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The following page has been changed by MarcVanWoerkom: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_FreeBSD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {{{ {"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"0.9.0a-incubating"} }}} - Then you should try "http://localhost:5984/_utils/"; to see the "futon" web inteface, + Then you should try "http://localhost:5984/_utils/"; to see the "futon" web interface, I tried creating a database "db1" there and got an error. The solution was to {{{ @@ -67, +67 @@ }}} and yes, this does not really feel FreeBSD style. And indeed "/usr/local/var/couchdb" might be more appropriate too. :-) - Anyway, after this futon did report OK and I found a /var/lib/couchdb/db1.couch data file. + Anyway, after this futon did report OK and I found a "/var/lib/couchdb/db1.couch" data file. This should be enough to start hacking couchdb. + What next? + - To improve the port I would start having a look at the Apache Tomcat port, as far as I remember it honored the FreeBSD conventions and might give some hints on how to change the "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/couchdb" script to make it a compliant daemon user. + To improve the port I would start having a look at the Apache Tomcat port, as far as I remember it honored the FreeBSD conventions and might give some hints on how to change the "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/couchdb" script to make it a compliant daemon user. And it should be enhanced for the rc.conf mechanism ("couchdb_enable=YES|NO"). -- MarcVanWoerkom [[DateTime(2009-05-13T00:30:19Z)]]
