Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-couchdb-user-archive@locus.apache.org Received: (qmail 13240 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2008 15:55:05 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 14 Nov 2008 15:55:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 45259 invoked by uid 500); 14 Nov 2008 15:55:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-couchdb-user-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 45228 invoked by uid 500); 14 Nov 2008 15:55:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact couchdb-user-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 45217 invoked by uid 99); 14 Nov 2008 15:55:11 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:55:11 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com designates 74.125.92.147 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.92.147] (HELO qw-out-1920.google.com) (74.125.92.147) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:53:49 +0000 Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so1004077qwk.54 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:54:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Eb+RUq+Mp6Y6hQtdFk+YtPp3nDm4VS0PYLCdL+H5qg8=; b=QmNW/I3IkrUbsFAPGtqWuMBzQrT/7UWljQuF4zjJtlr4NKBwW3sh8YUy+xdO1WCYE6 cXQTEkhHoApp/Vn2R+XxVdgbRfzCoeH4ZZLiABw8gSE+MrXTTcfW/Z2vL7nJnJDH08nb eEBntFhRQ4OpQyfREAVyPPUSeAKxE9kBUZoV0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=qyX3GfpZiMqwOTwgMFXPsUut89vd18DAlkEIV4o4uffVQ8LJRwUYCw/aCumfgSKQSx lzNpqw9hOuBtuUPXXPxk5bZsCEo129L88TXaM55GM9eA0PF54QAr1WLn16OibPHEuSIO xk5B20ai6U0YQ6BMDscN/5sTXanqFgkWp5Rd4= Received: by 10.214.78.6 with SMTP id a6mr1095647qab.97.1226678063274; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:54:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.214.215.21 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:54:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:54:23 -0500 From: "Paul Davis" To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Distributed over internet ? In-Reply-To: <20081114115639.GB24001@tumbolia.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20081114115639.GB24001@tumbolia.org> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Noah, Any thoughts about preferring an ssh tunnel? Paul On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Noah Slater wrote: > Hey Samuel, > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:32:48AM +0100, samuel alba wrote: >> I am new to CouchDB and I'd like to know if it's possible to deploy CouchDB >> over different servers over the world to share the same database. Is it >> efficient and could it be secured (I saw CouchDB supports ssl). I guess >> CouchDB was originally designed to distribute a database over a datacenter or >> in a local network. > > You can tunnel CouchDB over SSL or any other secure protocol as you wish using > reverse HTTP proxies. The only thing that would effect your ability to > distribute a CouchDB database is your connection speed. CouchDB was designed for > unrestricted distribution capabilities, so have at it! > > Best, > > -- > Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater >