# RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

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**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [March 15, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/re-re-re-os-process-error-in-couchdb/2559 "2012-03-15T18:10:24Z")\
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Ian / Adam,  
On my current chef-server, my couch db is version 0.11.2

Randy

-----Original Message-----  
From: [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) [[mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org)]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:06 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); [KAKiner@jw.org](mailto:KAKiner@jw.org); [GJZULAUF@jw.org](mailto:GJZULAUF@jw.org)  
Subject: [chef] RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Hi Adam,

couch.log is 125000 lines long, so I'll include the beginning  
([http://pastie.org/3602674](http://pastie.org/3602674)) and the end ([http://pastie.org/3602677](http://pastie.org/3602677)).  
I'll post to CouchDB's mailing list too.

I have to add to my below description that after I rebuilt the  
chef-server, I reloaded all of our cookbooks, roles and databags.

I do believe that Randy has the same issue, although I'm not sure what  
version of CouchDB he is using.

Ian D. Rossi

* * *

From: Adam Jacob [adam@opscode.com]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:02 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Can you show us the full stack trace from CouchDB?

Have you showed it to the folks on the CouchDB list?

Adam

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:51 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:

> We are seeing a strange error in CouchDB that causes Chef to become  
> unusable and unrecoverable. The knife command ceases to respond, and  
> the chef webui ceases to respond. /var/log/couch.log shows an  
> os\_process\_error with exit status 0.
> 
> This is the second time this has happened. The first time, it happened

> to our chef-server that was running properly for several weeks. On  
> Monday, at about 11 AM EST, the error occurred and our chef-server  
> became urecoverable.  
> We tried to research and recover the issue for about a day.
> 
> We then rebuilt the chef-server this morning. During the  
> setup/installation, we encountered this issue  
> ([http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346))  
> which we had encountered in the past. We then applied the fix, by  
> increasing maxFieldLength in the mainIndex section of the chef solr  
> config file.
> 
> Very shortly after that, while do a chef run on a lab node, running a  
> knife command and trying to access the web UI all at the same time,  
> the os\_process\_error occurred again and the chef-server became  
> unusable.
> 
> Our chef-server is running on a vSphere VM with 2 cores (2 cores in 1  
> socket), 2GB of RAM. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Chef 0.10.8 and  
> CouchDB 0.10. The VM was generated from a pre-existing VM that  
> originally had only 1 core.
> 
> Another detail about our environment that may be important is that we  
> use Centrify on our Linux server for Active Directory integration.  
> This is why we were affected by CHEF-2346. Since chef pulls in all  
> authorized users on a node as an automatic attribute, there can be  
> thousands of users in a list that gets gathered by chef.
> 
> Is perhaps CouchDB dying because of the size of the node data that we  
> are asking chef to gather? Has anyone else encountered this error?  
> Much thanks for any help. Let me know if I can provide any more  
> information.
> 
> Ian D. Rossi

--  
Opscode, Inc.  
Adam Jacob, Chief Customer Officer  
T: (206) 619-7151 E: [adam@opscode.com](mailto:adam@opscode.com)

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/re-re-re-os-process-error-in-couchdb/2559/2 "2012-03-15T18:15:22Z")

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I did read somewhere that CouchDB \< 1.x.x can be problematic. I should also mention that we have since rebuilt our chef-server on Ubuntu 11.10 which includes CouchDB 1.0.1. We have no issues, but we are very interested in getting to the root cause of this problem, because we are still nervous.

Ian D. Rossi

* * *

From: Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:10 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); Kiner, Kari; Zulauf, Graham  
Subject: [chef] RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Ian / Adam,  
On my current chef-server, my couch db is version 0.11.2

Randy

-----Original Message-----  
From: [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) [[mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org)]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:06 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); [KAKiner@jw.org](mailto:KAKiner@jw.org); [GJZULAUF@jw.org](mailto:GJZULAUF@jw.org)  
Subject: [chef] RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Hi Adam,

couch.log is 125000 lines long, so I'll include the beginning  
([http://pastie.org/3602674](http://pastie.org/3602674)) and the end ([http://pastie.org/3602677](http://pastie.org/3602677)).  
I'll post to CouchDB's mailing list too.

