"How to use this image" references wrong directory

[mibes404]

In the "How to use this image" description it is mentioned that the CouchDB container uses /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb to store its data. This is not accurate for release 2.1.1.

Description is consistent in both official locations:
hub.docker.com
store.docker.com

Expected Behavior

The data files are located at "/opt/couchdb/data" and the document should reference this.

Current Behavior

If you follow the suggested configuration and map the local directory to "/usr/local/var/lib/couchdb" the local directory is created by docker-compose, but no files are written to this location.

Possible Solution

Update the documentation to "/opt/couchdb/data". For example docker-compose.yml:

  couchdb:
    image: couchdb  
    volumes:
      - ./local_couch_files:/opt/couchdb/data     

Your Environment

• Version used: 2.1.1

[wohali]

Thanks for the bug report! :)

Hrm, I'm confused. https://github.com/apache/couchdb-docker/blob/master/README.md#run-latest211 clearly states:

Available on the docker registry as apache/couchdb:latest. This is a build of the CouchDB 2.1 release. A data volume is exposed on /opt/couchdb/data, and the node's port is exposed on 5984.

The only reference to /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb is in the 1.7.1 section.

And, in both hub.docker.com and store.docker.com, I see:

CouchDB uses /opt/couchdb/data to store its data, and is exposed as a volume.

CouchDB uses /opt/couchdb/etc to store its configuration.

Perhaps this has already been fixed.