CouchDB help

[jmanko16]

I am trying to run the obsidian plug-in "self hosted live sync" which allows me to self host rather than use obsidian sync service. It requires Couchdb for backend.

I'm a bit confused on what I'm doing wrong, I loaded the couchDB docker however am not exactly sure what I should be doing after. I needed to add to the variables user and pass to get it to run. When I point my obsidian to it says no database found. It seems like I need to somehow access Couchdb to setup the database or use another app to get to it first?

Have come a long way and kinda understand a little bit of docker but this is still way over my head.

 

[Rusty]

Can you share what images are you using for both obsidian and couchdb?

 

[jmanko16]

Can you share what images are you using for both obsidian and couchdb?

CouchDB:latest for docker.

Obsidian is electron app that I run on mac/iOS. It uses a plugin called "self-hosted live sync" that will allow a personal self hosting rather than their paid sync.

 

[one-eyed-king]

Did you do what is written here?

Create the ini file with the content from the link above and copy it on your NAS, e.g. to a location like /volume1/docker/obsidian/couchdb/local.ini.

Apply the settings from the docker runcommand from the description like this to the couchdb container:
-e COUCHDB_USER=admin -> add in the "environment" tab.
-e COUCHDB_PASSWORD=password -> add in the "environment" tab.
-v /path/to/local.ini:/opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini -> add in the "volume" tab, use add file (select the ini file mentioned above) then enter the path /opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini as mount path (=inside the container).
-p 5984:598 -> add in the "ports" tab

Even though it's not mentioned in the description, you will want to add a volume mapping to persist the couchdb data outside the container. Use add directory in the "volume" tab and select /volume1/docker/obsidian/couchdb/data (create the folder if it doesn't exist) and set /opt/couchdb/data as mount path inside the container.

After adding all of this, the couchdb container should be setup properly and the coachdb container can be started.

 

[jmanko16]

I did not thanks, this is probably why it is not working. How do I make an .Ini file? Is it just text with that extension?

 

[Telos]

How do I make an .Ini file?

From previous post

Create the ini file with the content from the link above