I have to add to my below description that after I rebuilt the  
chef-server, I reloaded all of our cookbooks, roles and databags.

I do believe that Randy has the same issue, although I'm not sure what  
version of CouchDB he is using.

Ian D. Rossi

* * *

From: Adam Jacob [adam@opscode.com]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:02 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Can you show us the full stack trace from CouchDB?

Have you showed it to the folks on the CouchDB list?

Adam

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:51 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:

> We are seeing a strange error in CouchDB that causes Chef to become  
> unusable and unrecoverable. The knife command ceases to respond, and  
> the chef webui ceases to respond. /var/log/couch.log shows an  
> os\_process\_error with exit status 0.
> 
> This is the second time this has happened. The first time, it happened

> to our chef-server that was running properly for several weeks. On  
> Monday, at about 11 AM EST, the error occurred and our chef-server  
> became urecoverable.  
> We tried to research and recover the issue for about a day.
> 
> We then rebuilt the chef-server this morning. During the  
> setup/installation, we encountered this issue  
> ([http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346))  
> which we had encountered in the past. We then applied the fix, by  
> increasing maxFieldLength in the mainIndex section of the chef solr  
> config file.
> 
> Very shortly after that, while do a chef run on a lab node, running a  
> knife command and trying to access the web UI all at the same time,  
> the os\_process\_error occurred again and the chef-server became  
> unusable.
> 
> Our chef-server is running on a vSphere VM with 2 cores (2 cores in 1  
> socket), 2GB of RAM. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Chef 0.10.8 and  
> CouchDB 0.10. The VM was generated from a pre-existing VM that  
> originally had only 1 core.
> 
> Another detail about our environment that may be important is that we  
> use Centrify on our Linux server for Active Directory integration.  
> This is why we were affected by CHEF-2346. Since chef pulls in all  
> authorized users on a node as an automatic attribute, there can be  
> thousands of users in a list that gets gathered by chef.
> 
> Is perhaps CouchDB dying because of the size of the node data that we  
> are asking chef to gather? Has anyone else encountered this error?  
> Much thanks for any help. Let me know if I can provide any more  
> information.
> 
> Ian D. Rossi

--  
Opscode, Inc.  
Adam Jacob, Chief Customer Officer  
T: (206) 619-7151 E: [adam@opscode.com](mailto:adam@opscode.com)

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Randy,

Is it possible to upgrade to 1.0.1 or greater? What OS you running? CouchDB 1.0.1 is included in Ubuntu 11.10.

ian D. Rossi

* * *

From: Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:10 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); Kiner, Kari; Zulauf, Graham  
Subject: [chef] RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Ian / Adam,  
On my current chef-server, my couch db is version 0.11.2

Randy

-----Original Message-----  
From: [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) [[mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org)]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:06 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); [KAKiner@jw.org](mailto:KAKiner@jw.org); [GJZULAUF@jw.org](mailto:GJZULAUF@jw.org)  
Subject: [chef] RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Hi Adam,

couch.log is 125000 lines long, so I'll include the beginning  
([http://pastie.org/3602674](http://pastie.org/3602674)) and the end ([http://pastie.org/3602677](http://pastie.org/3602677)).  
I'll post to CouchDB's mailing list too.

I have to add to my below description that after I rebuilt the  
chef-server, I reloaded all of our cookbooks, roles and databags.

I do believe that Randy has the same issue, although I'm not sure what  
version of CouchDB he is using.

Ian D. Rossi

* * *

From: Adam Jacob [adam@opscode.com]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:02 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Can you show us the full stack trace from CouchDB?

Have you showed it to the folks on the CouchDB list?

