Agreed - that would explain a lot. Having the wrong port for _config also gave me quite a lot of trouble.
Getting there now :) On 6 Dec 2016, at 14:13, Karl Helmer <hel...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu<mailto:hel...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> wrote: Hi, I think one possible reason for why this question comes up fairly frequently is that if you follow the installation instructions starting at 2.1 and then keep hitting "next topic", section 2.6, Single-node Setup, is skipped - it goes from 2.5 -> 3.0. regards, Karl Thank you Joan - indeed I was missing something! Much appreciated - Nick (email / Skype for Business): nicholas.out...@plymouth.ac.uk<mailto:nicholas.out...@plymouth.ac.uk><mailto:nicholas.out...@plymouth.ac.uk> (mobile / iMessage): +44 7540 695741<tel:+44%207540%20695741> (office): +44 1752 586257<tel:+44%201752%20586257> (twitter): noutram_at_uop iTunes U course: iOS Development in Swift: http://iTunes.com/plymouthswift<http://itunes.com/plymouthswift> On 5 Dec 2016, at 18:33, Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org<mailto:woh...@apache.org>> wrote: You missed the setup step where you create the _users database: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/2.0.0/install/index.html#single-node-setup -Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Outram" <nicholas.out...@plymouth.ac.uk<mailto:nicholas.out...@plymouth.ac.uk>> To: user@couchdb.apache.org<mailto:user@couchdb.apache.org> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 10:42:00 AM Subject: Creating users - getting back "Database does not exist." I'm working though the tutorial on CouchDB http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/intro/security.html I'm at the section "Creating a New User", where is says: Creating a new user is a very trivial operation. You just need to do a PUT<http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.6> request with the user's data to CouchDB. Let's create a user with login jan and password apple: curl -X PUT http://localhost:5984/_users/org.couchdb.user:jan \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"name": "jan", "password": "apple", "roles": [], "type": "user"}' When I try this, I get {"error":"not_found","reason":"Database does not exist."} I'm missing something here. Can anyone advise? Nick ________________________________ [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif]<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/worldclass> This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. 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