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Table of Contents

User Guides

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Replication
  • 3. Querying CouchDB
  • 4. Best Practices

Administration Guides

  • 1. Installation
    • 1.1. Installation on Unix-like systems
    • 1.2. Installation on Windows
    • 1.3. Installation on macOS
    • 1.4. Installation on FreeBSD
    • 1.5. Installation via Docker
    • 1.6. Installation via Snap
    • 1.7. Installation on Kubernetes
    • 1.8. Search Plugin Installation
    • 1.9. Nouveau Server Installation
    • 1.10. Upgrading from prior CouchDB releases
    • 1.11. Troubleshooting an Installation
  • 2. Setup
  • 3. Configuration
  • 4. Cluster Management
  • 5. Maintenance
  • 6. Fauxton
  • 7. Experimental Features

Reference Guides

  • 1. API Reference
  • 2. JSON Structure Reference
  • 3. Query Server
  • 4. Partitioned Databases

Other

  • 1. Release Notes
  • 2. Security Issues / CVEs
  • 3. Reporting New Security Problems with Apache CouchDB
  • 4. License
  • 5. Contributing to this Documentation

Quick Reference Guides

  • API Quick Reference
  • Configuration Quick Reference

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1. Installation

  • 1.1. Installation on Unix-like systems
    • 1.1.1. Installation using the Apache CouchDB convenience binary packages
    • 1.1.2. Installation from source
    • 1.1.3. Dependencies
    • 1.1.4. Installing
    • 1.1.5. User Registration and Security
    • 1.1.6. First Run
    • 1.1.7. Running as a Daemon
  • 1.2. Installation on Windows
    • 1.2.1. Installation from binaries
    • 1.2.2. Installation from sources
  • 1.3. Installation on macOS
    • 1.3.1. Installation using the Apache CouchDB native application
    • 1.3.2. Installation with Homebrew
    • 1.3.3. Installation from source
  • 1.4. Installation on FreeBSD
    • 1.4.1. Installation
    • 1.4.2. Service Configuration
    • 1.4.3. Post Install
  • 1.5. Installation via Docker
  • 1.6. Installation via Snap
  • 1.7. Installation on Kubernetes
  • 1.8. Search Plugin Installation
    • 1.8.1. Installation of Binary Packages
    • 1.8.2. Chef
    • 1.8.3. Kubernetes
    • 1.8.4. Additional Details
  • 1.9. Nouveau Server Installation
    • 1.9.1. Enable Nouveau
    • 1.9.2. Installation of Binary Packages
    • 1.9.3. Securing Nouveau
    • 1.9.4. Docker
  • 1.10. Upgrading from prior CouchDB releases
    • 1.10.1. Important Notes
    • 1.10.2. Upgrading from CouchDB 2.x
    • 1.10.3. Upgrading from CouchDB 1.x
  • 1.11. Troubleshooting an Installation
    • 1.11.1. First Install
    • 1.11.2. Quick Build
    • 1.11.3. Upgrading
    • 1.11.4. Runtime Errors
    • 1.11.5. macOS Known Issues
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