couchdb Getting started with couchdb Installation and Setup

Example

Ubuntu

On recent Ubuntu versions, you can install an up-to-date version of CouchDB with sudo apt-get install couchdb. For older versions, such as Ubuntu 14.04, you should run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:couchdb/stable -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install couchdb -y

Fedora

To install couchdb in fedora ryou can do sudo dnf install couchdb

Mac OS X

To install CouchDB on Mac OS X, you can install the Mac app from the CouchDB downloads section.

Windows

To install CouchDB on Windows, you can simply download the executable from CouchDB downloads section.

Hello World

By default, CouchDB listens on port 5984. Visiting http://127.0.0.1:5984 will yield a response that looks like this:

{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.6.1"}

CouchDB comes out-of-the-box with a GUI called Futon. You can find this interface at http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils. Here, you can easily set up an administrator account and configure other important settings.