Set up couchdb on the Ubuntu server

upd: 1.6.1 for ubuntu 14.04 https://github.com/pixelpark/ppnet/wiki/Install-CouchDB-1.6.1-on-Ubuntu-14.04

UPD: 2 Logrotation: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-manage-log-files-with-logrotate-on-ubuntu-12-10


New way:
http://onabai.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/installing-couchdb-1-2-in-ubuntu-12-04/
https://gist.github.com/jsdavo/3054201

old way(not good at all)
The better way to install couchdb 1.2 on the ubuntu:
https://github.com/iriscouch/build-couchdb

Tunning:

1. Set bind_address to 0.0.0.0 to allow couchdb from outside.
2. Set delayed_commits to false

Don't forget to configure logging!

-Setup log rotate:

First off, a lot of people run CouchDB from source which means that in 99% of all installs, the log rotation is not activated.

To fix this (on Ubuntu/Debian), do the following:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/couchdb /etc/logrotate.d/couchdb

- Don't forget to change the path to match your installation.

Example:

/usr/local/var/log/couchdb/*.log {
       weekly
       rotate 10
       copytruncate
       delaycompress
       compress
       notifempty
       missingok
}

UPDATE... remembered... it's

Code:

sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf