https://github.com/iriscouch/build-couchdb (from
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu)
- Setup new instance: Ubuntu 11.10
- ssh to new box
- run the following to build couchdb from source (packages available via "sudo aptitude install couchdb" are too old):
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install make gcc zlib1g-dev libssl-dev rake
git clone git://github.com/iriscouch/build-couchdb
cd build-couchdb
git submodule init
git submodule update
rake
couchdb
ubuntu@ip-10-128-141-191:~/build-couchdb$ couchdb
Apache CouchDB 1.0.1 (LogLevel=info) is starting.
=CRASH REPORT==== 19-Apr-2012::11:28:09 ===
crasher:
initial call: couch_event_sup:init/1
pid: <0.80.0>
registered_name: []
exception exit: {{badmatch,
{'EXIT',
{{badmatch,{error,eacces}},
[{couch_log,init,1},
{gen_event,server_add_handler,4},
{gen_event,handle_msg,5},
{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}}},
[{couch_event_sup,init,1},
{gen_server,init_it,6},
{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}
in function gen_server:init_it/6
ancestors: [couch_primary_services,couch_server_sup,<0.32.0>]
messages: []
links: [<0.79.0>,<0.6.0>]
dictionary: []
trap_exit: false
status: running
heap_size: 377
stack_size: 24
reductions: 116
neighbours:
=SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 19-Apr-2012::11:28:09 ===
Supervisor: {local,couch_primary_services}
Context: start_error
Reason: {{badmatch,{'EXIT',{{badmatch,{error,eacces}},
[{couch_log,init,1},
{gen_event,server_add_handler,4},
{gen_event,handle_msg,5},
{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}}},
[{couch_event_sup,init,1},
{gen_server,init_it,6},
{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}
Offender: [{pid,undefined},
{name,couch_log},
{mfargs,{couch_log,start_link,[]}},
{restart_type,permanent},
{shutdown,brutal_kill},
{child_type,worker}]
=SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 19-Apr-2012::11:28:09 ===
Supervisor: {local,couch_server_sup}
Context: start_error
Reason: shutdown
Offender: [{pid,undefined},
{name,couch_primary_services},
{mfargs,{couch_server_sup,start_primary_services,[]}},
{restart_type,permanent},
{shutdown,infinity},
{child_type,supervisor}]
=CRASH REPORT==== 19-Apr-2012::11:28:09 ===
crasher:
initial call: application_master:init/4
pid: <0.31.0>
registered_name: []
exception exit: {bad_return,
{{couch_app,start,
[normal,
["/etc/couchdb/default.ini",
"/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]]},
{'EXIT',
{{badmatch,{error,shutdown}},
[{couch_server_sup,start_server,1},
{application_master,start_it_old,4}]}}}}
in function application_master:init/4
ancestors: [<0.30.0>]
messages: [{'EXIT',<0.32.0>,normal}]
links: [<0.30.0>,<0.7.0>]
dictionary: []
trap_exit: true
status: running
heap_size: 987
stack_size: 24
reductions: 115
neighbours:
=INFO REPORT==== 19-Apr-2012::11:28:09 ===
application: couch
exited: {bad_return,{{couch_app,start,
[normal,
["/etc/couchdb/default.ini",
"/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]]},
{'EXIT',{{badmatch,{error,shutdown}},
[{couch_server_sup,start_server,1},
{application_master,start_it_old,4}]}}}}
type: temporary
Alternatives
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Getting_started_with_Amazon_EC2
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade
- sudo apt-get install erlang libmozjs-dev libicu-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev make subversion automake autoconf libtool help2man
- Fetch, build, and run CouchDB:
- svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/trunk couchdb
- cd couchdb
- ./bootstrap
- ./configure
- ./configure
- make && sudo make install
- sudo adduser --system --home /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb --no-create-home --shell /bin/bash --group --gecos 'CouchDB account' couchdb
- sudo chown -R couchdb.couchdb /usr/local/var/{lib,log}/couchdb
- (Optional) Enable direct web access. NOTE: This step makes your CouchDB instance available for everyone. See the FaQ for some (but not all) security options.
- sudo vim /usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini
- Search for "bind_address", uncomment it, and change it to 0.0.0.0
- Save and exit
- (Alternative option) Set up port forwarding to access your DB, for example with SSH.
- ssh -L 5984:localhost:5984 -l ubuntu <public DNS name>
- Leave that session open as long as you need the proxy to work
- Your new DB URL will be http://127.0.0.1:5984/ instead.
- sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb
- Test it by going to http://<public dns name>:5984/_utils/
