Try this: https://gist.github.com/1171217. Uses build-couchdb from @iriscouch to build everything from source, configure couchdb, hookup logrotate, etc.
K. --- http://blitz.io @pcapr On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Vince Cardillo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to install CouchDB on the free tier of Amazon Web Services so that > I could play wiht and explore it. > > I was following these instructions: > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Getting_started_with_Amazon_EC2 > > The 2nd line says this: Start the Ubuntu 8.10 server image, ami-5059be39 > > I searched for that image, and it isn't found in the AWS EC2 listing. So I > instead installed Ubuntu 11.10 (GNU/Linux 3.0.0-12-virtual i686) (AMI ID: > ami-2e90242f). > > I got through most of the steps, until I hit this step: > sudo adduser --system --home /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb > --no-create-home --shell /bin/bash --group --gecos 'CouchDB account' > couchdb > > It specifies a home directory, but then has the no-create-home flag, and so > at the end it says "not creating home directory". The next command results > in this error: > > chown: cannot access `/usr/local/var/lib/couchdb': No such file or directory > > This command is listed as optional: > sudo vim /usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini > > However, that directory doesn't exist. > > One more thing. If I run "whereis yum" I get this: yum: /usr/bin/yum > /etc/yum /usr/share/man/man8/yum.8.gz > > If I run "whereis couchdb" I get this: couchdb: > > Step 8 says: sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb > I do that and get this: > sudo: unable to change directory to /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb: No such file > or directory > sudo: unable to execute /bin/bash: No such file or directory > > > Right now I am pretty stuck. I am not sure if couchdb installed correctly or > not via the prior steps. And I am not really sure where it is, how to > start/stop it, etc. Help is very appreciated! > > > Thank you for any help, > - vince >
