I see that your problem is now solved after I replied. Go Gmail :)
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Keith Gable <zi...@ignition-project.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Walter Torres <wal...@torres.ws> wrote: >> sc.exe create CouchDBServer binPath= >> "L:\etc\couchdb\erts-5.8.4\bin\erlsrv.exe" DisplayName= "CouchDB Server" > > erlsrv.exe is used on the command line to install services. You > probably need to install the service and then figure out what command > line it tries to call. In particular, Erlang needs to know what to > start and some settings. Erlang's command line is pretty verbose. > > I would bet that erlsrv.exe is attempting to access parts of the > registry that can't be accessed by LocalService/NetworkService users, > because erlsrv.exe isn't what would execute the Erlang interpeter > anyways. > > >> The GitHub that I pulled the installer from has a non-installer version; >> meaning it is a simple 7z file. I am using that in my experiments. > > Erlang, or CouchDB? > > I would imagine both are available as binary archives, but they're not > the same thing. CouchDB runs on top of Erlang; Erlang is used by tons > of other stuff. Think of the relationship between Ruby and Ruby on > Rails - Rails runs on Ruby and won't run without some sort of Ruby > interpeter. CouchDB is executed within Erlang. > >> 3) deep understanding of system, how it works, how to modify/config it, >> upgrade it. >> * 100% there, with what I have. It took me 10 minutes to add SSL to >> my Apache. Took another 5 for Vhosts. You can't say the same with Xxamp or >> WAMP installers. > > FWIW, I don't like the "WAMP" installers. Apache and MySQL are easy > enough to install properly on their own (or not install; they check > relative locations for their configuration). You're just describing > the standard way of configuring things in Apache/MySQL/etc. Nothing > wrong with that, just saying that "industry standard" *nix apps are > all pretty much the same. > >> >> Anyway, the info you gave (THANK YOU very much BTW) will keep me busy for a >> bit of time. No matter how much I think I know, too many times I feel like >> I know nothing at all. >> > > I'm thinking you just need to extract Erlang into a folder, CouchDB > into a different folder (or keep the structure you have, whichever), > then use erlsrv.exe to install the service (like the installer does), > and then it'll all work. >