Adam

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:51 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:

> We are seeing a strange error in CouchDB that causes Chef to become  
> unusable and unrecoverable. The knife command ceases to respond, and  
> the chef webui ceases to respond. /var/log/couch.log shows an  
> os\_process\_error with exit status 0.
> 
> This is the second time this has happened. The first time, it happened

> to our chef-server that was running properly for several weeks. On  
> Monday, at about 11 AM EST, the error occurred and our chef-server  
> became urecoverable.  
> We tried to research and recover the issue for about a day.
> 
> We then rebuilt the chef-server this morning. During the  
> setup/installation, we encountered this issue  
> ([http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346))  
> which we had encountered in the past. We then applied the fix, by  
> increasing maxFieldLength in the mainIndex section of the chef solr  
> config file.
> 
> Very shortly after that, while do a chef run on a lab node, running a  
> knife command and trying to access the web UI all at the same time,  
> the os\_process\_error occurred again and the chef-server became  
> unusable.
> 
> Our chef-server is running on a vSphere VM with 2 cores (2 cores in 1  
> socket), 2GB of RAM. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Chef 0.10.8 and  
> CouchDB 0.10. The VM was generated from a pre-existing VM that  
> originally had only 1 core.
> 
> Another detail about our environment that may be important is that we  
> use Centrify on our Linux server for Active Directory integration.  
> This is why we were affected by CHEF-2346. Since chef pulls in all  
> authorized users on a node as an automatic attribute, there can be  
> thousands of users in a list that gets gathered by chef.
> 
> Is perhaps CouchDB dying because of the size of the node data that we  
> are asking chef to gather? Has anyone else encountered this error?  
> Much thanks for any help. Let me know if I can provide any more  
> information.
> 
> Ian D. Rossi

--  
Opscode, Inc.  
Adam Jacob, Chief Customer Officer  
T: (206) 619-7151 E: [adam@opscode.com](mailto:adam@opscode.com)

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/re-re-re-os-process-error-in-couchdb/2559/4 "2012-03-15T18:49:15Z")

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There's a rpm available for 1.0.1, I don't think it's in centos or epel. You should be able to get it via rpmfind. I agree with ian, you should ipgrade

Sent from a phone

On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:

> Randy,
> 
> Is it possible to upgrade to 1.0.1 or greater? What OS you running? CouchDB 1.0.1 is included in Ubuntu 11.10.
> 
> ian D. Rossi
> 
> * * *
> 
> From: Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:10 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); Kiner, Kari; Zulauf, Graham  
> Subject: [chef] RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Ian / Adam,  
> On my current chef-server, my couch db is version 0.11.2
> 
> Randy
> 
> -----Original Message-----  
> From: [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) [[mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org)]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:06 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); [KAKiner@jw.org](mailto:KAKiner@jw.org); [GJZULAUF@jw.org](mailto:GJZULAUF@jw.org)  
> Subject: [chef] RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> couch.log is 125000 lines long, so I'll include the beginning  
> ([http://pastie.org/3602674](http://pastie.org/3602674)) and the end ([http://pastie.org/3602677](http://pastie.org/3602677)).  
> I'll post to CouchDB's mailing list too.
> 
> I have to add to my below description that after I rebuilt the  
> chef-server, I reloaded all of our cookbooks, roles and databags.
> 
> I do believe that Randy has the same issue, although I'm not sure what  
> version of CouchDB he is using.
> 
> Ian D. Rossi
> 
> * * *
> 
> From: Adam Jacob [adam@opscode.com]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:02 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Subject: [chef] Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Can you show us the full stack trace from CouchDB?
> 
> Have you showed it to the folks on the CouchDB list?
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:51 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:
> 
> > We are seeing a strange error in CouchDB that causes Chef to become  
> > unusable and unrecoverable. The knife command ceases to respond, and  
> > the chef webui ceases to respond. /var/log/couch.log shows an  
> > os\_process\_error with exit status 0.
> > 
> > This is the second time this has happened. The first time, it happened
> 
> > to our chef-server that was running properly for several weeks. On  
> > Monday, at about 11 AM EST, the error occurred and our chef-server  
> > became urecoverable.  
> > We tried to research and recover the issue for about a day.
> > 
> > We then rebuilt the chef-server this morning. During the  
> > setup/installation, we encountered this issue  
> > ([http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346))  
> > which we had encountered in the past. We then applied the fix, by  
> > increasing maxFieldLength in the mainIndex section of the chef solr  
> > config file.
> > 
> > Very shortly after that, while do a chef run on a lab node, running a  
> > knife command and trying to access the web UI all at the same time,  
> > the os\_process\_error occurred again and the chef-server became  
> > unusable.
> > 
> > Our chef-server is running on a vSphere VM with 2 cores (2 cores in 1  
> > socket), 2GB of RAM. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Chef 0.10.8 and  
> > CouchDB 0.10. The VM was generated from a pre-existing VM that  
> > originally had only 1 core.
> > 
> > Another detail about our environment that may be important is that we  
> > use Centrify on our Linux server for Active Directory integration.  
> > This is why we were affected by CHEF-2346. Since chef pulls in all  
> > authorized users on a node as an automatic attribute, there can be  
> > thousands of users in a list that gets gathered by chef.
> > 
> > Is perhaps CouchDB dying because of the size of the node data that we  
> > are asking chef to gather? Has anyone else encountered this error?  
> > Much thanks for any help. Let me know if I can provide any more  
> > information.
> > 
> > Ian D. Rossi
> 
> --  
> Opscode, Inc.  
> Adam Jacob, Chief Customer Officer  
> T: (206) 619-7151 E: [adam@opscode.com](mailto:adam@opscode.com)

