Getting-Started CouchDB openSUSE
The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Getting-Started Quickly with the Latest Apache CouchDB NoSQL Database Stable/Development Release for openSUSE GNU/Linux.
CouchDB Characteristics:
- Ad Document Database Server, accessible via a RESTful JSON API
- Ad-hoc and Schema-Free with a Flat address space
- Distributed, featuring robust, incremental Replication with bi-directional conflict detection and management
- Query-able and Index-able, featuring a table oriented reporting engine that uses JavaScript as Query Language.
If you didn’t yet Dispose of a Working CouchDB Installation then Look to Guide on Installing for openSUSE.

How to Install CouchDB on openSUSE Linux
OpenSUSE CouchDB InstallationOpen Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Starting CouchDB Server
sudo su -c "couchdb -b"
Test Connection to CouchDB
curl http://127.0.0.1:5984/
Get CouchDB Databases List
curl -X GET http://localhost:5984/_all_dbs
Create a CouchDB Database
curl -X PUT http://localhost:5984/test-db
Show Up New Database Info
curl -X GET http://localhost:5984/test-db
Inserting a Document in Database
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d '{"type":"users", "name":"mySelf", "location":"Here:)"}' http://localhost:5984/test-db
The Output Show the Document ID to Use for Query the Database Below…
Retriving a Document from Database
curl -X GET http://localhost:5984/test-db/<a1b2c3d4...> | python -mjson.tool
Getting-Started with Fauxton CouchDB Admin Console