Build couchdb-lucene application
- Checkout the repository by git clone https://github.com/rnewson/couchdb-lucene.git
- Enter into the application root directory by the command : cd couchdb-lucene
- Run the command: mvn install
- Run the command: mvn
- Enter into the target folder you will find a tar and a zip folder.
- Unzip or Untar the folder and put it to a suitable location i.e /opt
- Rename the folder couchdb-lucene-<version>-dist.* to couchdb-lucene
Configure CouchDB
Configure the local.ini file located in the ubuntu machine /etc/couchdb/ as the following settings.
Add Python hook script
[couchdb]
os_process_timeout=60000 ; increase the timeout from 5 seconds.
[external]
fti=/usr/bin/python /opt/couchdb-lucene/tools/couchdb-external-hook.py
[httpd_db_handlers]
_fti = {couch_httpd_external, handle_external_req, <<"fti">>}
Add proxy handler for CouchDB version 1.1 and above
[httpd_global_handlers]
_fti = {couch_httpd_proxy, handle_proxy_req, <<"http://127.0.0.1:5985">>}