couchdb(1) Apache CouchDB database server

SYNOPSIS

couchdb [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

The couchdb command runs the Apache CouchDB server.

Erlang is called with:

-os_mon
start_memsup false start_cpu_sup false disk_space_check_interval 1 disk_almost_full_threshold 1 -sasl errlog_type error +K true +A 4

Erlang inherits the environment of this command.

You can override these options using the environment:

ERL_AFLAGS, ERL_FLAGS, ERL_ZFLAGS

See erl(1) for more information about the environment variables.

The exit status is 0 for success or 1 for failure.

OPTIONS

-h
display a short help message and exit
-V
display version information and exit
-a FILE
add configuration FILE to chain
-A DIR
add configuration DIR to chain
-n
reset configuration file chain (including system default)
-c
print configuration file chain and exit
-i
use the interactive Erlang shell
-b
spawn as a background process
-p FILE
set the background PID FILE (overrides system default)
-r SECONDS
respawn background process after SECONDS (defaults to no respawn)
-o FILE
redirect background stdout to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stdout)
-e FILE
redirect background stderr to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stderr)
-s
display the status of the background process
-k
kill the background process, will respawn if needed
-d
shutdown the background process

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB>.


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