Error creating DB in bicgcouch with database_dir moved

Question

I have a cluster setup and I've moved the data dir from /opt/bigcouch/var/lib to /bigcouch

I changed the following lines in /opt/bigcouch/etc/default.ini

database_dir = /bigcouch
view_index_dir = /bigcouch

I'm having a issue where if I try to create a new DB it returns JSON saying the DB was created but the actual DB is not created

I have the owner of the dir set to bigcouch

If I create the DB

curl -X PUT localhost:5984/testDB

and then

curl localhost:5986/dbs/_all_docs

I get zero records back

In your first `curl`, you create `testDB`, but then you request `_all_docs` from `dbs`. Is that a typo? Your `PUT` request creates the database, but no documents therein. Shouldn't `_all_docs` then correctly return zero documents, as it does? — garbados, Jun 12 '13 at 22:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '13 at 22:21

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If you edited the .ini file by hand you'll need to restart bigcouch. I suggest using _config instead in general.

answered Jun 12 '13 at 22:21

Robert Newson

and /bigcouch is owned by the user and group that bigcouch is running as? – Robert Newson Jun 12 '13 at 22:27

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