdown) - [Query parameters](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloudant-query-parameters&format=markdown) - [Retrieving query plans](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-explain-plans&format=markdown) - [Movies demo database example](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-example-movies-demo-database&format=markdown) - [IBM Cloudant Query performance guide](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cloudant-query-performance-guide&format=markdown) - [Monitor for inefficient IBM Cloudant queries](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-monitor-for-inefficient-query-requests&format=markdown) - Searches - [Using IBM Cloudant Search](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cloudant-search&format=markdown) - [Search analyzers](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-search-analyzers&format=markdown) - Geo - [IBM Cloudant Geospatial notice](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cloudant-nosql-db-geospatial&format=markdown) - Replicating databases - [What is replication?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-replication-guide&format=markdown) - [IBM Cloudant Replication](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-replication-api&format=markdown) - [Advanced replication](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-advanced-replication&format=markdown) - Monitoring your instance - [Monitoring an IBM Cloudant cluster](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-monitoring-an-ibm-cloudant-cluster&format=markdown) - [Capacity](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-capacity&format=markdown) - [Active tasks](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-active-tasks&format=markdown) - [Managing tasks](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-managing-tasks&format=markdown) - Migrating your plan - [Migration overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-migrating-to-ibm-cloudant-on-ibm-cloud&format=markdown) - [Migrating from a Lite plan to a Standard plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-migrating-from-a-lite-plan-to-a-standard-plan&format=markdown) - [Migrating an Enterprise plan to a Lite or Standard plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-migrating-an-enterprise-plan-to-a-lite-or-standard-plan&format=markdown) - [Finding your IBM Cloudant plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-find-your-ibm-cloudant-plan&format=markdown) - Recovery and backup - [Disaster recovery and backup for IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-disaster-recovery-and-backup&format=markdown) - [Configuring IBM Cloudant for cross-region disaster recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-configuring-ibm-cloudant-for-cross-region-disaster-recovery&format=markdown) - [IBM Cloudant backup and recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloudant-backup-and-recovery&format=markdown) - Enhancing security for IBM Cloudant - [Managing access for IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-managing-access-for-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Learning about IBM Cloudant architecture and workload isolation](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-compute-isolation&format=markdown) - [Using service endpoints to privately connect to IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-service-endpoints&format=markdown) - [Securing your connection](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-securing-your-connection-to-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Managing security and compliance with IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-manage-security-compliance&format=markdown) - [Securing your data in IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-securing-your-data-in-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Auditing events](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-at_events&format=markdown) ## Reference - [Understanding your responsibilities when you use IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cloudant-responsibilities&format=markdown) - [Service dependency map for IBM Cloudant for IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-service-dependencies&format=markdown) - Observability - [IBM Cloud Logs integration](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-log-analysis-integration&format=markdown) - [IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing integration](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-auditing_events-for-cloudant&format=markdown) - [IBM Cloud Monitoring integration](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-monitor-ibm-cloud-pm&format=markdown) - [Understanding high availability and disaster recovery for IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-service-name-ha-dr&format=markdown) - [Data portability](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-data-portability&format=markdown) - Best practices for IBM Cloudant - [Data modeling](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-data-modeling&format=markdown) - [Indexing and querying](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-indexing-and-querying&format=markdown) - [IBM Cloudant in practice](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cloudant-in-practice&format=markdown) - Sample apps - [Serverless web application and API](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/solution-tutorials?topic=solution-tutorials-serverless-webapp&format=markdown) - [Deploy microservices with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/solution-tutorials?topic=solution-tutorials-openshift-microservices&format=markdown) - [Apply end to end security to a cloud application](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/solution-tutorials?topic=solution-tutorials-cloud-e2e-security&format=markdown) - [Client libraries](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-client-libraries&format=markdown) - Apache CouchDB - [Comparing Apache CouchDB and IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-couchdb-and-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Comparison of IBM Cloudant and Apache CouchDB API endpoints](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-comparison-of-ibm-cloudant-and-couchdb-api-endpoints&format=markdown) - Other offerings - [cloudant.com](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloudant.com&format=markdown) - [API & SDK reference docs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/apis/cloudant/cloudant-gen1) - CLI - [IBM Cloudant CLI](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cloudant-cli&format=markdown) - [IBM Cloudant CLI change log](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cli-change-log&format=markdown) - [Terraform reference docs](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/cloudant) ## Help - FAQs - [Authenticating with IBM Cloudant FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-authenticating-cloudant&format=markdown) - [Availability zones FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-availability-zones&format=markdown) - [Document versioning and conflicts FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-document-versioning-conflicts&format=markdown) - [Migration FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-migration&format=markdown) - [Modeling data to scale FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-five-tips-for-modeling-your-data-to-scale-faq&format=markdown) - [Pricing FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-pricing&format=markdown) - [Provisioned throughput capacity model FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-provisioned-throughput-capacity-model&format=markdown) - [Using the IBM Cloudant changes feed FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-using-changes-feed&format=markdown) - [Using IBM Cloudant Query FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-using-cloudant-query&format=markdown) - [Migration to QuickJS from SpiderMonkey](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-faq-migration-to-quickjs-from-spidermonkey&format=markdown) - [Getting help and support for IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-help-and-support&format=markdown)