Trying to start a simple sw360 container

[klausholstjacobsen]

Hello

I am trying to start a simple sw360 container for some testing.
I've read the docker docs, but somehow I cannot get past starting the couchdb container.

Here's what I an doing:

git clone https://github.com/eclipse-sw360/sw360.git
cd sw360
git checkout sw360-19.2.0
SW360_VERSION=19.2.0 podman-compose up

Somehow the couchdb ends up in eternal "starting" state.

Here's the logs from the couchdb container:

[warning] 2025-10-16T09:48:17.775792Z nonode@nohost <0.442.0> -------- creating missing database: _nodes
[warning] 2025-10-16T09:48:17.848207Z nonode@nohost <0.459.0> -------- creating missing database: _dbs
[warning] 2025-10-16T09:48:17.848248Z nonode@nohost <0.458.0> -------- creating missing database: _dbs
[error] 2025-10-16T09:48:25.934587Z nonode@nohost emulator -------- Error in process <0.506.0> with exit value:
{database_does_not_exist,[{mem3_shards,load_shards_from_db,[<<"_users">>],[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,445}]},{mem3_shards,load_shards_from_disk,1,[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,420}]},{mem3_shards,load_shards_from_disk,2,[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,449}]},{mem3_shards,for_docid,3,[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,100}]},{fabric_doc_open,go,3,[{file,"src/fabric_doc_open.erl"},{line,38}]},{chttpd_auth_cache,ensure_auth_ddoc_exists,2,[{file,"src/chttpd_auth_cache.erl"},{line,210}]},{chttpd_auth_cache,listen_for_changes,1,[{file,"src/chttpd_auth_cache.erl"},{line,156}]}]}

[error] 2025-10-16T09:48:25.934663Z nonode@nohost emulator -------- Error in process <0.506.0> with exit value:
{database_does_not_exist,[{mem3_shards,load_shards_from_db,[<<"_users">>],[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,445}]},{mem3_shards,load_shards_from_disk,1,[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,420}]},{mem3_shards,load_shards_from_disk,2,[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,449}]},{mem3_shards,for_docid,3,[{file,"src/mem3_shards.erl"},{line,100}]},{fabric_doc_open,go,3,[{file,"src/fabric_doc_open.erl"},{line,38}]},{chttpd_auth_cache,ensure_auth_ddoc_exists,2,[{file,"src/chttpd_auth_cache.erl"},{line,210}]},{chttpd_auth_cache,listen_for_changes,1,[{file,"src/chttpd_auth_cache.erl"},{line,156}]}]}

[error] 2025-10-16T09:48:26.059017Z nonode@nohost <0.602.0> -------- Request to create N=3 DB but only 1 node(s)
[error] 2025-10-16T09:48:26.116704Z nonode@nohost <0.602.0> -------- Request to create N=3 DB but only 1 node(s)

Please note I am using wsl (ubuntu 22.04) and podman instead of docker.

What am I missing?

Regards
Klaus

[vasvigarg]

Hi Klaus,

I can see the issue you're encountering. The CouchDB container is failing because it's configured for cluster mode (expecting 3 nodes with N=3 replication) but running as a single node. This is causing the errors you see:

[error] Request to create N=3 DB but only 1 node(s)
{database_does_not_exist,[{mem3_shards,load_shards_from_db,[<<"_users">>]

The problem is in your sw360_setup.ini configuration file. CouchDB is trying to create databases with 3 replicas across a cluster, but you only have one CouchDB instance running.

You need to configure CouchDB for single-node mode. Check your ./config/couchdb/sw360_setup.ini file and ensure it contains:

[cluster]
n = 1
q = 1

[couchdb]
single_node = true

This tells CouchDB to run in single-node mode with only 1 replica per database.

However, I noticed you mentioned using Podman instead of Docker. While Podman is largely compatible with Docker, SW360's setup is specifically tested and documented for Docker and docker-compose. There can be subtle differences in networking, volume handling, and service dependencies between Podman and Docker that might cause issues.

[GMishx]

Hey @klausholstjacobsen , I am not sure about 19.2.0 but the latest builds should work.

We are going to release version 20 soon. I would suggest to wait for the release. In the mean time, you can also check the suggestions provided by @vasvigarg