This installation requires ubuntu 16.04 xenial assumes you are in the terminal and in a folder containing install.sh file and the two couchdb debian files.
Install by running the following command:
bash install.sh
The above command will uninstall old couchdb and install new upgraded version 3.2.1 of couchdb.
Follow instructions on the screen prompt popup for setting up couchdb.
Keep the default settings with exceptions on ip address binding(put 0.0.0.0) and on password, make sure the password matches the password that is in the following file(NOTE: keep default admin user):
/var/www/nlims_controller/config/couchdb.yml
If the installation is successful, confirm by running the following command:
curl -X GET localhost:5984
The above command will output something like this:
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"3.2.0","git_sha":"efb409bba","uuid":"ef9b1b2c8c5258c6df10f6c642c2bee2","features":["access-ready","partitioned","pluggable-storage-engines","reshard","scheduler"],"vendor":{"name":"The Apache Software Foundation"}}
Make sure on version its indicating 3.2.1
Go to browser and input the following address which takes you to couchdb ui:
server_ipaddress:5984/_utils
Try signing in using the credentials you have set where username is admin.