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Yes,

However, I could not find a couchdb 1.0.x from a trusted source for  
CentOS 5.x. We have built a new server (CentOS 6 and couchdb 1.0.2)  
but do not have time to migrate right now. If anyone knows where I  
can find couchdb 1.0.x for CentOS 5.x that is from a reputable source, I  
am all for it.

A few weeks ago, I cloned the server (VM) and downloaded a couchdb rpm  
and tested that I could in fact just upgrade couchdb and it worked. But  
again, I need a reputable source.

Thanks  
Randy

-----Original Message-----  
From: Chris [[mailto:grocerylist@gmail.com](mailto:grocerylist@gmail.com)]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:49 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: RE: RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

There's a rpm available for 1.0.1, I don't think it's in centos or epel.  
You should be able to get it via rpmfind. I agree with ian, you should  
ipgrade

Sent from a phone

On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:

> Randy,
> 
> Is it possible to upgrade to 1.0.1 or greater? What OS you running?  
> CouchDB 1.0.1 is included in Ubuntu 11.10.
> 
> ian D. Rossi
> 
> * * *
> 
> From: Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:10 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); Kiner, Kari; Zulauf, Graham  
> Subject: [chef] RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Ian / Adam,  
> On my current chef-server, my couch db is version 0.11.2
> 
> Randy
> 
> -----Original Message-----  
> From: [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) [[mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org)]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:06 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); [KAKiner@jw.org](mailto:KAKiner@jw.org); [GJZULAUF@jw.org](mailto:GJZULAUF@jw.org)  
> Subject: [chef] RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> couch.log is 125000 lines long, so I'll include the beginning  
> ([http://pastie.org/3602674](http://pastie.org/3602674)) and the end ([http://pastie.org/3602677](http://pastie.org/3602677)).  
> I'll post to CouchDB's mailing list too.
> 
> I have to add to my below description that after I rebuilt the  
> chef-server, I reloaded all of our cookbooks, roles and databags.
> 
> I do believe that Randy has the same issue, although I'm not sure what

