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Current Version
couchdb-1.0.2 - get an unofficial installer here
couchdb-trunk - periodically snapshots will be made available
As the manual recommends, use Firefox to run the CouchDB tests from Futon, to verify that your installation is successful.
Note that CouchDB versions prior to 1.0.2 should not be used due to 1 cross-site scripting security issue CVE-2010-3854, and 2 bugs that, in certain situations, could cause data loss COUCHDB-852 and COUCHDB-844.
Known Issues
Currently there are a number of non-critical issues in 1.0.2 that you need to be aware of; both have work-arounds documented in the JIRA comments
COUCHDB-577 couchdb @ winxp: Simple RegExp's can not be executed
COUCHDB-963 while running CouchDB as a service, the erlang erlsrv process dies periodically during restarting CouchDB (POST /_restart fails) - either use the .bat version only, or apply the workarounds noted within the ticket comments. An upstream fix will be in Erlang/OTP R14B03 and a work-around will be in CouchDB 1.0.3 & later.
Installing as a Windows Service
Should several tests fail with "permission errors", check the Windows service parameters. You will need to be logged in from an Administrator account to do this.
After installation, start the Windows Services management component.
Click on Apache CouchDB service and select the [Log On]] tab.
You may find that "Log on as:" has not been set. You can either select
Local System account, or
This account and specify a user or other account on your PC.
If you are using your CouchDB outside your own machine, say on the LAN -- Using the This account option with curtailed privileges is highly recommended (by me).
See also:
Supported / Tested Platforms
This installer has been tested on Windows 7 (64 bit + 32Bit) Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit), Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP (32 bit). It is likely to work on other Windows versions released this decade.
Dependencies
None - the installer includes erlang, openssl, spidermonkey and everything else you need.
Snapshots
Occasionally "snapshot" builds of couchdb will be made available here or here. These will usually be snapshots of the trunk, although prev