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Checklist to create a new CouchDB backup server from scratch.
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  1. Create a new LXC container:

     sudo lxc-create -n mycouch -t debian -B btrfs -- -r buster --packages nano sudo

  2. Setup CouchDB: https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/install/unix.html

  3. Set chattr +C for /var/lib/couchdb.

  4. Limit the LXC cpu usage. In mycouch/config:

    limits.cpu.allowance 20%

  5. Create a replication document to fetch mydb.

  6. Create the mydb/_security document.

  7. Create users in _users db.

  8. Build indexes (https://github.com/awilliams/couchdb-utils)

    ./couchdb-utils refreshviews mydb --host=admin:[email protected]:5984 -v

  9. Remove the LXC cpu limit.

  10. Test

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