Wow, Marcello. That's excellent! Do you think there should be a Rake target like "install" which does this sort of thing for known distributions?
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Marcello Nuccio <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mohammad, > on Ubuntu-11.10 I create the following file: > > # /etc/init/build-couchdb.conf > description "CouchDB service built with build-couchdb" > > start on filesystem > stop on runlevel [!2345] > > respawn > respawn limit 10 5 > umask 022 > > pre-start script > test -x '/home/couchdb/bin/couchdb' || { stop; exit 0; } > end script > > script > exec sudo -u couchdb dash -c '"/home/couchdb/bin/couchdb" 2>&1 | > logger -t "build-couchdb" -p local0.error' > end script > # END OF /etc/init/build-couchdb.conf > > > Here I'm assuming that: > - there's a "couchdb" user > - you compiled with "rake install=/home/couchdb" > > Obviously you can change those assumptions as you like. > > One important WARNING: by default couchdb will log to > /home/boutique/var/log/couchdb/couch.log > then it's important to rotate this log, for example creating the following > file: > > ===== Contents of /etc/logrotate.d/boutique ======= > /home/boutique/var/log/couchdb/couch.log { > weekly > rotate 10 > copytruncate > delaycompress > compress > notifempty > missingok > } > > HTH, > Marcello > > 2011/12/2 Mohammad Prabowo <[email protected]>: >> Hi Jason! Thanks for the reply. Sadly, the method you described didn't work. >> I'm guessing, it has something to do with build/env.sh. Since that >> file will make couchdb availlable to the PATH. >> I haven't had installed any program for source before, so i don't know >> how to make it startup scripts >> >> Would you please post the instructions as to how to do it in the >> build-couchdb github page? I'm sure for many novice people like me the >> instructions will be a great help. >> >> Thank you >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, Mohammad. I maintain build-couchdb. I didn't' even realize it was >>> mentioned in the wiki. That's cool! >>> >>> The first thing to understand is, when build-couchdb completes, it is >>> exactly as if you had manually run `make install` from a traditional >>> build from the source code. If you see any instructions about what to >>> do after `make install`, then they also apply to build-couchdb. >>> >>> The basic strategy is to make your startup scripts execute CouchDB >>> during boot, and stop it during shutdown. >>> >>> My guess about this process (untested, may not be exactly correct): >>> >>> ln -s $PWD/build/etc/init.d/couchdb /etc/init.d/couchdb >>> update-rc.d couchdb defaults >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Mohammad Prabowo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi. I'm new to CouchDB and would like to join the mailing list. >>>> Also, i have a problem. I'm using build-couchdb method as >>>> recomendedfrom this wiki, >>>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntubut, i don't know >>>> how to make the couchdb start automatically when istart Ubuntu. >>>> Also, after i start the CouchDB manually, i can't seem to find a wayto >>>> restart the process (i want to change the admin password, and to >>>> dothat, i need to edit the local.ini file, and restart the CouchDB). >>>> So, to be clear, here's my problem: >>>> - How to make the build-couchdb start automatically?- How to start, >>>> stop, and restart build-couchdb? >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Iris Couch -- Iris Couch
