Fauxton is the new user interface for CouchDB 2.X.X. It's a React dashboard that let you perform most of the CouchDB operations easily and rapidly.
Questions tagged [fauxton]
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How to add futon (not fauxton) to CouchDB
Fauxton is nice and shiny, but it is missing at least one critical feature for working with CouchDB: browsing a document's revision history. The database permission interface also managed to create a mess of my database.
Is there any way to get the…

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How your data is safe in Hyperledger Fabric when one can make changes to couchdb data directly
I am wondering that how your data is safe when an admin can change the latest state in Couchdb using Fauxton or cURL provided by Couchdb directly.
According to my understanding Hyperledger Fabric provides immutable data feature and is best for fraud…

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How to disable timeout in fauxton
In developing i use the fauxton. But it is anoying keep using the login due to timeout. Is it possible to disable the timeout login for fauxton to avoid this problem in developing? Thank you
user12950273
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CouchDB: This database failed to load / No DB shards could be opened (logged in as admin)
I am trying to regain access to my databases stored in CouchDB, but the error This database failed to load. gets shown instead of the databases (see attachments).
I started seeing all of these errors at once
It be some user rights misconfiguration…

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creating new user in couchdb 3 without admin password
I just downloaded and installed CouchDB v3.
On first start, it prompted me to set an admin password which I did.
For the web app that I'm building, I want to use the CouchDB user authentication feature, so I created a new _users database using the…

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How do I access Fauxton on the Google AppEngine platform?
I am creating an offline-first app on Google App Engine, with PouchDB as my local DB, and CouchDB as my remote DB. I have enabled CouchDB on Google AppEngine, and tried to go to the following URL:
https://[my-app-id].appspot.com:5984/_utils/
When I…

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CouchDB change bind_address without using Fauxton
I would like to update the bind address of my CouchDB v3.1.0 instance (note: installed on Windows 10).
I would like to do so without using the Web UI (Fauxton).
Here is what I am doing:
Opening C:\CouchDB\etc\local.ini in a text editor
Within the…

Intrastellar Explorer
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how to query from update handler javascript code
What I'm trying to do:
I want to add data (id, data) to db. While doing so, I want to check if the id already exists and if so, append to existing data. else add a new (id, data) entry.
Ex: This could be a db of student id and grades in multiple…

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cochdb permissions roles always "not authorized"
I try to make a user / role authentication (session based) with CouchDB but as soon as I enter a role at a database all users and roles are can access the database -> the are not authorized.
Get the session:
POST http://myhost:1234/_session
It…

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Default Password of CouchDB Server (Fauxton UI)
I am new to couchDB world after installing its latest version I am getting login window. I don't know what is default username and password.
Thanks in advance!

Lalit Kushwah
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Cannot connect to http://localhost:5984/_utils
I have successfully created and joined the channel following the session Create & Join Channel of Hyperledger Fabric Tutorials. And I followed the instruction of Using CouchDB to interact with the marbles02 chaincode without error.
However, I cannot…

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learning mapreduce in Fauxton
I am brand new to noSQL, couchDB, and mapreduce and need some help.
I have the same question discussed here {How to use reduce in Fauxton} but do not understand the answer:(.
I have a working map function:
function (foo) {
if(foo.type == "blog…

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CouchDB views are getting timeout while fetching Data
I have 120k JSON records in CouchDB, where i have created 6 views under one design document. While accessing the view it gives me timeout error.
(org.lightcouch.CouchDbException: << Status: 500 (Internal Server Error)…

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How to use reduce in Fauxton
I've been following some Couch training, but cannot figure out how to use reduce in Fauxton. Selecting '_count' underneath the map area does nothing by itself. I have tried adding it below the map code, but I guess I need to integrate it somehow. In…

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Seeing the _users database with CouchDB's Fauxton Browser application
Is it possible to see the _users database/document with Fauxton (the CouchDB browser client)?
Even logged in as an admin, I'm unable to navigate to the _users database where members are stored. Is this a design decision or am I just being dense? Or…

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