couchdb-init-replica.sh

# CouchDB replication configuration restore,
# after a restart via the init script.

# Configure your replicas in a plain text file:

-----8<------------------------------------------------------->8------

# Credentials to access the database,
# in the username:password format.
#
CREDENTIALS admin:password

# Source                                          Target
#
https://user:[email protected]/panmind panmind

-----8<------------------------------------------------------->8------

# Add these pieces to your couchdb init script:
# Variable
REPLICAS=/usr/local/etc/couchdb/replicas

# Function
setup_replicas () {
  [ -r $REPLICAS ] || return

  echo -n ' * Setting up replicas: waiting..'
  while ! nc -z localhost 5984; do
    echo -n '.'
    sleep 1;
  done

  echo 'ok, configuring'

  local uri="http://localhost:5984/_replicate"
  while read source target; do
    case "$source" in
      \#*) continue ;;

      CREDENTIALS)
        uri=`echo $uri|sed "s#^http://#&$target@#"`
        ;;
      *)
        [ -z "$source" -o -z "$target" ] && continue

        echo -n ' * '
        curl -X POST "$uri" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary \
          '{"source":"'$source'", "target":"'$target'", "continuous":true}'
        ;;
    esac
  done < $REPLICAS
}

# Call setup_replics after starting CouchDB, 
# around line 172 of the distributed script:

170             log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESCRIPTION" $NAME
171             if start_couchdb; then
172                 setup_replicas 
173                 log_end_msg $SCRIPT_OK
174             else
175                 log_end_msg $SCRIPT_ERROR
176             fi

# And on the following start_couchdb invocation as well, in the "restart" block.