How do I locate CouchDB's local.ini file so I can customize its settings?

Question

I've installed CouchDB (to run a local npm registry) and need to locate the local.ini file so I can customize the couch settings.

How do I find the local.ini file?

Answer 1

Run the following to display the chain of configuration files CouchDB uses, which should include the local.ini file:

couchdb -c

Example output:

/usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini
/usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini

Answer 2

For Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver), installing from the package repository, I found it in here:

/opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini