Hi Karl, Agreed. The docs were rushed for the v2.0.0 release and need work. Pull requests are welcome ;-)
-Joan ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karl Helmer" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], "Joan Touzet" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 9:13:21 AM > Subject: Re: Creating users - getting back "Database does not exist." > > 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): > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > (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 > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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" > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > 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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