Hmm... maybe you guys can help me solve the rest of the problem? (Access to couchdb from outside)
These are the last iptables rules in chain INPUT:; MY_REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5984 Is that not what it should be...? Says "anywhere"... everywhere. Heh. Cheers, Stefan On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Stefan Reich < stefan.reich.maker.of....@googlemail.com> wrote: > OK, thanks for all the answers, folks. It was indeed iptables that blocked > the port. This stuff should be designed (much) better in operating systems. > > Actually it's a project of mine to make that better (LuaOS and its > follow-ups). > > I got iptables to allow access locally now. Weirdly, it still doesn't work > over the Internet. And no, the server is not behind a firewall... :) > > Thanks, > Stefan > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Andrey Kuprianov < > andrey.koupria...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> See if your local.ini bind_address is set to 0.0.0.0 so that you can >> access >> it locally and remotely. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:54 AM, Stanley Iriele <siriele...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > A simple cat of etc/hosts... Should let you know!... And maybe nsswitch >> > just to be sure >> > On Apr 10, 2013 11:22 AM, "Robert Newson" <rnew...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> > > Are you sure localhost == 127.0.0.1 on your machine? debian/ubuntu are >> > > notorious for changing that convention. >> > > >> > > On 10 April 2013 14:20, Stanley Iriele <siriele...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > Why are you telneting to it?...try curling it and see whatviy >> responds >> > > with >> > > > On Apr 10, 2013 10:47 AM, "Stefan Reich" < >> > > > stefan.reich.maker.of....@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > > > >> > > >> Oops, bad copy&paste - here's the actual process info: >> > > >> >> > > >> root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# ps -aef|grep 7651 >> > > >> couchdb 7651 7650 0 19:44 pts/0 00:00:00 >> > > >> /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.8/bin/beam.smp -Bd -K true -- -root >> > > /usr/lib/erlang >> > > >> -progname erl -- -home /var/lib/couchdb -- -noshell -noinput -sasl >> > > >> errlog_type error -couch_ini /etc/couchdb/default.ini >> > > >> /etc/couchdb/local.ini /etc/couchdb/default.ini >> /etc/couchdb/local.ini >> > > -s >> > > >> couch -pidfile /var/run/couchdb/couchdb.pid -heart >> > > >> couchdb 7682 7651 0 19:44 ? 00:00:00 heart -pid 7651 >> -ht 11 >> > > >> >> > > >> Cheers, >> > > >> Stefan >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Stefan Reich < >> > > >> stefan.reich.maker.of....@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > > >> >> > > >> > Hi there! >> > > >> > >> > > >> > I'd like to start using CouchDB for my projects. >> > > >> > >> > > >> > This is on a Linux host. CouchDB installed from standard Debian >> > > package, >> > > >> > no settings altered. But it doesn't start properly: >> > > >> > >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# uname -a >> > > >> > Linux pussy-riot-germany 2.6.32-042stab068.8 #1 SMP Fri Dec 7 >> > 17:06:14 >> > > >> MSK >> > > >> > 2012 i686 GNU/Linux >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# /etc/init.d/couchdb start >> > > >> > Starting database server: couchdb. >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# /etc/init.d/couchdb status >> > > >> > Apache CouchDB is running as process 7651, time to relax. >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# telnet localhost 5984 >> > > >> > Trying ::1... >> > > >> > Trying 127.0.0.1... >> > > >> > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused >> > > >> > >> > > >> > Connection refused? >> > > >> > >> > > >> > Here's the process info: >> > > >> > >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# uname -a >> > > >> > Linux pussy-riot-germany 2.6.32-042stab068.8 #1 SMP Fri Dec 7 >> > 17:06:14 >> > > >> MSK >> > > >> > 2012 i686 GNU/Linux >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# /etc/init.d/couchdb start >> > > >> > Starting database server: couchdb. >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# /etc/init.d/couchdb status >> > > >> > Apache CouchDB is running as process 7651, time to relax. >> > > >> > root@pussy-riot-germany:~/luastuff# telnet localhost 5984 >> > > >> > Trying ::1... >> > > >> > Trying 127.0.0.1... >> > > >> > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused >> > > >> > >> > > >> > Please help, dear experts... :) >> > > >> > >> > > >> > Cheers, >> > > >> > Stefan >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> >> > > >> > >> > >