> version of CouchDB he is using.
> 
> Ian D. Rossi
> 
> * * *
> 
> From: Adam Jacob [adam@opscode.com]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:02 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Subject: [chef] Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Can you show us the full stack trace from CouchDB?
> 
> Have you showed it to the folks on the CouchDB list?
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:51 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:
> 
> > We are seeing a strange error in CouchDB that causes Chef to become  
> > unusable and unrecoverable. The knife command ceases to respond, and  
> > the chef webui ceases to respond. /var/log/couch.log shows an  
> > os\_process\_error with exit status 0.
> > 
> > This is the second time this has happened. The first time, it  
> > happened
> 
> > to our chef-server that was running properly for several weeks. On  
> > Monday, at about 11 AM EST, the error occurred and our chef-server  
> > became urecoverable.  
> > We tried to research and recover the issue for about a day.
> > 
> > We then rebuilt the chef-server this morning. During the  
> > setup/installation, we encountered this issue  
> > ([http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346))  
> > which we had encountered in the past. We then applied the fix, by  
> > increasing maxFieldLength in the mainIndex section of the chef solr  
> > config file.
> > 
> > Very shortly after that, while do a chef run on a lab node, running a

> > knife command and trying to access the web UI all at the same time,  
> > the os\_process\_error occurred again and the chef-server became  
> > unusable.
> > 
> > Our chef-server is running on a vSphere VM with 2 cores (2 cores in 1

> > socket), 2GB of RAM. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Chef 0.10.8 and  
> > CouchDB 0.10. The VM was generated from a pre-existing VM that  
> > originally had only 1 core.
> > 
> > Another detail about our environment that may be important is that we

> > use Centrify on our Linux server for Active Directory integration.  
> > This is why we were affected by CHEF-2346. Since chef pulls in all  
> > authorized users on a node as an automatic attribute, there can be  
> > thousands of users in a list that gets gathered by chef.
> > 
> > Is perhaps CouchDB dying because of the size of the node data that we

> > are asking chef to gather? Has anyone else encountered this error?  
> > Much thanks for any help. Let me know if I can provide any more  
> > information.
> > 
> > Ian D. Rossi
> 
> --  
> Opscode, Inc.  
> Adam Jacob, Chief Customer Officer  
> T: (206) 619-7151 E: [adam@opscode.com](mailto:adam@opscode.com)

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/re-re-re-os-process-error-in-couchdb/2559/6 "2012-03-15T20:19:25Z")

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This is where i got mine

[http://pkgs.org/centos-5-rhel-5/rpmforge-x86\_64/couchdb-1.0.1-1.el5.rf.x86\_64.rpm.html](http://pkgs.org/centos-5-rhel-5/rpmforge-x86_64/couchdb-1.0.1-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm.html)

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org](mailto:vanfossr@oclc.org) wrote:

