Does anything get displayed if you try and start in interactive mode? Try with "couchdb -i"
On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Maclin Kallat <[email protected]> wrote: > I have changed the permissions as per the INSTALL.Unix > > Change the ownership of the CouchDB directories by running: > > chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/etc/couchdb > chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb > chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/log/couchdb > chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/run/couchdb > > Change the permission of the CouchDB directories by running: > > chmod 0770 /usr/local/etc/couchdb > chmod 0770 /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb > chmod 0770 /usr/local/var/log/couchdb > chmod 0770 /usr/local/var/run/couchdb > > It still doesn't start. > > Maclin > > > On 20 Apr 2011, at 18:14, Paul Davis wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Maclin Kallat <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have installed Couchdb 1.0.1 from source >>> >>> wget >>> http://mirrors.enquira.co.uk/apache//couchdb/1.0.1/apache-couchdb-1.0.1.tar.gz >>> wget http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R14B.tar.gz >>> >>> I also have the Erlang 5.8.1 installed. >>> >>> I can start Couchdb properly but am unable to check it using curl: >>> >>> Here are the commands: >>> >>> sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb -b >>> Apache CouchDB has started, time to relax. >>> curl localhost:5984 >>> curl: (7) couldn't connect to host >>> >>> What could be possibly going wrong? >>> How can I diagnose this or check errors somewhere about whats missing? >>> >>> Any help will be extremely appreciated. >>> >>> Maclin >>> >>> >> >> Its probably a permissions error. Check the INSTALL.Unix for a list of >> directories that CouchDB needs to have write access to. > > - - - - - - - > Maclin Kallat > :: BOX :: > > Email me on [email protected] > Visit us at www.boxsolutions.com > > Find out more information about BOX's ONE Media Manager at > www.onemediamanager.com > > >
