wohali commented on a change in pull request #219: Fix _cluster_setup api | couchdb node name changes | verify cluster setup URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/pull/219#discussion_r175499567
########## File path: src/cluster/setup.rst ########## @@ -163,9 +163,17 @@ then to add nodes by IP address. To get more nodes, go through the same install procedure on other machines. Be sure to specify the total number of nodes you expect to add to the cluster before adding nodes. -Before you can add nodes to form a cluster, you have to have them -listen on a public IP address and set up an admin user. Do this, once -per node: +Before you can add nodes to form a cluster, you must have them listening on an +IP address accessible from the other nodes in the cluster. +Do this once per node: + +In file etc/vm.args to -name couchdb@<this-nodes-ip-address> for each node. +For clustered setup, each node in the system must have a unique name. Review comment: @raghavtan can you check this comment from @flimzy before I squash and merge? thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
