notes.md

Notes to remind myself about various things.

Getting the CouchDB database

Download the .couch file from /var/lib/couchdb. The server runs CouchDB 1.6. It's hard to install this version anymore, so install 2.1.

To import the backup file into 2.1:

• Stop the server
• Edit /opt/couchdb/etc/vm.args
• Change the node name from [email protected] to couchdb@localhost (to make 2.1 able to read old database files)
• Copy the database backup file to /var/lib/couchdb
• Start the server
• The database is now available at http://localhost:5986/_utils - note the port number, the database is NOT available on the stardard port, at http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils

See also:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40631424/couchdb-data-migration-from-1-4-to-2-0
• https://blog.couchdb.org/2016/08/17/migrating-to-couchdb-2-0/
• https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/whatsnew/2.1.html