I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess it's either
- incorrect file/folder permissions on couchdb files
- older couchdb currently running and using port
What's the output of a
ps -ef |grep couch
That would eliminate the 2nd guess.
If you installed couchdb via an ubuntu package, that's what probably put
files in /etc. If you built it from source and everything is stashed in
/opt/couchdb-1.0.1, then I'd imagine there is a local.ini in the etc
subdirectory, or some other subdirectory, of that.
I'm assuming that you didn't remove the previous apt package yet either,
or else you have '.' in your path, because ./couchdb -c would be the
command I would expect (including the ./) otherwise I'm guessing you're
calling the ubuntu supplied one which would explain the configuration
paths that are listed.
So a couple things
- check whether couch is running with ps and grep
- find whether or not there is a local.ini in a sub directory of
/opt/couchdb-1.0.1 and if there is, check to see what the port and bind
address are set to. Also set the log level to debug and check the path
to the database files (database_dir and view_index_dir) and make sure
the files in those directories are owned by the couch user.
that would eliminate the first guess
- whats the output of /opt/couchdb-1.0.1/bin/couchdb -c ? My guess is a
different path from the files in /etc
If after permissions and port checks it still doesn't run, run couch
with the debug log level and send the output of relevant log entries in
the couchdb log file.
If it's not specified, you can set the log file in your local.ini
ex.
[log]
level = debug
file = /opt/couchdb-1.0.1/var/log/couchdb/couch.log
And if that doesn't turn on any light-bulbs in our heads, the next thing
I'd do is strace the process and see if the output reveals any other clues.
Topics on this page
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Error_messages
Seem to suggest permissions though.
-Tim
On 08/29/2010 11:50 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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