Can't Access CouchDB Remotely

Question

Please keep in mind that I have this installed on an Amazon EC2 instance running the latest version of Ubuntu Server.

I have changed the bind_address to 0.0.0.0.

netstat -an | grep 5984 yields the following:

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5984 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

From what I've read about this, everything seems to be in order. However, for whatever reason, when I navigate to futon remotely, it doesn't resolve.

When I try to send a curl request to the database I receive "Couldn't connect to host at..."

When I send it from the server itself I get the response I would expect from CouchDB, so I know it's installed, just either it or my firewall is not configured correctly.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

iptables -L returns the following:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere             tcp dpt:5984

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

What is the (anonymised) output of **iptables -L**? – tink Mar 25 '13 at 20:10 — tink, Mar 25 '13 at 20:10
@tink I've added the information above. – Willem Ellis Mar 25 '13 at 20:17 — Willem Ellis, Mar 25 '13 at 20:17

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '13 at 20:18

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Open the port in your EC2 Security Group.

answered Mar 25 '13 at 20:18

Michael Hampton

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This was it! I actually figured this out right before I came over here to tell everyone. Thanks! – Willem Ellis Mar 25 '13 at 20:30

Can't Access CouchDB Remotely

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