typically, only root can bind to ports under 1024 and couchdb runs, and should run, as not-root.
B. On 12 November 2013 10:27, Alexander Gabriel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim > > I had some trouble configuring my local.ini file. > > Setting > > [httpd] > port = 80 > > doesn't work because I get a "Connection refused" answer when connecting > with curl. > > The only way I got it working was: > > [httpd] > port = 5984 > bind_address = 0.0.0.0 > > then redirecting form 5984 to 80: "iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp > --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 5984" > > Is this the reason form my trouble with rewrites? > > The vhost I set was: arteigenschaften.ch:5984 = > /artendb/_design/artendb/_rewrite > > Alex > > > 2013/11/11 Jim Klo <[email protected]> > >> Couple of issues I see, answered inline below. >> >> Jim Klo >> Senior Software Engineer >> SRI International >> t: @nsomnac >> >> On Nov 10, 2013, at 8:38 PM, "Alexander Gabriel" <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I call: >> "http://arteigenschaften.ch/artendb/_design/artendb/index.html"; because >> that is where the web-app appears. And I would want it to show as " >> http://arteigenschaften.ch/index.html< >> http://arteigenschaften.ch/artendb/_design/artendb/index.html> >> >> Is your VHOST mapping right? >> >> I saw you had: >> arteigenschaften.ch<http://arteigenschaften.ch>:5984=/db >> name/_design/docname/_rewrite >> >> If you want it to answer on port 80, I think you either need to omit the >> port or specify 80 >> >> arteigenschaften.ch<http://arteigenschaften.ch>=/db >> name/_design/docname/_rewrite >> >> You should be able to test your rewrites by just going to: >> http://localhost:5984/artendb/_design/artendb/_rewrite >> >> It that works, then your problem is with your VHOST config (or reverse >> proxy depending upon how things are configured in your environment). If >> you're doing this remotely and can't access couch directly, I recommend >> doing a ssh port forward so you can test the redirect without VHOST mucking >> things up. >> >> - JK >> >>
