Install CouchDB on Windows:
- Download CouchDB from the official website: http://couchdb.apache.org/
- Click on the download button.
- From the various files of different formats, download CouchDB according to your operating system.
- Now run the downloaded apache file.
- Complete the pre-installation processes and click on the INSTALL button.
- Open the link: http://127.0.0.1:5984/ in a browser after the successful installation.
- For interacting with the CouchDB web interface, use the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils
- Go to the verify tab to verify the installation.
- Go to Setup tab.
- The first option displayed will be “Configure cluster” which is chosen for multiple servers and large setup.
- The second option “Configure Single Node” is chosen for a simple database application.
- After choosing the “configure single node”, fill the credentials.
- To change the password or to create another admin click on the admin tab.
Install CouchDB on Linux Systems:
- Use the below command to install CouchDB on Ubuntu and Debian.
sudo apt install CouchDB
- You can verify the installation on a web browser by opening the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:5984/ For the Linux systems with no CouchDB, one can install CouchDB and its dependencies including:
- Erlang OTP
- ICU
- OpenSSL
- Mozilla SpiderMonkey
- GNU Make
- GNU Compiler Collection
- libcurl
- help2man
- Python for docs
- Python Sphinx
- Use the below commands to install the dependencies.
$sudo yum install autoconf $sudo yum install autoconf-archive $sudo yum install automake $sudo yum install curl-devel $sudo yum install erlang-asn1 $sudo yum install erlang-erts $sudo yum install erlang-eunit $sudo yum install erlang-os_mon $sudo yum install erlang-xmerl $sudo yum install help2man $sudo yum install js-devel $sudo yum install libicu-devel $sudo yum install libtool $sudo yum install perl-Test-Harness
- Configure and start CouchDB.
- You can verify the installation on a web browser by opening the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:5984/
