Set up CouchDB on EC2

couchdb-ec2-install.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# For http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6162891/installing-couchdb-in-aws-ec2-free-tier
#
# This script installs and configures couchdb on a fresh Amazon Linux AMI instance. 
# It is a modified fork of the original rake script, but does not use rake (just good ol' linux tools)

# Based on: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_RHEL5

# The Install dependancies must be run with root privileges, 
# but the couchdb install can be done without root priviledges.
# You need to change 1 line in your repos:
# sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
# Under the section marked [epel], change enabled=0 to enabled=1.
#
# Tested with Amazon Linux AMI release 2012.10.12 

export INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/couchdb"

# install couchdb dependancies
sudo yum --enablerepo=epel install libicu-devel openssl-devel curl-devel make gcc erlang js-devel libtool which


if [ ! -e $INSTALL_DIR ]
then

   curl -O --retry 999 --retry-max-time 0 -C - http://apache.skazkaforyou.com/couchdb/releases/1.2.0/apache-couchdb-1.2.0.tar.gz
   tar -zxvf apache-couchdb-1.2.0.tar.gz
   cd apache-couchdb-1.2.0
   ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --with-erlang=/usr/lib64/erlang/erts-5.8.5/include
   make
   make install

fi

# done!
echo
echo
echo "Installation complete!"
echo "Be sure to lock down your couch by adding a password,"
echo "Your couchdb is installed in $INSTALL_DIR,"
echo "Your local.ini config file is in $INSTALL_DIR/etc"
echo
echo "Couchdb is ready to start. Run:"
echo "     $INSTALL_DIR/bin/couchdb start"