gistfile1.txt

$ curl -vX GET http://127.0.0.1:5984
* About to connect() to 127.0.0.1 port 5984 (#0)
*   Trying 127.0.0.1... Connection refused
* couldn't connect to host
* Closing connection #0
curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
$ ps aux | grep beam
root      4080  0.0  0.5  28560  8956 ?        Sl   Jul22   0:05 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.6.3/bin/beam -Bd -K true -- -root /usr/lib/erlang -progname erl -- -home /home/deploy -noshell -noinput -smp auto -sasl errlog_type error -pa /usr/local/lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-0.9.0a/ebin /usr/local/lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/mochiweb-r97/ebin /usr/local/lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/ibrowse-1.4.1/ebin -eval application:load(ibrowse) -eval application:load(crypto) -eval application:load(couch) -eval crypto:start() -eval ibrowse:start() -eval couch_server:start([ "/usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini", "/usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]), receive done -> done end.
deploy    8248  0.0  0.0   3300   740 pts/0    R+   21:44   0:00 grep beam

$ sudo killall beam
$ sudo couchdb
Apache CouchDB 0.9.0a (LogLevel=info) is starting.
Apache CouchDB has started. Time to relax.

[1]+  Stopped                 sudo couchdb
$ bg
[1]+ sudo couchdb &
$ curl -vX GET http://127.0.0.1:5984
* About to connect() to 127.0.0.1 port 5984 (#0)
*   Trying 127.0.0.1... connected
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 5984 (#0)
[info] [<0.56.0>] 127.0.0.1 - - 'GET' / 200
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.18.2 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.8
> Host: 127.0.0.1:5984
> Accept: */*
> 
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: CouchDB/0.9.0a (Erlang OTP/R12B)
< Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:45:37 GMT
< Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
< Content-Length: 41
< Cache-Control: must-revalidate
< 
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"0.9.0a"}
* Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
* Closing connection #0