:title: Sharing data between 2 couchdb databases
:description: Sharing data between 2 couchdb databases
:keywords: docker, example, package installation, networking, couchdb, data volumes

.. _running_couchdb_service:

Create a CouchDB service
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Here's an example of using data volumes to share the same data between 2 couchdb containers.
This could be used for hot upgrades, testing different versions of couchdb on the same data, etc.

Create first database
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Note that we're marking /var/lib/couchdb as a data volume.

.. code-block:: bash

    COUCH1=$(docker run -d -v /var/lib/couchdb shykes/couchdb:2013-05-03)

Add data to the first database
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We're assuming your docker host is reachable at `localhost`. If not, replace `localhost` with the public IP of your docker host.

.. code-block:: bash

    HOST=localhost
    URL="http://$HOST:$(docker port $COUCH1 5984)/_utils/"
    echo "Navigate to $URL in your browser, and use the couch interface to add data"

Create second database
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This time, we're requesting shared access to $COUCH1's volumes.

.. code-block:: bash

    COUCH2=$(docker run -d -volumes-from $COUCH1) shykes/couchdb:2013-05-03)

Browse data on the second database
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.. code-block:: bash

    HOST=localhost
    URL="http://$HOST:$(docker port $COUCH2 5984)/_utils/"
    echo "Navigate to $URL in your browser. You should see the same data as in the first database!"

Congratulations, you are running 2 Couchdb containers, completely isolated from each other *except* for their data.