Testing with Couchbase often involves using CouchbaseMock, mocking APIs, or maintaining a running Couchbase Server instance, which is not ideal for integration tests due to its lack of scalability and platform dependency. An alternative is to automate database start-up and shutdown within build scripts, but this introduces dependencies on specific build tools and platform-specific variations. Docker offers a uniform solution by acting as a distributed binary store, enabling consistent management of containers across platforms, which is ideal for test environments. TestContainers, a Java library, leverages Docker to provide lightweight, temporary instances of databases like Couchbase for JUnit tests, addressing these issues by allowing database instances to be set up and torn down easily during testing. This method also requires a custom wait strategy to ensure Couchbase nodes are fully operational before tests proceed, which involves checking the node status through a specific URL. Although current solutions may require building custom images for tests, the approach provides a robust framework for integration testing, and future enhancements could include more flexible modules for Couchbase testing without needing specific images.