[GitHub] [couchdb-documentation] wohali commented on issue #554: couchdb disaster recovery

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wohali commented on issue #554:
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/issues/554#issuecomment-635461487


   The problem you're facing is that the `-name` parameter that you're changing is used by CouchDB internally for every database to log where the shards are stored.
   
   If your entries in `-name` were **DNS entries**, not IP addresses, you'd do exactly what you said, change DNS, and everything would be fine.
   
   If you insist on using IP addresses, you're going to have to edit the `_dbs` document for every database you have, and change all instances of every IP address for all machines to the new IP address. Not only is this error prone, it's a pain in the arse :)
   
   So, switch to DNS, and always put `-name couchdb@couchdb-1.myhost.com` in `vm.args`, not IP addresses.


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