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Diffstat (limited to 'rel/overlay/etc/vm.args')
| -rw-r--r-- | rel/overlay/etc/vm.args | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rel/overlay/etc/vm.args b/rel/overlay/etc/vm.args index e9f0737d0..86b51f89e 100644 --- a/rel/overlay/etc/vm.args +++ b/rel/overlay/etc/vm.args @@ -11,18 +11,27 @@ # the License. # Each node in the system must have a unique name. These are specified through -# the Erlang -name flag, which takes the form nodename@hostname. CouchDB -# recommends the following values for this flag: +# the Erlang -name flag, which takes the form: +# +# -name nodename@<FQDN> +# +# or +# +# -name nodename@<IP-ADDRESS> +# +# CouchDB recommends the following values for this flag: # # 1. If this is a single node, not in a cluster, use: # -name couchdb@127.0.0.1 +# # 2. If DNS is configured for this host, use the FQDN, such as: # -name couchdb@my.host.domain.com +# # 3. If DNS isn't configured for this host, use IP addresses only, such as: # -name couchdb@192.168.0.1 # # Do not rely on tricks with /etc/hosts or libresolv to handle anything -# other than the above 3 approaches correctly. +# other than the above 3 approaches correctly. They will not work reliably. # # Multiple CouchDBs running on the same machine can use couchdb1@, couchdb2@, # etc. |