> Yes,
> 
> However, I could not find a couchdb 1.0.x from a trusted source for  
> CentOS 5.x. We have built a new server (CentOS 6 and couchdb 1.0.2)  
> but do not have time to migrate right now. If anyone knows where I  
> can find couchdb 1.0.x for CentOS 5.x that is from a reputable source, I  
> am all for it.
> 
> A few weeks ago, I cloned the server (VM) and downloaded a couchdb rpm  
> and tested that I could in fact just upgrade couchdb and it worked. But  
> again, I need a reputable source.
> 
> Thanks  
> Randy
> 
> -----Original Message-----  
> From: Chris [[mailto:grocerylist@gmail.com](mailto:grocerylist@gmail.com)]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:49 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Subject: [chef] Re: RE: RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> There's a rpm available for 1.0.1, I don't think it's in centos or epel.  
> You should be able to get it via rpmfind. I agree with ian, you should  
> ipgrade
> 
> Sent from a phone
> 
> On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:
> 
> > Randy,
> > 
> > Is it possible to upgrade to 1.0.1 or greater? What OS you running?  
> > CouchDB 1.0.1 is included in Ubuntu 11.10.
> > 
> > ian D. Rossi
> > 
> > * * *
> > 
> > From: Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org]  
> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:10 PM  
> > To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> > Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); Kiner, Kari; Zulauf, Graham  
> > Subject: [chef] RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> > 
> > Ian / Adam,  
> > On my current chef-server, my couch db is version 0.11.2
> > 
> > Randy
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----  
> > From: [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) [[mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org)]  
> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:06 PM  
> > To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> > Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); [KAKiner@jw.org](mailto:KAKiner@jw.org); [GJZULAUF@jw.org](mailto:GJZULAUF@jw.org)  
> > Subject: [chef] RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> > 
> > Hi Adam,
> > 
> > couch.log is 125000 lines long, so I'll include the beginning  
> > ([http://pastie.org/3602674](http://pastie.org/3602674)) and the end ([http://pastie.org/3602677](http://pastie.org/3602677)).  
> > I'll post to CouchDB's mailing list too.
> > 
> > I have to add to my below description that after I rebuilt the  
> > chef-server, I reloaded all of our cookbooks, roles and databags.
> > 
> > I do believe that Randy has the same issue, although I'm not sure what
> 
> > version of CouchDB he is using.
> > 
> > Ian D. Rossi
> > 
> > * * *
> > 
> > From: Adam Jacob [adam@opscode.com]  
> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:02 PM  
> > To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> > Subject: [chef] Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> > 
> > Can you show us the full stack trace from CouchDB?
> > 
> > Have you showed it to the folks on the CouchDB list?
> > 
> > Adam
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:51 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:
> > 
> > > We are seeing a strange error in CouchDB that causes Chef to become  
> > > unusable and unrecoverable. The knife command ceases to respond, and  
> > > the chef webui ceases to respond. /var/log/couch.log shows an  
> > > os\_process\_error with exit status 0.
> > > 
> > > This is the second time this has happened. The first time, it  
> > > happened
> > 
> > > to our chef-server that was running properly for several weeks. On  
> > > Monday, at about 11 AM EST, the error occurred and our chef-server  
> > > became urecoverable.  
> > > We tried to research and recover the issue for about a day.
> > > 
> > > We then rebuilt the chef-server this morning. During the  
> > > setup/installation, we encountered this issue  
> > > ([http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346))  
> > > which we had encountered in the past. We then applied the fix, by  
> > > increasing maxFieldLength in the mainIndex section of the chef solr  
> > > config file.
> > > 
> > > Very shortly after that, while do a chef run on a lab node, running a
> 
> > > knife command and trying to access the web UI all at the same time,  
> > > the os\_process\_error occurred again and the chef-server became  
> > > unusable.
> > > 
> > > Our chef-server is running on a vSphere VM with 2 cores (2 cores in 1
> 
> > > socket), 2GB of RAM. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Chef 0.10.8 and  
> > > CouchDB 0.10. The VM was generated from a pre-existing VM that  
> > > originally had only 1 core.
> > > 
> > > Another detail about our environment that may be important is that we
> 
> > > use Centrify on our Linux server for Active Directory integration.  
> > > This is why we were affected by CHEF-2346. Since chef pulls in all  
> > > authorized users on a node as an automatic attribute, there can be  
> > > thousands of users in a list that gets gathered by chef.
> > > 
> > > Is perhaps CouchDB dying because of the size of the node data that we
> 
> > > are asking chef to gather? Has anyone else encountered this error?  
> > > Much thanks for any help. Let me know if I can provide any more  
> > > information.
> > > 
> > > Ian D. Rossi
> > 
> > --  
> > Opscode, Inc.  
> > Adam Jacob, Chief Customer Officer  
> > T: (206) 619-7151 E: [adam@opscode.com](mailto:adam@opscode.com)

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Randy,

Your other option is that you could install it from source. There is a guide at the bottom of this page:  
[http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing\_on\_RHEL5](http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_RHEL5)

Ian D. Rossi

* * *

From: Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:03 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] RE: Re: RE: RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

Yes,

However, I could not find a couchdb 1.0.x from a trusted source for  
CentOS 5.x. We have built a new server (CentOS 6 and couchdb 1.0.2)  
but do not have time to migrate right now. If anyone knows where I  
can find couchdb 1.0.x for CentOS 5.x that is from a reputable source, I  
am all for it.

A few weeks ago, I cloned the server (VM) and downloaded a couchdb rpm  
and tested that I could in fact just upgrade couchdb and it worked. But  
again, I need a reputable source.

