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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:41:08 +0200
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Subject: Re: Running a dev instance of Couch
From: Dave Cottlehuber <dave@muse.net.nz>
To: user@couchdb.apache.org
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On 19 April 2012 20:57, Heather Airoldi <Heather.Airoldi@gordon.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for the instructions Dave. =A0I followed your method on the Wiki, =
but unfortunately it does not seem to be working for me. =A0running the "co=
uchdb -i -a /tmp/couchdb/etc/couchdb/local.ini" command after following the=
 instructions says that Apache CouchDB is running, but when I try to access=
 localhost:5985 it can't connect. =A0Any idea what I did wrong? =A0Here is =
my new /tmp/couchdb/etc/couchdb/local.ini file:
>
> ; CouchDB Configuration Settings
>
> ; Custom settings should be made in this file. They will override setting=
s
> ; in default.ini, but unlike changes made to default.ini, this file won't=
 be
> ; overwritten on server upgrade.
>
> [couchdb]
> ;max_document_size =3D 4294967296 ; bytes
> database_dir =3D /tmp/couchdb/var/lib/couchdb
> view_index_dir =3D /tmp/couchdb/var/lib/couchdb
> uri_file =3D /tmp/couchdb/var/run/couchdb/couch.uri
>
> [httpd]
> port =3D 5985
> bind_address =3D 0.0.0.0
> ; Options for the MochiWeb HTTP server.
> ;server_options =3D [{backlog, 128}, {acceptor_pool_size, 16}]
> ; For more socket options, consult Erlang's module 'inet' man page.
> ;socket_options =3D [{recbuf, 262144}, {sndbuf, 262144}, {nodelay, true}]
>
> ; Uncomment next line to trigger basic-auth popup on unauthorized request=
s.
> ;WWW-Authenticate =3D Basic realm=3D"administrator"
>
> ; Uncomment next line to set the configuration modification whitelist. On=
ly
> ; whitelisted values may be changed via the /_config URLs. To allow the a=
dmin
> ; to change this value over HTTP, remember to include {httpd,config_white=
list}
> ; itself. Excluding it from the list would require editing this file to u=
pdate
> ; the whitelist.
> ;config_whitelist =3D [{httpd,config_whitelist}, {log,level}, {etc,etc}]
>
> [httpd_global_handlers]
> ;_google =3D {couch_httpd_proxy, handle_proxy_req, <<"http://www.google.c=
om">>}
> "/tmp/couchdb/etc/couchdb/local.ini" 81L, 320
>
> Thanks,
> Heather
> ________________________________________
> From: Dave Cottlehuber [dave@muse.net.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 5:35 AM
> To: user@couchdb.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Running a dev instance of Couch
>
> On 19 April 2012 10:46, Dave Cottlehuber <dave@muse.net.nz> wrote:
>> mkdir -p $NEW/var/{lib,etc,run}/couchdb/
>> [additional embarrassing errors omitted]
>
> Typically I flubbed the cut-n-paste, a corrected version is on the
> wiki so that future foobars will not be recorded in mailing list
> perpetuity for my eternal shame.
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Additional_Instances

Do you have the [log] section too?

[log]
file =3D /tmp/couchdb/var/log/couchdb/couch.log

If you do IRC, pop on & ping me @dch if this isn't working still.

A+
Dave