Thanks  
Randy

-----Original Message-----  
From: Chris [[mailto:grocerylist@gmail.com](mailto:grocerylist@gmail.com)]  
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:49 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: RE: RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB

There's a rpm available for 1.0.1, I don't think it's in centos or epel.  
You should be able to get it via rpmfind. I agree with ian, you should  
ipgrade

Sent from a phone

On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:

> Randy,
> 
> Is it possible to upgrade to 1.0.1 or greater? What OS you running?  
> CouchDB 1.0.1 is included in Ubuntu 11.10.
> 
> ian D. Rossi
> 
> * * *
> 
> From: Van Fossan,Randy [vanfossr@oclc.org]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:10 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); Kiner, Kari; Zulauf, Graham  
> Subject: [chef] RE: RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Ian / Adam,  
> On my current chef-server, my couch db is version 0.11.2
> 
> Randy
> 
> -----Original Message-----  
> From: [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) [[mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org)]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:06 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Cc: [EMENDOZA@jw.org](mailto:EMENDOZA@jw.org); [KAKiner@jw.org](mailto:KAKiner@jw.org); [GJZULAUF@jw.org](mailto:GJZULAUF@jw.org)  
> Subject: [chef] RE: Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> couch.log is 125000 lines long, so I'll include the beginning  
> ([http://pastie.org/3602674](http://pastie.org/3602674)) and the end ([http://pastie.org/3602677](http://pastie.org/3602677)).  
> I'll post to CouchDB's mailing list too.
> 
> I have to add to my below description that after I rebuilt the  
> chef-server, I reloaded all of our cookbooks, roles and databags.
> 
> I do believe that Randy has the same issue, although I'm not sure what

> version of CouchDB he is using.
> 
> Ian D. Rossi
> 
> * * *
> 
> From: Adam Jacob [adam@opscode.com]  
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:02 PM  
> To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> Subject: [chef] Re: os\_process\_error in CouchDB
> 
> Can you show us the full stack trace from CouchDB?
> 
> Have you showed it to the folks on the CouchDB list?
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:51 AM, [IDROSSI@jw.org](mailto:IDROSSI@jw.org) wrote:
> 
> > We are seeing a strange error in CouchDB that causes Chef to become  
> > unusable and unrecoverable. The knife command ceases to respond, and  
> > the chef webui ceases to respond. /var/log/couch.log shows an  
> > os\_process\_error with exit status 0.
> > 
> > This is the second time this has happened. The first time, it  
> > happened
> 
> > to our chef-server that was running properly for several weeks. On  
> > Monday, at about 11 AM EST, the error occurred and our chef-server  
> > became urecoverable.  
> > We tried to research and recover the issue for about a day.
> > 
> > We then rebuilt the chef-server this morning. During the  
> > setup/installation, we encountered this issue  
> > ([http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346))  
> > which we had encountered in the past. We then applied the fix, by  
> > increasing maxFieldLength in the mainIndex section of the chef solr  
> > config file.
> > 
> > Very shortly after that, while do a chef run on a lab node, running a

> > knife command and trying to access the web UI all at the same time,  
> > the os\_process\_error occurred again and the chef-server became  
> > unusable.
> > 
> > Our chef-server is running on a vSphere VM with 2 cores (2 cores in 1

> > socket), 2GB of RAM. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Chef 0.10.8 and  
> > CouchDB 0.10. The VM was generated from a pre-existing VM that  
> > originally had only 1 core.
> > 
> > Another detail about our environment that may be important is that we

> > use Centrify on our Linux server for Active Directory integration.  
> > This is why we were affected by CHEF-2346. Since chef pulls in all  
> > authorized users on a node as an automatic attribute, there can be  
> > thousands of users in a list that gets gathered by chef.
> > 
> > Is perhaps CouchDB dying because of the size of the node data that we

> > are asking chef to gather? Has anyone else encountered this error?  
> > Much thanks for any help. Let me know if I can provide any more  
> > information.
> > 
> > Ian D. Rossi
> 
> --  
> Opscode, Inc.  
> Adam Jacob, Chief Customer Officer  
> T: (206) 619-7151 E: [adam@opscode.com](mailto:adam@opscode.com)